Simple hints and tips for customizing enthusiasts and beginners. Monitor resolutions, bit depths and desktop pictures. This article is not about fixing broken monitors though, its about using them in the best possible way by matching resolutions and color settings.
Monitors come in a few common sizes.
Depending on the make, the viewable area could be different between monitors of the same size. These days with the drop in prices for 17 inch monitors, I suspect the market share are almost equal between the three. Mac monitors are 72 dpi which means there are 5184 pixels per square inch of screen real estate. A 13 inch monitor can normally display 640 pixels horizontally and 480 vertically and again, depending on your AV hardware you may get 832 by 624. With OS 8 the same can be done via your Control Strip.