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Widescreen iBooks?
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JonMaker said:Their sources say "early next week..."
Could this mean Next Tuesday?
Thanks for trademarking everyone's favorite saying here... it's about time
AidenShaw said:
I want to know why people like you bother to post on mac forms do you just like to bug people... also there are many things in windows you can do most everything that you can do in OSx but the problem is in windows everything has a way of doing what you dont want it to and good luck if you want to get the programs to work together
If Apple changes screen aspect ratios, will they continue to refer to Mac models only by their diagonal screen size, e.g., 12" iBook, 15" PowerBook, 20" iMac, or will they start calling them Cinema iBooks?
It seems unlikely that they would start naming them with heights and widths, instead of the long-time standard of using a single diagonal measurement.
Are there other good choices?
It seems unlikely that they would start naming them with heights and widths, instead of the long-time standard of using a single diagonal measurement.
Are there other good choices?
Doctor Q said:
This question has a long answer and a short answer. The short answer is no.
The long answer: The wider your screen gets with respect to its height (while maintaining the same area), the larger the diagonal measurement will be. Thus, a wide screen with the same area as a regular 4:3 screen will get a bigger number.
The marketing department likes big numbers.
JonMaker said:This question has a long answer and a short answer. The short answer is no.
The long answer: The wider your screen gets with respect to its height (while maintaining the same area), the larger the diagonal measurement will be. Thus, a wide screen with the same area as a regular 4:3 screen will get a bigger number.
The marketing department likes big numbers.
The short answer, "no", is wrong.
The answer is simply that yes the screen size will still be refered to by the diaginol measurement but that it'll be either prefixed or suffixed as wide-screen, 16:10, 16:9 or whatever the chosen aspect ratio turns out to be.
It'll be launched world wide at the same time and you'll be able to order it but deliveries may not start for some time and there'll be an explosion of thread about tracking orders and where the hell's my iBook etc. etc. etc...arrizaba said:Question from a Mac Newbie: If the new ibooks and mac minis appear next tuesday in the US (i really hope so!
the dim screen
Yep! my iBook screen is far too dim to work outside in anything brighter than twilight...
Lacero said:
Yep! my iBook screen is far too dim to work outside in anything brighter than twilight...
mellow2bits said:Yep! my iBook screen is far too dim to work outside in anything brighter than twilight...
Let's hope that this is another issue that Apple addresses as well then.
~Shard~ said:
I'm also interested in this aspect. I currently "borrow" my daughter's Dell 510m laptop to use when I'm out in the garden and frankly, even in the shade, it's very poor. I really hope than when I get my iBook it's better than that: I don't mind about the resolution but I've got to be able to see the display.
Reckless said:
I cannot believe that Apple has any intention of putting some sort of outdoor viewable transflective screen on the new iBook. These machines are not designed to be used outside.. and its not because the screen sucks, but because it wasn't designed for outdoors.
It's like using a butterknife instead of a screwdriver... and complaining that it doesn't work very well. Outdoor viewable screens are specialized and much more expensive then your standard LCD.
Reckless said:
Yah, it kind of defeats the purpose if you can't use your portable computer outside of the house.
cr2sh said:
I'm not looking for perfection, just something a little better than what I currently use. I appreciate specialist screens are more expensive but even standard LCD screens can differ in quality.
If it's not to be then fine, it's just everyone keeps on about resolution and widescreen and for my purposes they're largely irrelevent. It would simply be nice if I didn't have to struggle to see what was being displayed (and I live in Wales so we're not talking bright, glorious sunshine here.
)~Shard~ said:Yah, it kind of defeats the purpose if you can't use your portable computer outside of the house.
What?! You people actually go outside?!
Seriously, though, I do a lot of my work in the dark, and remember the good old days when you could turn the backlight off. It was great for the battery.
JonMaker said:What?! You people actually go outside?!
There is actually a world out there - you might be surprised what all goes on out there!
arrizaba said:
Most likely these will be trivial updates, so there is a good chance you could have it by the 8th, *if* they are released and you order next Tuesday.