iMac Core Duo quirks

I've got a iBook G4 1GHz 14" 256MB RAM and my Mom has a Thinkad iSeries Celeron 333MHz 14" 96MB.

For proper 640x480 XviD playback you need at least a 600MHz Pentium III. So I convert TV programs and movies for her on my iBook using ffmpegX.

A conversion from 640x480 1000Kbps XviD (42 minutes long) to a 320x240 500Kbps DivX (with no other apps running takes approximately 25-30 minutes. With some load (watching a similar sized XviD in MplayerOSX) it takes around 45 minutes for conversion.

I'm shocked to find that the Dell panel is the same, because as someone above posted there is a clear, no debate about it, color dropoff in the corners of every dell monitor I've ever seen (including the 20") and there definitely is not on any of the apple cinema displays. How can that be if they're the same? I'm not disuputing, and in fact I would love to find out I'm wrong somehow, especially for all those extra inputs and lower price, but my eyes have definitely told a different story. Guess I need to trek out to a Dell store somewhere and have a look.

You wrote:
"I have noticed a few oddities with Rosetta. I cannot always drag documents to Word in the Dock or pictures to Photoshop in the Dock to launch the program and open the document / picture, as I can with native apps."

I have had that problem on PowerPC macs as well. It's not a Rosetta issue.

I'm guessing the Apple panel is made by LG/Philips and the Dell by Samsung? BTW, I have the Dell 20". It's a great value, but lots of dropoff in the corners, so not good for professional graphics. The USB port on the side makes a great placeholder for my DLink bluetooth key, to which I mount my iSight. Brilliant!

My PowerBook, bought in September, didn't come with X11 installed by default. Nor with the developer tools. I can see that Apple would put those in the same 'Advanced User' space and not install them by default since the typical user would have no need to use them.

P.S.
You could have at least moved the Dell(?) laptop before taking your 'Apple Rig' pic. :)

I stand corrected. They aren't the same panels. I was confusing the 23 and 24-inch with the 20-inchers which are the same.

By your logic, can you explain to me how a 23" LCD and a 24" LCD are the same? There's a difference between "same resolution," and "same panel."

This is completely inaccurate. The 20" Dell 2005fwp and the Apple 20" Cinema Display are, in fact, the same panel, and I'm assuing that's what you're thinking of. The 24" Dell (Samsung LTM240M1-L01) and 23" Cinema Display (panel made by LG)are indeed different.

I also know from experience that the two panels are not equal. The Dell is definitely the better of the two (sharper, brighter, less bleadthrough, better stand, card reader, more video inputs, cheaper). The only thing the Dell monitor doesn't have over the Apple is the Aluminum bezel to match that G5 tower you bought last year.

Can you do us a favor and connect your Imac to a UPS and test the UPS life time with and without a USB2 thinggy attached to you beautifull IMAC?

Thanxs
Carvalhinho

For C.K. and #10
The Photoshop file open problem is usually associated with OS upgrades/re-installs. There is a Folder/File in the /Library called "Scripting Additions" with a file called "Adobe Unit Types." This doesn't get moved in an upgrade/archive. You can locate it in your Previous Systems/Library folder and just move the folder back to /Library.

The Photoshop file open problem is usually associated with OS upgrades/re-installs. There is a Folder/File in the /Library called "Scripting Additions" with a file called "Adobe Unit Types." This doesn't get moved in an upgrade/archive. You can locate it in your Previous Systems/Library folder and just move the folder back to /Library.