[ale] How can I mimic Apple's terrific screen graphics and text resolution ?

[James Sumners]

LCD monitors look _horrible_ below their native resolution. If you
want everything to be crisp and clear you need to use the monitor's
native resolution. If you have problems reading text at 1920x1200 you
can increase the font sizes. But running that monitor at 1280x1040 is
the root cause of your problem.

In addition, Apple renders text differently from Windows and X. Joel
gives a good rundown on the differences[1]. So matter what you do, OS
X is always going to be different from Windows and X. Also, X and
Windows do it different from each other. So you're never going to get
all three platforms to look exactly the same.

[1] -- http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/06/12.html

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Courtney Thomas
<courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I' m using an HP w2408 LCD monitor and have poor resolution vis-a-vis
> Apple's great resolution I see at Fry's, etc....
>
> Can I mimic Apple's crisp clear screen's graphics and text ?  If yes,
> how, please ?  Or does Apple use some proprietary hardware/software to
> achieve their superior look  ?
>
> BTW I run OS X 10.5.2 Leopard, Slax and Vista...all on this same
> machine with resolution of 1280 x 1040. The monitor's recommendation
> at power-on is 1920 x 1200. Both @60Hz.  But I'd like to mimic Apple's
> look, however it's done.
>
> As always, much appreciation,
>
> Courtney
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