Macbook Pro 15" High-Resolution Display

Hi
I'm a little confused with the option of having high-res on the 15" model. Is the resolution dictated by hardware or software?
If it's hardware, do they have a different display panel on high-res models? (since the GPU remains the same)
If it's software, then, is it a driver issue or system code that "unlocks" the choice of resolutions? (remember under both configurations, the GPU is the same)
Thanks
gtds

Gregory: You can see exactly what the difference in menu fonts' (and other GUI elements') size will be using your present machine by doing the following:
1. Display a typical/representative set of windows and stuff, including the smallest fonts you normally read, on your present 1440 x 900 MBP display.
2. Take a screenshot of it by pressing CommandShift3.
2. Open the screenshot in Preview by double-clicking it.
3. Print the screenshot, using the following settings in the Print dialog box:
Paper size: whatever your printer can handle
Orientation: horizontal
Center image: not checked
Scale: 100% (do not check Scale to Fit).
If your printer offers a choices of resolutions or qualities, choose the highest.
This should result in a printout in which the fonts and graphic elements are the same size as those displayed on your screen. Verify this.
4. Change the scale to 85.7% and print again, leaving the other settings the same.
This will produce a printout that, if your first one matched what's displayed on your screen, will match what you'd see on the higher-resolution 1680 x 1050 display.
Compare the two printouts.

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