And if you want to work (or watch porn) in the dark, check out these awesome backlit keyboards: http://www.deckkeyboards.com I own two--even without the backlighting, the keyswitches are fantastic, making this one of the fastest and most comfortable keyboards I have ever used. We've gotten so used to the crappy membrane-based keyswitches that we've forgotten how luxurious the original spring-loaded switches (buckling and non-buckling) of the original 80s keyboards were.
Your post is so excellent, I feel like I should mail you a check. Thank you! You definitely know what you are talking about.
A keyboard for $159 is out of my league. I could justify a 30" monitor to myself and to my wife but a fancy keyboard .... I just do not know. I guess I will have to wait a couple of years for my arthritis to kick in to justify it. As for porn, I doubt a high end keyboard would enhance the experience, a high end monitor on the other hand... well that is another story.
1. As for the smaller text of higher resolution monitors... most of the text in desktop, word processors and browsers can be easily enlarged to be anything you want (though usually not true for tool bars). 2. Current monitors with "high contrast ratios" accomplish their numbers by having waayyy higher brightness than can often be used. They have brightness of 400-500 nits, when 120 nits is what we can actually utilize. However high brightness could be a benefit when used in a room with high ambient light. Personally, I'd like to see makers do a better job on making the blacks blacker and reduce the brightness to 150-200 nits. (A monitor like the Samsung 971P now claims "250 nits Brightness & 1500:1 Contrast Ratio". Though the CR is the phony "dynamic" measure, this model is more on the right track than making screens with ever greater brightness mostly to boast of a higher CR.)
I tried out the Apple 30" screen and found that the max resolution gives me eyestrain. can someone tell me how the Dell 30" looks when it's running at a lower resolution like 2000x1200? TIA
LCD should be run in native resolution for best quality. If the text is too small, increase the Font Size, Icon Size, etc. Don't reduce resolution.
The price on that thing really came down! I remember when that thing used to cost about $3k! Dell has awesome monitors, but the original price on that thing was just ungodly. And yeah, just to reaffirm what the guy above me said ... it needs to be run in its native resolution. Use the settings in Windows to increase your font-size, and you'll be fine ... they'll be readable AND crisp =D
i dont think it can run at that screen resolution. its not even one of the standard resolutions winxp would support