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01-07-2006, 01:58 AM	#1
JackAxe Barbarian Artist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Barbarianville Posts: 3,079	Possiblly a screen to replace my HD 30". This is just a rumor, but Apple might be announcing a screen that displays 4520x2540. If it's true, Apple will either be releasing a rather large screen, so that the pixels aren't microscopic, or updated the OS so that all elements are resolution dependent. Some of the menus are still locked to a set point size. <]=) __________________ I be a hearty pirate that plunders many waffles. The Dread Pirate Monkey Gizmo has scurvy! :) Nintendo DS and Wii, me gaming machines of choice.

01-07-2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JackAxe

Some of the menus are still locked to a set point size.

<]=)

And you make fun of the competition....

I don't know of any graphics cards outside of medical greyscale systems that have a resolution that high. However, if they take dual signals from a graphics card, you may be right if one of the numbers is off a little. Let me know when they release it.

I can't afford it, but I can at least drool over it.

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01-07-2006, 03:48 PM	#3
JackAxe Barbarian Artist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Barbarianville Posts: 3,079	Who meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... I'm sure it's just a matter of enabling it, since past version of Mac OS supported different pt sizes in the menus. When and if Apple releases a larger screen, the OS will have complete support for its higher rez. At least the entire GUI is already GPU accelerated, I wouldn't want to run a 30" on any current Windows PC. <]=) __________________ I be a hearty pirate that plunders many waffles. The Dread Pirate Monkey Gizmo has scurvy! :) Nintendo DS and Wii, me gaming machines of choice.

01-07-2006, 07:15 PM	#4
SamuraiCatJB Need coffee. Need coffee. Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Alamogordo, NM USA Posts: 2,045	piece of cake! I run Windows PCs with dual 1920x1200 monitors every day, total combined resolution near your 30". I even do full up-3D graphics at that resolution with large panoramas of landscapes generated from USGS and satelite maps. Any problem Windows might have with such resolution can be made up with a little bit of skill and knowledge of how graphics cards work and how to do what you want with them. It is always harder when you use a screwdriver as a chisel, and a chisel as a screwdriver. Knowledge goes far. So either I am a miracle worker, or Windows can do a little more than you think. __________________ And now, Grandfather, I ask you to bless the White Man. He needs your Wisdom, your guidance. You see, for so long, he has tried to destroy my people, and only feels comfortable when given power. Bless them, show them the peace we understand, teach them humility. For I fear they will someday destroy themselves and their children, As they have done so Mother Earth. I plead, I cry. After all, They are my Brothers.... ~ Prayer ~

01-08-2006, 06:59 AM	#5
JackAxe Barbarian Artist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Barbarianville Posts: 3,079	When the GPU is chugging away all is fine. But for standard GUI windows under Windows; Blah!!! I should've have noted that I would make an exception for Maya and only if more games supported it on the dark-side. I just don't like Window's GUI performance, even on a 15" LCD. It's noticeably slower than my Macs, since it's still stuck in the stone-age of relying on the 2D graphic accelerator. But I do know that Windows can give a window 100% GPU use, which is of course why I would make an exception for the above items. Scrolling speed is also decent in some cases. <]=) __________________ I be a hearty pirate that plunders many waffles. The Dread Pirate Monkey Gizmo has scurvy! :) Nintendo DS and Wii, me gaming machines of choice.