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iMac vs MacBook Pro?
Simon Keitch, Photographer
Plymouth | Devon | UK | Posted: 2:51 PM on 11.02.09
->> For various reasons I'm thinking about replacing my iMac with one of the new 17in MacBook Pros; my question is how good is the screen on these now? I notice a big difference between the screens on my 13in MacBook and 24in iMac (and I don't just mean the obvious difference in size); is the image quality on the new MacBook Pros as good as an iMac monitor or is there still a big gap?

Thanks - S
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Kevin M. Cox, Photographer, Assistant
Galveston & Houston | TX | US | Posted: 3:32 PM on 11.02.09
->> I haven't used one personally, but Rob Galbraith wrote of the current revision:

"Plus, the third member of Apple's MacBook Pro trio - the 17 inch - has both a great laptop display and the option of ordering it in a much-needed antiglare version. Taken together, the current MacBook Pro lineup offers the best displays for photographers we've ever seen from Apple..."
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-10041-10146
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Robert Redmond, Photographer
Foster City | CA | USA | Posted: 7:08 PM on 11.02.09
->> The new (mid-2009) MBP will kill your 24 iMac in pic quality.... now the new 21 or 27... that's a different story.
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