By Lewis, on May 3rd, 2012 Not quite. Or at least not in every case. The TN+Film panel used in Macbook Pros is of better quality than some budget displays you will see around the $130-$160 mark. That, however, is the bare minimum of image quality you can get from an external display. E-IPS panels — available starting from $250 for Continue reading LCD quality in Macbook Pros beats external screens. Is that true? By Lewis, on May 2nd, 2012 Getting third party monitors to work with a Mac is usually sketchy business, unless you know exactly what you’re doing. In this article I give you the three cables/adapters with the best user feedback that turn the video output signal of a Mac Mini, Macbook Pro/Air, iMac into something a Dell Ultrasharp series semi-professional or Continue reading The 3 highest rated Mini-Displayport to Displayport Cables and Adapters for Mac or Eyefinity users By Lewis, on April 30th, 2012 How to connect a semi-professional Dell U2212HM to a fully-professional iMac? It’s the simplest of things: all you need is an adapter. We’ll be turning the mini-Displayport to a digital input the U2212HM works off of. DVI-D or Displayport? Although you have the option to go with the VGA port present, I strongly suggest you Continue reading Connecting a Dell u2212hm to an iMac By Lewis, on April 28th, 2012 The short answer is yes. It is an external display rather well suited for the Macbook Pro. The Dell U2412M is one of the better monitors you’ll find at around $350 because it’s IPS based rather than TN. It isn’t an S-IPS panel monitor meaning you won’t have an 8-bit per channel color rendering. It Continue reading Dell U2412m with Macbook Pro – Is it a good idea? By Lewis, on April 27th, 2012 Does the Dell U2412M fit together with Macs well? Yes it does. Let’s see the reasons why it’s one of the best choices you can make, especially when looking for a display somewhere between $300 and $400. Benefits of using a Dell U2412M with a Mac As you might have noticed, the U2412M is a Continue reading Dell U2412M Mac Display – Semi-Professional, fully awesome By Lewis, on April 25th, 2012 The Dell U2412M is to Mac Mini monitors what the Mac Mini is to Apple computers: the cheapest solution that still gets the job done. The Mac Mini is equipped hardware you would find in a Macbook Pro 13″, which as the name also suggests is a computer for professionals. Okay, it’s also for browsing Continue reading Dell U2412M Mac Mini connectivity options By Lewis, on April 24th, 2012 Is the Dell U2412M Ultrasharp Mac Mini compatible? Why yes, it definitely is. Why the Dell U2412M is a good choice to use with Mac Mini? The Mac Mini is the cheapest wayto get OS X desktop up and running. Since it’s virtually the same hardware as the Macbook Pro 13″, you are guaranteed the Continue reading Dell 2412M Mac Mini compatibility By Lewis, on April 19th, 2012 Is 2560×1440 (WQHD) or 2560×1600 (WQXGA) better for design work? If money is not a thing, you almost always benefit from having an extra 160 lines. If you’re looking to save a couple hundred dollars while maintaining the same level of productivity, read on. WQHD or WQXGA WQHD is 2,560 x 1,440 pixels of resolution, Continue reading Is WQHD or WQXGA the better for design work? By Lewis, on April 19th, 2012 How do you connect a Dell U3011 to the Mac Mini? The same way you connect any high-resolution third party display to the Mac Mini: using the appropriate adapter. Grahpics designers, amateur and professional photographers, web developers eventually all come to the conclusion that IPS works better for them than the usual budget TN-panel. Continue reading How do you connect a Dell U3011 and the Mac Mini? By Lewis, on April 19th, 2012 As a Mac owner you must have wondered what 1600p displays are there. At this moment in time, 2560×1600 is the highest resolution in consumer computer monitors. All these screens contain an S or H-IPS panel, thus command a price tag often prohibitive for the non-dedicated. WQXGA is such an immense pixel count, that it Continue reading 1600p displays – The Quick Roundup By Lewis, on April 16th, 2012 This is a list of currently available IPS based monitors that are 27″ across. It should be useful to anyone trying to quickly compare 27″ IPS displays before shelling out a thousand dollars, or to find a quick tidbit of information. Information is correct to my best knowledge, which means you shouldn’t let your life Continue reading List of 27″ IPS displays available in 2012 plus some obscure models By Lewis, on April 16th, 2012 When my girlfriend upgraded to the Intel 3000 equipped Macbook Pro from the Nvidia 320 based 2010 model, I was a little concerned about the performance. I had a barrage of questions. Is the Intel HD 3000 quick enough to drive the 1080p display we got for the Nvidia based Macbook Pro? Is it going Continue reading Recommended monitors for an Intel HD 3000 based Mac By Lewis, on April 11th, 2012 Instead of just one, I’d like to give you three cheap IPS displays to choose from. Viewsonic VX2336S Looking at the $179.99 retail price one can’t help but wonder what might be missing form it. For starters the VX2336S does not support pivoting. You can’t put it into portrait mode, unless you separately purchase a Continue reading Cheapest IPS monitor in 2012 By Lewis, on April 11th, 2012 There are three answers to that question depending on what monitors you want to connect and what you’ll use them for. The simplest and most elegant solution is to daisy chain two Apple Thunderbolt Displays on your 2011 Macbook Pro. 13″ models can work with two ATDs as well, but the internal screen will go Continue reading How to connect two external monitors to a Macbook Pro? By Lewis, on April 11th, 2012 Macs and Macbook pros are all about photo editing. And browsing and gaming and graphics design and a plethora of other things, but photo editing is prominent nonetheless. The official Apple Thunderbolt Display — while a commendable effort — costs way more than a beginner monitor should, which is why you should and will look Continue reading Cheap monitor for photo editing for the Macbook Pro | |