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I tried it and it works but,
it definitely looks worse on an LCD (in this case a 2000 iBook), and whether or not it is easier to read on a CRT is questionable. I like the anti-aliased text in OS X on my CRT and my iBook, so maybe I'm biased. though. Anyway, it doesn't hurt to try it. I encountered no problems and can't see why you would.
No antialiasing on CRT
I tried this briefly on my Apple 17" CRT at 1152 x 870. I didn't explore any fonts besides Lucida Grande. It was very clearly worse without antialiasing.
No antialiasing on CRT
Ok, so it's ugly, but how is performance? Surely it's gotta be better than X-Windows....
No antialiasing on CRT
As I said in my message, I could not detect any significant difference in performance, but I did not do a scientific comparison. I just tried it with anti-aliasing and without and I didn't notice much other than that it was uglier and at least in the case of my iBook, harder to read. I tend to think it was harder to read on my G4 with CRT display as well, but everyone seems to think differently about this. Perhaps if you got rid of anti-aliasing along with drop shadows, translucency, etc, etc, then you might see a performance gain, but is it worth it? Jobs has said that performance improvements are now a top priority for OS X as that is one of the most common complaints. OS X improves with every update and I see no reason not to expect that to continue.
No antialiasing on CRT
Uh... or maybe I didn't say that in my original message. :) Well, now you know, but I suggest you try it for yourself anyway and see what the results are for you.
I tried it and it works but,
I'm using a new 2001 iBook, and text actually appears sharper for me. I was using Internet Explorer for web browsing versus Omniweb, simply because IE didn't antialias and Omniweb did. It was too anti aliased for me...text was blurry and hard to read. Now its very sharp. |
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