Review: Apple iMac 27in

[Rik]

Oddly. I have no problems with a 24" monitor.

[Gary]

Oddly. I have no problems with a 24" monitor.

24" would be great Rik but the resolution of 2,560 by 1,440 pixels and sheer size of a 27" screen is to much for me, it was hard work on the eyes, which just went up quite a bit on my prescription, more than they expected, 4 something rather than 1 something (no idea what the measurement is) and thats in nine months. 4 in one eye 2 in the other, so waiting for Zeiss individual lens to be made at the moment, guess the old peepers don't like monitors so much now 

[Rik]

The measurement is in dioptres, Gary, and that kind of movement is not altogether unusual - at least in my experience, the eyes have 'lurches' once in a while, and your medication won't be helping. If you haven't already, consider getting glasses for monitor distance, they make a world of difference.

To me, that resolution would be great.

[Gary]

The measurement is in dioptres, Gary, and that kind of movement is not altogether unusual - at least in my experience, the eyes have 'lurches' once in a while, and your medication won't be helping. If you haven't already, consider getting glasses for monitor distance, they make a world of difference.

To me, that resolution would be great.

I have a set of glasses set for that distance Rik, I think its a personal preference, some programs fonts were so tiny its untrue some were great, and also I sit about 1ft 8" away from my machine the 27" at that distance is very big, the room also is small it looked all wrong from both viewing point and size wise, it started my ocular migraines off as well, not had them for a very long time  Meds may play a part in that also as you say. Photos looked amazing on it, browsing was hard work though. 

[Rik]

Send it round and I'll give a second opinion.

[Gary]

Send it round and I'll give a second opinion.

If you can sit 3ft away no problem  if I do that Im in the middle of my computer cubby hole 

[Rik]

I can go back up to 6' easily.

[Gary]

I can go back up to 6' easily.

my room is 8" wide and 14" long with a window and cupboard (built in cupboard) on the longitudinal parts, so its a no go for pc placement, this is another reason the 27" iMac looked out of place Rik, the 21.5 fits nicely in the space. Now if Justina let me have it in the one of the bedrooms I would have about 24ft square, but she likes me hidden out of sight in here, cant think why 

[Rik]

I took over the 2nd bedroom when we moved here, but I got away with it because we had 3 computers and five printers at the time. Noe it's 4 and 6.

[Simon]

I still wonder if 27" would be too big to sit in front of for long periods.  I'm not even sure it would fit on my desk!