OT Ugly fonts using XP/Parallels

2007-04-11 Thread Mark Swindell
Newbie question: I've finally got Parallels and Windows XP Home Edition installed and running on a MacBook Pro... but the fonts look terrible... . thin and straggly and grayish... both in the system and Explorer I've looked around the Parallels site for info and come up with nothing.

Re: OT Ugly fonts using XP/Parallels

2007-04-11 Thread Bill Marriott
Mark, If you're a newcomer to Windows, fonts may not look as nice as you're accustomed to in Mac OS X. 1) Are you running Windows in Millions of colors? 2) Have you turned on ClearType in Windows? Display Properties--> Appearance--> Effects [x] Use the following method to smooth edges of scre

Re: OT Ugly fonts using XP/Parallels

2007-04-11 Thread Mark Swindell
Thanks Bill. I'm definitely a Windows novice. Yes, I'm running millions of colors and using ClearType, which makes things slightly less jagged, but still thin and gray compared to what should be. I don't have the BootCamp partition as you suggest, but it makes sense to set things up as y

Re: OT Ugly fonts using XP/Parallels

2007-04-11 Thread Ken Ray
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:58:52 -0700, Mark Swindell wrote: > Thanks Bill. I'm definitely a Windows novice. > > Yes, I'm running millions of colors and using ClearType, which makes > things slightly less jagged, but still thin and gray compared to what > should be. > > I don't have the BootCamp