It is fine for casual use, office, web, email etc.
I get plenty of milage out of my ibook and imac with 1024x768.
But I hate using them for programming.
The key is, when you are doing serious work you are normally at a desk, and can attach an external monitor.
My first mac ran at 640x480, and I had no problems using Think C on that, nor any other fantastic and complex tools. Interface design would certainly be precise if developers considered 640x480 a valid screen res. At least you can still use a Mac at 640x480, Windows is unusable, with dialoges ( the Display settings that are bigger than 640x480 and not resizable.
So you are saying that if the Powerbook G4 12" had a higher resolution, then more people would buy it because they could work for 12 hours a day on it?
Yes.
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I don't know about your particular work environment, but I use a Powerbook G4 12" daily for web-design, Indesign, and a little Photoshop. When I'm using it at work the screen size doesn't limit me because I have a external VGA Dell monitor I use along with a nice external keyboard and mouse. This gives me a large work space and accurate color reproduction, the latter being a necessity for me to make a living with my PB. When I work at home I just keep one app open and do minor tweaks. If I'm doing anything major, I just plug it into one of the spare monitors I have laying around.
In short, if you are serious about making a living with your mac, screen resolution is a null point because it is so simple to overcome this. Now if you happen to work in the pro-audio area you really need to step up to the 15 inch PB anyway.
Read my original statement again: I defy anyone who makes their livelihood from their Mac to defend the exclusive use of a 1024 workspace.
If your Powerbook requires you to use an external display to get any professional work done, then it ain't much use as a pro portable, is it?
Widescreen notebooks. Not if I have to use a crappy joystick as a mouse.
Barto
oh, come on.. Apple can come up with something better than that.. turn the space bar into a track pad?
barring that brilliant solution, i think a 13" widescreen, at 1280x800, would be perfect.. the extra inch should add enough room to keep a workable size track pad.
Screen resolution on the 12 inch is fine, however the speed, weight and battery life have a lot to be desired. Thing feels like a brick in my backpack, battery is no where near the claimed 5 hours (2.5 at best) and OSX is still poky on a G4.
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Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
Furtheron, 1024x768 is perfect for me.
Ahh i remeber when i thought 800*600 was good for me
It is fine for casual use, office, web, email etc.
I get plenty of milage out of my ibook and imac with 1024x768.
But I hate using them for programming.
The key is, when you are doing serious work you are normally at a desk, and can attach an external monitor.
My first mac ran at 640x480, and I had no problems using Think C on that, nor any other fantastic and complex tools. Interface design would certainly be precise if developers considered 640x480 a valid screen res. At least you can still use a Mac at 640x480, Windows is unusable, with dialoges ( the Display settings
Originally posted by Nano
Ahh i remeber when i thought 800*600 was good for me
Nah, it's all about 640*480.
I once got my iMac DV stuck in that resolution in OS X. It wasn't pretty.
Originally posted by Crusader
So you are saying that if the Powerbook G4 12" had a higher resolution, then more people would buy it because they could work for 12 hours a day on it?
Yes.
I don't know about your particular work environment, but I use a Powerbook G4 12" daily for web-design, Indesign, and a little Photoshop. When I'm using it at work the screen size doesn't limit me because I have a external VGA Dell monitor I use along with a nice external keyboard and mouse. This gives me a large work space and accurate color reproduction, the latter being a necessity for me to make a living with my PB. When I work at home I just keep one app open and do minor tweaks. If I'm doing anything major, I just plug it into one of the spare monitors I have laying around.
In short, if you are serious about making a living with your mac, screen resolution is a null point because it is so simple to overcome this. Now if you happen to work in the pro-audio area you really need to step up to the 15 inch PB anyway.
Read my original statement again: I defy anyone who makes their livelihood from their Mac to defend the exclusive use of a 1024 workspace.
If your Powerbook requires you to use an external display to get any professional work done, then it ain't much use as a pro portable, is it?
Barto
Originally posted by Barto
Widescreen notebooks. Not if I have to use a crappy joystick as a mouse.
Barto
oh, come on.. Apple can come up with something better than that.. turn the space bar into a track pad?
barring that brilliant solution, i think a 13" widescreen, at 1280x800, would be perfect.. the extra inch should add enough room to keep a workable size track pad.
Gimme:
3 lbs -DVD/CDRW
1.5+ G4
Longer Battery (not that fuel cell crap)
Something on the same lines as my new IBM x40 would be suffice just running OSX and not NetBSD or eComStation
No, my 12" screen isnt big enough to conveniently do design work: but it suffices just fine when I'm on the go.
of course, no serious design pro would be satisfied with any LCD monitor on the market anyways, Apple's included.
A G4 tower, running OS9, Quark 4, and a big ol' calibrated LaCie 22" CRT is the ultimate design machine....
Goodbye, 90s!
Seriously, Illustrator and PSD integration is so tight and brilliant.
And yeah, definitely 1024 merely *suffices*, but just so, on the road. Use a desktop if you're serious about work. The intern had it about right.
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Originally posted by sorhed
It's not the machine, its the user.
A G4 tower, running OS9, Quark 4, and a big ol' calibrated LaCie 22" CRT is the ultimate design machine....
This would be ideal for a 25cm (10") display.
Dobby.