Re: [OT] MacBook Pro 17'' HD - Is the text too small for coding?

Hi Miguel

Get the 1920x1200! We have used them since June last year and are  
were happy. Remember, you can always set the font sizes in Eclipse/ 
Xcode, but we did not even find this necessary.

With Kind Regards,

Dennis Gaastra, M.B.A.[sfu.ca], B.Sc.[ubc.ca]
Chief Technology Officer,
WEBAPPZ


On 27-Feb-08, at 10:03 AM, Miguel Arroz wrote:

> Hi!
>
>   I'm sorry, this is a little off-topic even for the Talk list. But  
> anyway, here goes:
>
>   I'm hesitating between buying a "regular" 17 MBP or the one with  
> the HD display.
>
>   I'm very tempted for the HD, because I seem to never have enough  
> space for all the windows I need. But of course, I'm concerned  
> about the fact that the text may get too small to be readable (and  
> almost all we do is text, right?).
>
>   Doing the math, I conclude that a character would be 14% smaller  
> (in length, not area) on the HD display. 14% doesn't seem to be a  
> lot, but I don't know. I tried one in the Apple Store UK last week,  
> downloaded an Eclipse screenshot, and it seemed perfectly readable,  
> but of course one thing is to use it for 5 minutes, and a  
> completely different one is using the machine several hours a day.
>
>   Unfortunately I can't do more tests (I'm back to Portugal, and no  
> physical Apple Store here yet) so I'm looking for the experience of  
> anyone who codes and has one of this little monsters.
>
>   (there's always the obvious option of increasing the font size,  
> but sometimes that may not be possible)
>
>   Yours
>
> Miguel Arroz
>
> Miguel Arroz
> http://www.terminalapp.net
> http://www.ipragma.com
>
>
>
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