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JDK and the Retina Display Dilemma

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So, JDK 7 installs fine and allows Netbeans versions post-7.2 to update. Good news. But JDK 7 is awful on a Retina display, with all content (including text) coming through blurry. This well-documented deficit is not to be fixed in JDK 7 but is addressed by JDK 8, which is now available as a “feature-complete” […]

Java JRE JDK JVM and so on – baffling and frustrating [Update – solved?]

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Java on the Mac is a mess. Unfortunately, I depend on Java to run NetBeans, under which I do all Python development. I really should switch to another IDE but I’m used to NetBeans, despite the problems with version 7. When I do try other IDEs they feel small and under-featured. Apple doesn’t support Java […]