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Is the 24″ iMac display better than the 20″?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 / Displays, Hardware
I’ve heard that the 20″ iMac display is not as good as the 24″. Is there any truth to that?
Yep, we think the screen on the 24 iMac is better than the 20″ iMac, and not just four inches better. The display is brighter, by close to a third the brightness of the 20″ iMac. This is important with glossy screens because it can counteract glare from overhead lights or a window, while still providing sharp color. Also the display has a greater viewing angle, 178° verses 160°. What this means is that you will have better color representation across the screen as your eye moves around. The lower the viewing angle the more washed-out images look from the corners of your eyes.
On a much more anecdotal note, I have yet to hear anyone complain about their 20″ iMac. Whatever you’ve heard could just be the number of 20″ iMacs sold compared to the 24″ iMac, but still, of the rare complaints I hear regarding iMac screens, all are about 20″ iMacs.
October 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I have a 3 line gray area in my Deleted messages of Entourage between three other
messages I do not want to delete.
When I try to delete I get an error message #4362 which said the action cannot be completed.
How do I remove this gray area.
I have a G4 mini tower mirrored finish.
Thank you Robert Kistler
October 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
It is possible to mark messages for deletion on an IMAP mail server and not have them delete until after a few days or hours. You have the option to “Purge Deleted Items” from your Inbox manually. You do this by holding down the [control] key and clicking on the Inbox icon. From the Popup menu select “Purge Deleted Items.”
If that does not help I may need more information. So please email me with a screen shot ([command] + [shift] + [3]) and info on what version of Office you are using.