Anyone here have an iMac 20"
I just need to know which is smallest LCD resolution in these 20" iMacs. Some friends with light blindness wish to buy these, so I will need anyone with one to try changing resolution. is it possible to use 640x480 or 800 x 500 8which is way better because of 16:9 lcd).
Please write down all possible resolutions up to 1280...
Please write down all possible resolutions up to 1280...
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Originally posted by Rave
I just need to know which is smallest LCD resolution in these 20" iMacs. Some friends with light blindness wish to buy these, so I will need anyone with one to try changing resolution. is it possible to use 640x480 or 800 x 500 8which is way better because of 16:9 lcd).
Please write down all possible resolutions up to 1280...
i don't own one, but i would assume the resolution can be changed just like all of apple's other lcd display, with one major caveat -- since lcd's used a fixed number of pixels, the computer will have to anti-alias the text to do so (so instead of one pixel being black, for example, you may have to have nine to make a black dot at an enlarged size, and would therefore look blurry).
silly question, but why not get a smaller screen than the 20"? the fuzziness would be a lot less pronounced since you wouldn't be making such a dramatic switch in resolution.
then it has resolutions of
1680 by 1050
1280 by 800
1024 by 640
To Flounder - can you tell me smaller ones - maybe i confunsed you - but I look for these with bigger elements on screen (like 640x480). Can you look at these "minimal" resolutions?
http://developer.apple.com/documenta...Mac/index.html
The displays page from it has the relevant information:
http://developer.apple.com/documenta...00884/BBCBAJJG
Originally posted by MCQ
The displays page from it has the relevant information:
http://developer.apple.com/documenta...00884/BBCBAJJG
Thanks - it helped a lot - interesting as table shows
640 by 480 4:3 *
640 by 480 4:3 *stretched to fit full screen
800 by 500 16:10
are possible reolutions but not recommended. Any clue why? Especially because 800x600 is 4:3 and is OK in that table.
Originally posted by Rave
Thanks - it helped a lot - interesting as table shows
640 by 480 4:3 *
640 by 480 4:3 *stretched to fit full screen
800 by 500 16:10
are possible reolutions but not recommended. Any clue why?
No resolution under 1024x768 is recommended for OS X.
Originally posted by Gargoyle
Why don't you use the Zoom settings under universal access, and the "Speak Text Under Mouse" option from the speech pref panel?
Zoom setting is nice - but in real life, people got a headache after some period of use. it is a problem to look at moving screen all the time, especially when you need something that is just out of the zoom area....
Speak text is also not helpful - these persons are at most deafblind - many have some vision and nothing of hearing and vice versa. For these which cant hear but can see big type we use largest monitors with smallest resolution (640x480) which helps a lot. Other ones which cant see at all - there are braille terminals for them and offcourse Speech settings if they can hear.
Thaks to all for fast response, especially MCQ, they helped us a lot.
No resolution under 1024x768 is recommended for OS X.
I agree, I sometimes use this when plugging to a tv to watch movies. But back in OS X it's just not enough space, for the menu bar and working with windows, etc.
Originally posted by Amorph
No resolution under 1024x768 is recommended for OS X.
yeah, too bad that's the only resolution i can really use on my 400 mhz imac
800 x 500, Millions
800 x 600, Millions
800 x 600 (stretched), Millions
840 x 524, Millions
1024 x 640, Millions
1024 x 768, Millions
1024 x 768 (stretched), Millions
1280 x 800, Millions
1344 x 840, Millions
1680 x 1050, Millions
Sometimes the specs don't give you EVERY resolution available.
Hope this helps!
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Classic mode's Monitors panel brings back 256 colour and 256 Grays
Some old Classic games (SimEarth) even run 16 colour or less, CMD-CTRL-Option-8 too
Same goes for the "Recommended" resolution list and the larger actual range,
so it isn't that the panel physically can't do it... it's a design and UI decision.
You can run LCD screens at 800x600 or 640x480 resolution, but it isn't recommended by Apple in part because of the limited menubar and dock space at this res, and in part because of the font smoothing and anti-aliasing optimizations at the LCD's "native" res that aren't available lower down the res tree. As a result, the rest of the graphics systems have to work a little harder to present the same crisp experience (in order to avoid long-exposure eyestrain and some of the other issues that may be of direct concern to your proposed audience)
It is certainly possible to use the minimum resolution in order to 'enlarge' the Interface.
Zoom, as mentioned, has some other settings that may complement, supplement, or supplant this method.
If you have access to a current LCD Mac (iBook, PB, earlier iMacFP) you can lower the res and test the zoom settings to get a rough idea of what will be possible.
the 20inch iMac actually has two backlights in its LCD, so it will be noticeably brighter than any other Mac LCD you test other than the Cinema Displays. The aspect ratio and size may help further, but if you don't have access to a 20", you might still be able to answer 60% of your general question by testing settings on any other modern Mac LCD.
If it stands to be a large order, contact Apple and ask if they'll arrange a demo of solutions.
Universal Access has long been an Apple value, and they often want to leverage it.