Digital BW, The Print

At 8:01 PM +0000 7/1/05, mkitei wrote:
>I've been thinking of upgrading from my G4 to a G5 and the price
>difference between a tower plus a monitor and the imac is tempting.
>Has anyone used the imac G5. How does the lcd monitor compare to a
>Viewsonic or a LaCie crt type monitor. Speaking as a serious
>photographer and a concerned printer.
>
>Mike Kitei

I'm in the same situation, Mike. But I am not tempted by the iMac, 
although not because I think its LCD would not serve as well a CRT.

In fact, I'm considering a combining a new (to me) G5 with a 17-inch 
Dell/Samsung CRT Photoshop "palette" monitor (at 1024 x 768 & 85Hz) 
and a 19" EIZO LCD image display which pivots. At 1280 x 1024 (or 
1024 x 1280) a 19-inch LCD has an active display size of 376 x 301 mm 
/ 14.8 x 11.9 inches. That would let me see full-size,  whether it's 
oriented horizontally or vertically, the largest image I can 
comfortably mat and frame (at 16 x 20) in my small quarters.

I _am_ tempted to use a 15" or 17" G4 PowerBook, instead of a G5 
PowerMac, with a 19" EIZO LCD which pivots. I'm afraid a notebook 
might be too much slower due to its having slower processors (both 
CPU & GPU) and hard drives as well as less RAM. But I'm still 
tempted, because it would be so nice to have the PowerBook as a 
traveling companion for a digital camera, if I can ever decide which 
one to buy. And in any case, nice to have the notebook to use as for 
navigating via GPS on my road (and off-road) trips in the Southwest.

Incidentally, it is easy to find a WinTel notebook with faster 
processors and hard drives. But not, as far as I can tell, with more 
RAM than a PowerBook. And without that gain too, I'm reluctant to 
consider giving up the Mac OS for Windows. Otherwise, I think it 
might be a good time to switch.

In any case, I think it might be a good time to move from CRTs to 
LCDs, at home as well as abroad, for images, especially if you like 
to see portrait, as well as landscape photographs, in one relatively 
large piece.
--
Sam

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