Recent content by ABramley

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Hi, Just thought I'd come back and update this after a week with a macbook pro. Really pleased. Display first - it works fine in Windows 8. There's the odd font that escapes a box in Firefox, looks like I'll have to upgrade from Lightroom 3 to 5 (which I was going to do anyway) and...

Lenovo looks really nice, but seems to be getting rare - almost discontinued? Only a TN screen too. Those ASUSs are down a few models from the one I've just sent back and neither feature any way of outputting 2560x1440, so no good there I'm afraid. Lenovo w530 looks nice, but I kind of...

I generally keep my screen calibrated to 200nits anyway - 120 is good for evaluating prints onto most paper, 180 seems a fair balance between general use and print accuracy. If it's way too bright you just end up with black prints... Stu - agree that reports on the Retina display show that...

Ah - so it is, that took a bit of digging. Looks nice... So between the 2 I've come up with the following: MBP's consumer GFX probably better suited for me than workstation gfx. I intend to do some gaming - nothing heavy and not expecting full res, but this machine is to be my...

Thanks - that's pretty close - only missing out on the IPS screen. Will definitely have a close look at that - a good bit cheaper than a Macbook. Anything else around?

Hi all, I'd love to get the following out of a laptop: Approx 15" form factor. Definitely not 17", would go with 14". Discrete graphics, but not necessarily any of the high-end gaming cards. Really nice screen - IPS, high res. Good connectivity to external monitors - displayport. I have a...

Arrived. It's very good. Not quite perfect, but certainly very good. No installation issues - it clearly says to make sure you've installed the drivers before you plug it in, did this and no problems. Easily runs 2560x1440 on the desktop, and no problems with small embedded videos either...

So I've had a good hunt around. The Matrox solutions look really nice, but only go up to 1200 on the vertical - no better than my current HDMI -> DVI cable. Peter - interesting, but my monitor doesn't have a VGA input! So, I've got a Startech adapter on order. The company reckons it won't...

Cool - that's a positive review. Once again, with a workaround device like this, I'm completely happy to work around its own foibles. If that means full-res on the desktop and dropping to 'only' 1080p for watching a film from the sofa, that's great! I'll probably even knock together a...

External GFX cards are an interesting option - I asked about these in my original post as I knew they'd existed before. Would love for someone to review one of these - a lot of the reviews complaining about video seem to be connecting a USB3 adapter by USB2, and I can't see anyone running one...

I'm selling the desktop, the ultrabook is its replacement. The ultrabook is staying :)

Sorry - I've accepted that the 27" 2560x1440 is unobtainable with this laptop. I had it earmarked for sale anyway - now I'm no longer using its full featureset it's a lot of overkill for a 2nd screen. I'm now interested in replacing it with a 24" 1920x1200 screen with HDMI and VGA inputs...

Cool - so not as bad as I feared. I was pretty worried that HDMI in the state I had it was limited to 1080p max. I'd be completely happy with a 24inch 1920x1200 IPS screen and there's quite a few on the market for reasonable prices. I'll sell the Spectraview - was considering it anyway as I'm...

Or actually - that monitor seems to support VGA - any issues running it at full res using the VGA output?