Does Your Windows Suck, Too?
I know almost nothing about color correction, except insofar as what ColorSync's job is, but the proof is in the pudding.
I fired up Parallels Desktop software to run -shudder- Windows XP to see how Aperture did at rendering its Web Galleries for Windows. Since I'm running Firefox on XP, I only need a shower: IE and I'd have to boil myself or something.
Anyhow, my images looked much more fabulous on Safari on Mac OS X. I took screen shots of the same image on both platforms. Which means the bits are different, so you should, even on a Windows box, be able to notice a difference. Of course that means that you Windows folks will see double-happy-shittiness on the first pic and only single shittiness on the second one.
Maybe there's something else going on, but overall, my Windows experiences have been much like this. A pale imitation that is never quite right.
Why are my pictures washed out when the rest of the standard XP UI is so garishly vivid that it hurts my eyes?
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Because, as usual, Microsoft's GUI design team is about 6 years behind. Remember how *bright* the original Aqua was? :)
Does that mean I'm better looking on an Apple computer?
Everyone looks better on a Mac. And in front of one. ;)
Pod people, all of you.
Hmmm...pod people....Yes, Microsoft. Whatever you say, Microsoft. We'll accept mediocrity because there's nothing other than you, Microsoft. Thank you, Microsoft, may I have another?
:)
iPod people, actually. And, Dear Joseph, you've been assimilated too!
And don't we even look better on a 17" Mac screen. I know I do. ;-)
Hey ~ Jeff...do you know if CAD is capable of running on the new MAC portables? Someone told me it was if you had windows installed. Don't shot me for asking about a Microsoft application but I need to use CAD and I so much prefer my Apple! Trying toavoid picking up an IBM-compatible.
because to mac bigots, pretentious and elitests, when you overspend on shit equipment, you get what you pay for. $3000 for an iCrap? Sorry, I can custom build a better machine and guess what - it would look better on windows 95 even.
See, I like to be able to run whatever software I want on my pc because the iTard suite of software, photoshop and a mishmash together out of date bsd and rehashed os 9.x just dosen't make me feel good about dropping 3g's on piece of crap macintrash.
For gosh sakes....keep breathing, "who cares"!
You just got done tirading about how much better you are because you build a PC yourself and call Mac folks elitists in the process? You're gonna get stretchmarks.
You didn't address anything I said in the post. Care to try again?