Eye strain and new Macbook 12

[Rogner]

Hi, I bought Macbook 12 (2015) after about 3 years using of Macbook Pro 15 Retina. I never had a problem with eye strain and pain with this Macbook Pro. Retina is great and I cannot imagine my work without it.
Now I use Macbook 12 - smaller screen but same font size, same brightness. I see everything perfect but after few hours I have eye strain and pain like never before.
Have you same experience or do you know where is problem?
Thank you.

 

[doboy]

Hi, I bought Macbook 12 (2015) after about 3 years using of Macbook Pro 15 Retina. I never had a problem with eye strain and pain with this Macbook Pro. Retina is great and I cannot imagine my work without it.
Now I use Macbook 12 - smaller screen but same font size, same brightness. I see everything perfect but after few hours I have eye strain and pain like never before.
Have you same experience or do you know where is problem?
Thank you.

You're just getting older

 

[Rogner]

You're just getting older

Maybe But with Macbook Pro I was younger?

 

[bcaslis]

What resolution are you running at? I get this when running at 1440x900 but not at 1280x800.

 

[Admiral]

Perhaps your screen is too bright. I have to turn the brightness down on mine.

 

[Rogner]

What resolution are you running at? I get this when running at 1440x900 but not at 1280x800.

I am running bigger text. There is no resolution size...

 

[Gav2k]

Go to the optometrist and get checked for reading glasses.

 

[Rogner]

Go to the optometrist and get checked for reading glasses.

I was month ago. But why is it problem on Macbook 12 and not on Macbook Pro 15?

 

[Samuelsan2001]

I was month ago. But why is it problem on Macbook 12 and not on Macbook Pro 15?

Because it's a smaller screen that you probably get a bit closer too would be my guess.

 

[Queen6]

Your eye`s may need a little time to adjust, 12" rMB has a very different colour calibration in comparison to the 15" The calibration is far warmer and depending on OS version contrast may be less. My own 2015 rMB I am running 10.10.5 (compatibly reasons) which is probably the worst due to the font selection on Apple`s behalf and lack of contrast , I also own and use 13" & 15" Retina`s employed in a business role. For me the 12" MacBook has by far the superior display for my usage.

I also use a HiDPI Windows system with significantly smaller fonts, this also took some time to adjust to, due to the differing ways Windows & OS X render fonts. I also tend to run the brightness at around 50% unless outdoors as the display on the rMB and now Samsung is extremely bright, which I can believe can induce fatigue and headaches.

Is the fatigue, more or less when the screen is dimmed? if more it may be an issue with the display`s inverter. As you may be more sensitive to flicker. Not an expert on how Apple controls brightness, equally PWM is common for displays these days.

FWIW my rmb is set to 1440x900 - More Space

Q-6

 

[grahamperrin]

after about 3 years using of Macbook Pro 15 Retina

Can you recall the model identifier?

What was its native resolution?

Which versions of the OS did you run on that Mac?

 

[Rogner]

Your eye`s may need a little time to adjust, 12" rMB has a very different colour calibration in comparison to the 15" The calibration is far warmer and depending on OS version contrast may be less. My own 2015 rMB I am running 10.10.5 (compatibly reasons) which is probably the worst due to the font selection on Apple`s behalf and lack of contrast , I also own and use 13" & 15" Retina`s employed in a business role. For me the 12" MacBook has by far the superior display for my usage.

I also use a HiDPI Windows system with significantly smaller fonts, this also took some time to adjust to, due to the differing ways Windows & OS X render fonts. I also tend to run the brightness at around 50% unless outdoors as the display on the rMB and now Samsung is extremely bright, which I can believe can induce fatigue and headaches.

Is the fatigue, more or less when the screen is dimmed? if more it may be an issue with the display`s inverter. As you may be more sensitive to flicker. Not an expert on how Apple controls brightness, equally PWM is common for displays these days.

FWIW my rmb is set to 1440x900 - More Space

Q-6

Thank you very much for your reply. How long does it take to get used to the Macbook 12 display? What can I do for better adaptation?

 

[Queen6]

Thank you very much for your reply. How long does it take to get used to the Macbook 12 display? What can I do for better adaptation?

Honestly I don't know, cant see it taking much more than a couple of weeks depending on usage.

Q-6

 

[Ingromato Romatoni]

Hi, I bought Macbook 12 (2015) after about 3 years using of Macbook Pro 15 Retina. I never had a problem with eye strain and pain with this Macbook Pro. Retina is great and I cannot imagine my work without it.
Now I use Macbook 12 - smaller screen but same font size, same brightness. I see everything perfect but after few hours I have eye strain and pain like never before.
Have you same experience or do you know where is problem?
Thank you.

Hi there,
My Apple ME279X/A iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi 16GB Silver has been updated a week ago (IOS 10.3.2) and has been causing eye and head ache since then. I cannot feel any pain using my Android mobile or any of my laptops/computers (Windows7, Fedora,etc.).
I also tried to change the size of the characters and later Night Shift (More Warm).. but none of them helped. Very strange. There is no workaround to this at this stage.

 

[wishxmaster]

ı used macbook 12 inch 2016 this was my first macbook.
Normaly ı am using 17 inch notebook never live that problem. You will be used with time guess