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Are some Apple PCs priceworthy?
bloody000:
--- Quote from: mgz on July 06, 2011, 09:19:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: bloody000 on July 06, 2011, 09:08:39 AM ---If you are looking at an iMac you most likely:
a) want a compact all-in-one
b) want a high quality display
c) want OS X
d) want something neat looking
e) want something with quality you can see and touch
If not, why even bother?
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apple isnt synonymous with quality i dont know why you would mention that, and the high quality display is an issue as well since they have decreased the quality of their displays and switched from matte to glossy finishes on them
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The glossy screen is a non-issue unless you have strong light sources in front of the display, in which case you should reposition the display, even matte ones(who here likes washed out, cloudy pictures?). It's not a laptop.
There are films you can put on iMacs/phones/tablets but they will act like microlenses and make you notice individual sub-pixels.
I specifically said "quality you can see and touch" for a reason.
blubart:
i'm sorry, but mac displays are NOT "high quality" - at least in relation to their price. the only one even remotely worthwhile was their Cinema Display line.
by default extremely over-saturated (that's what the marketing guys are selling you as "quality") with a limited color gamut, mediocre color accuracy especially under different viewing angles and crappy viewing angles in general.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: blubart on July 06, 2011, 12:07:42 PM ---i'm sorry, but mac displays are NOT "high quality" - at least in relation to their price. the only one even remotely worthwhile was their Cinema Display line.
by default extremely over-saturated (that's what the marketing guys are selling you as "quality") with a limited color gamut, mediocre color accuracy especially under different viewing angles and crappy viewing angles in general.
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Nice try.
8-bit sRGB IPS > 8bit AdobeRGB IPS
The rest can be left to calibration and profiling, which must be done for any display if you remotely care about color accuracy.
*fixed link.
Micharus:
How many times over the years have I seen this sort of discussion?
Both APPLE computers and PC computers have their pro's and con's.
As far as I know, if you plan on playing a lot of computer games, you should go and buy a 'normal' PC.
If you plan on getting into graphics in a big way, Apple is the way to go.
That is how it used to be, it may not be the case these days.
What it comes down to is individual choice.
Some like the look of the Apple, others like having the option of upgrading their PC whenever they wish.
Me I'm one of the latter.
I like being able to walk into the nearest PC shop to buy an upgrade for my computer.
AceHigh:
--- Quote from: bloody000 on July 06, 2011, 09:08:39 AM ---e) want something with quality you can see and touch
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Yeah.... like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKgivGA970
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