> Which screen resolutiuon is > better...a higher setting like 2048 x 1280 or a lower one like 640 x 480?
A high, or very high, resolution setting works better with a larger monitor. The higher the resolution, the more information you can display on the monitor at a glance, thus less scrolling around to see everything. At high settings on a smaller monitor, you see just as much information as you will with the same setting on a big monitor, but everything will appear much smaller because all of this same information is squeezed into a smaller area. With this very same setting on a big monitor, the display is projected and enlarged; you see the same info, but everything is now larger and easier to see. Generally, you'll want to use the highest resolution that 1) Your monitor & computer/video card are capable of that 2) You can read comfortably without squinting My girlfriend wears contacts and requires major vision correction; still, she can't see 20/20, and she likes lower resolutions on her computer and 15" monitor (one of my Mac hand-me-downs, a 7500/G3). She will use 600x400 as much as possible, but will switch to a higher resolution when she surfs the web since most pages will require horizontal scrolling at 600x400, which is a pain. For the web she'll use 800x600. When I was using a 15" monitor (a good quality Sony) I liked 800x600 most of the time; this was the most information I could display on it without everything being *too* small for my tastes. With a 19" monitor I like 1024x768. Everything is a 'comfortable' size to read. Mind you, I can go much higher and still read it (I have 20/10 vision), but stuff gets smaller than a quick glance affords. At lower resolutions on a 19", things begin getting too big, and are too 'in-my-face'. My 21" monitor will go comfortably higher still. Words and icons look about the same size on the 21" at 1280x1024 as they do at 1024x768 on the 19" (they sit side-by-side on my desk). Again, it will go much higher still and be readable, but looking at something and recgonizing it quickly takes a fraction of a second longer than a fast glance. That's when I deside that the resolution is too high, when it begins to slow me down as I look at things. There's no science to it, it's just what your monitor and your eyesight are comfortable with; just view your web browser, various apps and what have you, at different resolutions and see what works best for you and your eyesight. --Alex ________________________________________ God Bless America! And the brave men & women who defend her -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
