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 you describe. I just did the Parallels
install and installed Windows under it.
I'm not sure why Explorer looks so funky... I know it's not as it
should be, but I don't know why it's the way it is.
Mark
On Apr 11, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Bill Marriott wrote:
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 screen fonts
- ClearType
3) Are all the fonts equally unattractive? Some fonts are TrueType/
OpenType
in Windows, and some are not. Try Verdana and Georgia, which should
look
best.
--
BTW: The best way (IMHO) to set up Parallels is to create a Boot Camp
partition first (being sure to install Apple's drivers), then instruct
Parallels to re-use that partition for its virtual machine while
running in
Mac OS X. This way, you have access to the native environment when
you need
it, and you can compare to see whether a problem (such as the
display issue
you're encountering) is due to Parallels or just the "way it is" in
Windows.
FWIW, I don't notice the fonts in Windows looking any different
than they do
on my Windows desktop.
"Mark Swindell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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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.
It's not right, as I looked at a friend's native XP setup and things
looked fine.
Anyone here seen this, or have a solution?
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