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[rjp]

Glossiphobia

It's ok, let it out. It's the first step in the healing process.

Glossiphobia is now recognized as a treatable condition, and lots of people who suffer from it's once debilitating effects are now learning to lead healthy, productive lives;-)

 

[D4F]

I worked in IT at an advertising company for 3 years. If you're doing any kind of professional high-resolution photography (or any kind of HD commercial work) an iMac is wholly inadequate. We used to have a saying: secretaries get the iMacs -- everyone else gets Pros.

I work for a 3D animation and broadcasting studio. I do a lot of lightwave, photoshop and Vue projects.
Mac Pro fully loaded with a networked render farm that consist of 14 more units like that. I know what raw power and pro enviroment means.

At home I use the new 3.06 iMac and i'm sorry to say to you but it does it's job done very well. Actually better than I expected.
Screen needs good calibration that's for sure but it really digs up it's assets after it. iMac is mostly used for Vue, Poser and Photoshop. I did 6 retouches at home to my work projects on the new 3.06 and nobody ever told me that they lack something and need further editing. The whole glossy screen issue went way to far in my opinion and people jump on it like it's a damn desease or something yet never take enough time to set it up right. Glare might be annoying sometimes but that doesn't take screens values just makes a little bit harder to work with in bright rooms with many reflections in it.

Statement like iMac is wholly inadequate for photo editing or HD commercial work is simply a ignorant and outdated joke based on old gen iMacs that indeed were not strong enough to pull a HD train. It has changed now and you can go wild with HD video and iMac will hold it's ground very well.

 

[ironMonkey]

Well, I'm a grad student who just writes papers and presentations. When working in text, widescreen and glossy are useless and distracting. When I bought an iBook in 2005, the thing was competitive: 32 mb vram discrete graphics, 512 ram standard, integrated wireless-G, and weighing only 5 lbs. Sadly it's time to upgrade to intel so I can dual-boot and run industry standard applications.

Now the only consumer options are glossy. Damn you glossy! Believe or not, some apple users have no interest in editing visual media.

Guess I'll wait for the mini to get an update and keep this PPC1.33 for mobile tasks.

 

[lewchenko]

Im in a real rut.

Apple simply doesnt make a desktop computer I can buy. I cant go with iMac due to the Glossy screen. I appreciate some people like them, but for me... its a deal breaker. The reflective glare is simply too much. (I spend most of my time writing code or articles).

The Mac Pro is a workstation and is overkill for my needs. Plus its too expensive. The mini is underpowered and lacks any expansion at all.

The X-Mac doesnt exist. Way to go apple. Id actually consider an iMac if it werent for the glossy screen. I already have a macbook pro (non glossy screen option of course), but thats for work really.

Sad situation to be in really. Apple has stopped giving me a reason to buy desktops off them.

 

[czachorski]

Im in a real rut.

Apple simply doesnt make a desktop computer I can buy. I cant go with iMac due to the Glossy screen. I appreciate some people like them, but for me... its a deal breaker. The reflective glare is simply too much. (I spend most of my time writing code or articles).

The Mac Pro is a workstation and is overkill for my needs. Plus its too expensive. The mini is underpowered and lacks any expansion at all.

The X-Mac doesnt exist. Way to go apple. Id actually consider an iMac if it werent for the glossy screen. I already have a macbook pro (non glossy screen option of course), but thats for work really.

Sad situation to be in really. Apple has stopped giving me a reason to buy desktops off them.

Do you code and write text with a white background or a dark one? If you are used to a dark background for text work, the glossy might be an issue, but for a white background, it really is not even noticeable.

(IMO, even the occasional work I do on a dark background is not a big deal. Your eyes have to focus at an unusual depth to see your reflection in the screen.)