WRT Intel Mac screens - really? See, I *love* the glossy HP widescreen I have on my work desktop, the saturation is fantastic and I've noticed a stark difference on how easy it is on my eyes. Counterpoint, I bought a ASUS 1201N "netbook" with a 12in glossy screen, and it's intolerable in anything but pure darkness. Any sort of light reflects, that and the 1366x768 12in screen being hard on my eyes has made me realize after a month that I've got to get something else.
What strikes me is that the nearly 10 year old TiBook's screen is of better quality color-wise than even the three year old high-end Latitude that is my work laptop. While the Dell is washed out, yellow tinted and dull the old Ti is still fantastic. It's on par with the 24in LED lit monitor I have on the home desktop. Okay, I'll give it another shot :). I may have to visit an Apple store and see if they allow me an extended "lap test" with some good lighting around to assess the reflectivity. That's one thing that keeps me coming back to the old Ti, even though I have access to hardware that is leaps and bounds above it - I just like the experience better than anything else I have access to. Thanks for the info! On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 07:43:07PM -0700, Ashgrove wrote: > On Mar 19, 9:37 pm, Ben Dinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Felix, > > Thanks for the reply! I'm actually stuck on 15in laptops... > > > > Basically, it boils down to a personal preference sort of thing. > > I hear you. I have several different-sized laptops, and I find them > all useful for different purposes, but my heart is with my 17" Big Al. > More often than not, that's the one notebook I actually carry around -- > which has forced me to find a really light and slim bag for it. > > The one thing brought by Intel Macs that has really grown on me, > though, is glossy screens. For some reason, they are not nearly as > reflective as the ones found in other brands --I remember a Dell > Inspiron that was impossible to use anywhere near a bright light-- and > colors are incredibly saturated (sumptuous is the word that comes to > my mind.) > > F > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > g-books+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. -- Ben Dinger [email protected] -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g-books+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
