02-25-2007, 09:31 PM
Thanks, everyone for the help and good wishes.
Silencio: I like the Apple Cinema monitors but I believe the Dell is 1 inch larger and about $250 cheaper. I remember reading a comparison for Dell vs Apple LCDs for graphic design somewhere and Dell stacked up favorably beating the Cinema in some things.
jdc:
I'll be doing the brunt of the design work for right now but I agree that the iMac is the way to go when the G4 867 goes (probably to our tech support group to test OSX software). My sister, who is also a designer is actually picking up an iMac for her home work. I've always had Diamond Pro CRTs for my main monitors so I will have to see how moving to the LCDs will be. Hopefully the Eye-One will help.
My company management was never concerned about color correctness in print before me. As long as "blue was blue", they were happy. When I spec'd out my original system 5 years ago they turned down my request for a screen calibration system. They were basically sales and tech guys and thought even buying a Mac was not necessary "because you can get quark for a PC, right?"
Over the 5 years I've been there they've seen positive results from my efforts to brand the company with a corporate identity so that's why I have been given this opportunity and hopefully the budget to buy this new stuff. They keep saying the $ are there for me.
Let's see tomorrow when they get the Excel spreadsheet with the $ request
Silencio: I like the Apple Cinema monitors but I believe the Dell is 1 inch larger and about $250 cheaper. I remember reading a comparison for Dell vs Apple LCDs for graphic design somewhere and Dell stacked up favorably beating the Cinema in some things.
jdc:
I'll be doing the brunt of the design work for right now but I agree that the iMac is the way to go when the G4 867 goes (probably to our tech support group to test OSX software). My sister, who is also a designer is actually picking up an iMac for her home work. I've always had Diamond Pro CRTs for my main monitors so I will have to see how moving to the LCDs will be. Hopefully the Eye-One will help.
My company management was never concerned about color correctness in print before me. As long as "blue was blue", they were happy. When I spec'd out my original system 5 years ago they turned down my request for a screen calibration system. They were basically sales and tech guys and thought even buying a Mac was not necessary "because you can get quark for a PC, right?"
Over the 5 years I've been there they've seen positive results from my efforts to brand the company with a corporate identity so that's why I have been given this opportunity and hopefully the budget to buy this new stuff. They keep saying the $ are there for me.
Let's see tomorrow when they get the Excel spreadsheet with the $ request
JoeM
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