Photoshop CC / Windows 8.1 HiDPI / Retina scaling support

Question

Hi,  I am currently running the latest CC apps on a Windows 7 machine and am currently looking to upgrade my PC hardware, I have my eye on either the new Dell XPS15 with Haswell CPU/HiDPI screen (3200x1800 resolution) or the equivalent new Dell Precision m3800 when available in November with identical specs.  After testing a number Windows 8/8.1 systems over the last few days with Photoshop CC (14.1.2) It appears that Adobe has still yet to implement retina style UI scaling for any of it's CC apps for the Windows platform. They all seem to default to a predefined pixel font size. Potentially making Photoshop and other apps unusable on a 3200x1800 15.6" laptop screen if they do not scale like their Mac counterparts.  Can anyone confirm or elaborate on whether this feature exists for Adobe products on Windows yet, if it ever will or when it will become available in the near future?  Thanks

Answer 1

I concur with what has been said, it is a disgrace on the part of Adobe to invest so little for such a pressing matter.
Many applications scale very well with Windows 8.1, including a few of Adobe.
In addition, not having vector UI elements that scale is so 1990 and highly distasteful from the market leader in vector tools.
It simply shows how many years Adobe has been living on super fat upgrade prices for very little additional features and next to no in-depth improvements.
My experience with the new Dell XPS 15 3200x1800, which is truly an outstanding laptop in its own right, for CS6 work:
don't bother for Illustrator, after effects, premiere.
It isn't optimal for Photoshop but I personnally use much less dialogbox based addons.
Knowing all keyboard shortcuts becomes almost mandatory.
InDesign scales perfectly, as well as Lightroom 5.2
So my advice is to pressure Adobe into giving a timetable of when the situation will be resolved and plan purchasing a laptop at this time.
My advice for Adobe would be to start taking the Indesign/Lightroom team to teach the old guard how things are done.
If you want to buy a laptop with super high resolution now, and again many applications work very well as is under Windows 8.1, be prepared to work with a non super high resolution external monitor for Adobe work. If you don't like this solution I recommend postponing the laptop purchase, as you would be disappointed for what are in effet amazing laptops. Or purchase them with a 1920x1080 resolution and with the sparred money buy a high res external monitor when the time comes.
Update
There is a potential mitigating workaround, but you'll have to test it to see if it's for you or not.
Use the Windows magnifier ( 'Windows Key' + 'plus key') to zoom in, set it on magnifying glass mode (not full screen mode) in the drop down or with ctrl-alt-L
Optionally, you may want to adjust the size of the zoomed window to taste with ctrl-alt-R, then move the mouse to resize and click to set. I find that a wide rectange works well fo rme.
When not needed any more either use Windows key + minus key to zoom out or press Windows + Esc to close the Windows magnifier.
Note that Windows+ minus doesn't work on my laptop, it works only with the minus of the numeric keypad. But Win + Esc is a working alternative.
I find the magnifier of tremendous help with Adobe's tiny ui elements.