How well does Mac OS 10.4 look on a non-widescreen LCD display?

[mshan]

I want to eventually pick up a Mac Mini as an audio server computer and am wondering how Mac OS 10.4 looks on a non-widescreen LCD (Dell 1905FP)?

Does it scale appropriately to the 5:4 LCD dimensions or is it really intended to be used on a 16:10 display? And how does it scale to a true 16:9 display such as a consumer hdtv?

 

[frogbelly]

Your best bet is to drop in to an apple store and take a look.

That said, my Powerbook looks fine on both its native LCD, and on the 17 inch Samsung I use as an external monitor. When I've hooked it up to my bosses Dell 1905FP at work, its also looked fine.

I have no idea how it would look attached to a hdtv. The couple of times I've watched DVD's ran from my powerbook to a standard 27 inch tv have looked fine.

I have a G4 powerbook, not one of the new Intel ones.

 

[uclaChris]

should look fine...apple has 12in laptops that arent widescreen that use 1024x768 res

 

[OSX]

My widescreen iBook looks fine on the onboard widescreen, as well as a HP MX-70 CRT display.

 

[mshan]

Does everyone think OS 104 is optimzed for widescreen displays, or does the desktop and all applications look right on either a widescreen or non-widescreen display?

 

[pukemon]

I'm running Mac OS on my Mac Mini on a 17" LCD and it looks fine a 1280x1024.

FYI, LCD's with 1280x1024 have square pixels becuase the screen is fixed at 5:4, whereas on a CRT it isn't because the native geometry is 4:3.

 

[kmrivers]

Originally posted by: OSX
My widescreen iBook looks fine on the onboard widescreen, as well as a HP MX-70 CRT display.

um... widescreen ibooks do not exist.

 

[frogbelly]

To clarify my first post - My powerbook is one of the 12 inch ones, with the 1024by768 native resolution. I've never hooked it into widescreen anything, and it looks great. 12 inch is the best size (imho) for laptops - easily transportable, and if you need more screen real estate, hook it into an external display.