Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
They're not really, but here's a tip: never run an LCD at anything lower than its optimum resolution. Everything becomes blurry and pixelated and generally sucktastic (not to mention it being a general pet peeve of mine). LCD screens are designed to run at one (and only one) resolution. They can extrapolate for lower resolutions if you need to, but you should always run at the highest resolution that your monitor supports.
The 15" MacBook Pro is designed to run at 1440x900, and the 17" MacBook Pro is designed to run at 1680x1050 by default. There is also a 17" model that supports 1920x1200. The 20" iMac is designed to run at 1680x1050, and the 24" iMac is designed to run at 1920x1200. You better start getting used to a lot higher than 1024x768. 
(For the record, you can lower the resolution on the MacBook Pro all the way to 640x480. Not sure about the iMac. But if you run at anything other than the optimum resolution and abuse your Mac like that, I will hate you forever. ) |
Oh GOD.
This'll be a helluva change... the highest res on mine is 1280 by 1024.
... and I just looked at it and EVERYTHING'S TINY... wow.