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with desiring something better than 1152x768 resolution, I wonder how many of us could cope with high resolution on small screens as we advance in age? I keep looking at a new 12 powerbook, but keep fretting about whether my eyesight would cope with font sizes beyond comfortable continuous use. If the new intel ibooks are rumoured to go to higher resolution smaller screens, us baby boomers may be left behind. I use 896x600 on a 15-inch powerbook fairly successfully. A few apps want a different resolution, but not many. I don't use many graphics apps, however. The only problems I've had are that the menu bars or apps with column format sometimes get crowded. Also if I have to paste text from one app to another, sometimes I have to adjust the text size, but I suppose that would happen no matter what. When at home, I use a remote keyboard and have the powerbook about three or four feet away from me. I find this set-up much better than having a screen a few inches from my face. Peter -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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At 9:02 PM -0700 01/11/2006, P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo wrote: Are literally using a magnifying glass? hehehehehe. Yea. How about using the built in zoom function of OS X? Doesn't work during the installs, after the monitor was forced to the higher res. - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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At 9:45 PM +1300 01/10/2006, Bryan Taylor wrote: with desiring something better than 1152x768 resolution, I wonder how many of us could cope with high resolution on small screens as we advance in age? I keep looking at a new 12 powerbook, but keep fretting about whether my eyesight would cope with font sizes beyond comfortable continuous use. If the new intel ibooks are rumoured to go to higher resolution smaller screens, us baby boomers may be left behind. I already run my 17 monitor at 832x624, and often hit make text bigger in Safari. Installing OS X and apps was problematic. Kept running into dialogs that displayed off the bottom of the screen; couldn't reach the buttons! And sometimes, it forced the monitor to 1024x768 - so I had to use a magnifying glass. There are apps and system pref panes that are very difficult to use -- they have dialogs with controls that end up below the bottom edge of the screen. And since you cannot move a window up, in OS X... Frustrating. Never had this problem with OS 9. - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Are literally using a magnifying glass? How about using the built in zoom function of OS X? It may take some getting used to it, but I have found it valuable. I'm using Panther, so here are my instructions: Go to System Preferences-Universal Access-Seeing-Turn On Zoom In this window you will see the key commands for zooming in and out. I have my 15-inch PowerBook set to its native resolution of 1280 X 854. Also, in Safari's prefs you can set a default text size that will work for most websites. Turtle-Bear On Jan 11, 2006, at 10:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I already run my 17 monitor at 832x624, and often hit make text bigger in Safari. Installing OS X and apps was problematic. Kept running into dialogs that displayed off the bottom of the screen; couldn't reach the buttons! And sometimes, it forced the monitor to 1024x768 - so I had to use a magnifying glass. There are apps and system pref panes that are very difficult to use -- they have dialogs with controls that end up below the bottom edge of the screen. And since you cannot move a window up, in OS X... Frustrating. Never had this problem with OS 9. - Dan. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
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Hi, Dan's article about his 400MHz tibook is a parallel to my 667MHz VGA model. Including worn paint, marked screen from the keyboard and although I agree with desiring something better than 1152x768 resolution, I wonder how many of us could cope with high resolution on small screens as we advance in age? I keep looking at a new 12 powerbook, but keep fretting about whether my eyesight would cope with font sizes beyond comfortable continuous use. If the new intel ibooks are rumoured to go to higher resolution smaller screens, us baby boomers may be left behind. Roll on tomorrows keynote.. Bryan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
