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Mr. Luddite

On 1/27/2014 7:19 PM, BAR wrote:
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On 1/27/2014 10:30 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/27/14, 10:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/27/2014 9:58 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
In article ,
says...

I've had very good luck with the HP Pavilian series laptops, one Vista,
one Win 7. I suppose now that I said that this one will freeze up and
die. I've had it since 2009 and used it extensively everyday at the
guitar shop until about a year ago when I brought it home. I keep the
Win 7 in reserve and am also getting familiar with the iMac.

Anything an Apple product does better than a Windows based product?
Seems to me the only reason for Apple is the "precious" factor.
I'm a gamer, so I never considered one.

The display on the new iMac is nice, although I wish there was a way to
turn down the overall color drive. There's a display "calibrations"
procedure that I've done but it doesn't allow you to simply turn down
the color. Some websites, like Yahoo's homepage, is just way too
overly saturated, color-wise.

Other than that, I'd say the iMac is well built but so far does not
offer any special features or capabilities that I can't do on a Windows
machine. I use the Windows laptop 90 percent of the time and use the
iMac only for off-line stuff like my mini recording studio.

You couldn't find a setting you liked in Calibration Assistant or
whatever it is called under preferences, display, color? I did that once
a few years ago and toned everything down a tad.

I've gone through the calibration two or three times and also tried the
other RGB standard options. It calibrates the black, etc. but there is
no apparent way to simply turn the color drive down overall. There
probably isn't on a Windows machine either but the Windows machines
don't produce as vibrant a display as the iMac.

XFree86

Thanks. I took a look at it on the website. A little too advanced for
me, I think. I just use 'em. I don't get too much involved in
modifying how they work.