After 15 years on Windows I switched over to an iMac 24" machine late last year.
In general, I am very pleased with the Mac; but I find one thing about the Mac distracting and troublesome: The text as rendered on a good monitor is fuzzy on the Mac, whereas it is sharp and crisp on my Windows machines. And, this effect is monitor-independent. I have connected our Mac-Mini with a digital cable to an excellent 22" HP monitor and to an equally good Sony 17" monitor. Both of these monitors and the iMac screen produce easy-to-read text, but is is somewhat blurred, as compared to all of the Windows machines I have used. Windows screen text appears almost as sharp as laser printer output.
By the way, I have run all of these comparisons at the monitors' native resolutions which should give the best results.
Does anyone else observe this? Or, is it just my eyes?
Thanks for your comments.
In general, I am very pleased with the Mac; but I find one thing about the Mac distracting and troublesome: The text as rendered on a good monitor is fuzzy on the Mac, whereas it is sharp and crisp on my Windows machines. And, this effect is monitor-independent. I have connected our Mac-Mini with a digital cable to an excellent 22" HP monitor and to an equally good Sony 17" monitor. Both of these monitors and the iMac screen produce easy-to-read text, but is is somewhat blurred, as compared to all of the Windows machines I have used. Windows screen text appears almost as sharp as laser printer output.
By the way, I have run all of these comparisons at the monitors' native resolutions which should give the best results.
Does anyone else observe this? Or, is it just my eyes?
Thanks for your comments.