Kizza Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Hi there all 27" imac users. Thinking about updating my aging white imac to an i7 aluminium 27" imac. Have any users been hampered by the gloss screens when used for architectural work? Have they resulted in eye strain and fatigue over long periods of use? Have reflections and glare been a distraction? Quote Link to comment
mar schrammeyer Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 i have a 20" screen ( non glossy) next to my imac 21.5" but still use the imac as primary screen i soon did not notice it anymore of course position is important Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I two 27", glossy-screen iMacs. At my home office, where there are no windows behind me, I have not had ANY problems. At my other office, though, position of the screen became extremely important because I had a window over my left shoulder. This created quite a bit of glare and reflections. I ultimately moved the machine so that I had no windows behind me. On bright days, I still have some reflections but barely notice them. One thing to note. Working with a black background makes this problem much worse. I work with another CAD application that works best with a black background and the glare/reflections are much more noticeable. Hope that this helps. Good luck. Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Kizza, no problems here. I really like my 27" i7. Quote Link to comment
J. Johnson Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'm very happy with my 27" i7. Reflections have not been a problem for me. I think positioning with no window behind you is definitely important. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment
Kizza Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 Do you find that the font size is too small with the native resolution (2560 x 1440)? Quote Link to comment
J. Johnson Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Hi Kizza- I don't have any trouble with font size. You can change the display font size for the finder by right clicking on the desktop and selecting "show view options". This lets you adjust font and icon sizes on your desktop. Within vectorworks, all menu font sizes are fine for me. The extra screen real-estate just means less scrolling and zooming in and out for me. (saves time) Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment
Kizza Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 So I bought a 27" iMac i7 about 10 days ago. Today I returned it. I have a window in front of my computer and a mirrored wardrobe behind me. The reflections coming from behind me and too great to ignore. I could frost the mirrored wardrobe doors or replace them. Then I thought, "Why should I renovate my office to suit a computer?" So it went back. It is a lovely machine and, as has been pointed out in this thread, if you have a light source behind you as you sit then glare probably will be a problem Quote Link to comment
billtheia Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Did you consider applying a non-glare film to the screen? I understand that several companies make a matte film for the 27" iMac. Quote Link to comment
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