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  #2956554 19-Aug-2022 12:16
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My experience of the blurred MS Office applications was on a 2013 MBP with the 2280x1800 pixel 15.4 "retina" display at 220PPI.

It's a very crisp display, and everything else looks great except for applications that haven't been optimised for it, which is very few, and unfortunately includes MS Office apps.


 
 
 

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  #2956565 19-Aug-2022 12:48
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What Make & Model of a monitor are you using ?

 

I mean I wouldn't spend $2999 for their Studio Display (ridiculous price)  but they do sell an LG Ultra Fine 4K Display for NZ$1,129.95

 

I wish they had never dropped the 27" all-in-one. My late 2013 27" still runs like a trooper even though I now can not run the latest OS on it.





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  #2956574 19-Aug-2022 13:01
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FineWine:

 

What Make & Model of a monitor are you using ?

 

I mean I wouldn't spend $2999 for their Studio Display (ridiculous price)  but they do sell an LG Ultra Fine 4K Display for NZ$1,129.95

 

I wish they had never dropped the 27" all-in-one. My late 2013 27" still runs like a trooper even though I now can not run the latest OS on it.

 

 

 

 

Titan Army 34" UltraWide




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  #2956579 19-Aug-2022 13:21
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Kopkiwi:

 

Titan Army 34" UltraWide

 

I notice that that monitor gets very mixed reviews on the PBTech site.

 

The LG UltraGear 34GN850-B 34" UltraWide QHD 144Hz Curved Monitor, though more expensive at $1189, gets great reviews and was recommended here as a good monitor for M1 Mac Mini





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  #2956824 20-Aug-2022 09:13
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FineWine:

 

Kopkiwi:

 

Titan Army 34" UltraWide

 

I notice that that monitor gets very mixed reviews on the PBTech site.

 

The LG UltraGear 34GN850-B 34" UltraWide QHD 144Hz Curved Monitor, though more expensive at $1189, gets great reviews and was recommended here as a good monitor for M1 Mac Mini

 

 

 

 

Might bring the Mini home and hook into my C1 Oled monitor and see how everything scales at 4k.


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  #2960658 29-Aug-2022 08:49
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Took the Mac home and hooked up to my LG OLED, didn't even like the 4k resolution. Looked like arse.


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  #2960669 29-Aug-2022 09:38
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Kopkiwi:

 

FineWine:

 

What Make & Model of a monitor are you using ?

 

I mean I wouldn't spend $2999 for their Studio Display (ridiculous price)  but they do sell an LG Ultra Fine 4K Display for NZ$1,129.95

 

I wish they had never dropped the 27" all-in-one. My late 2013 27" still runs like a trooper even though I now can not run the latest OS on it.

 

 

 

 

Titan Army 34" UltraWide

 

 

I didn't really like how our Macbook Pro laptops looked on a Samsung Ultrawide screen so we sold the monitor. 

I would recommend this LG monitor.

 

Their customer service and the way they handled a repair of the monitor after 3 years (under CGT) - was excellent. 




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  #2960670 29-Aug-2022 09:44
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Kopkiwi:

 

Took the Mac home and hooked up to my LG OLED, didn't even like the 4k resolution. Looked like arse.

 

 

Please take a screenshot of System Preferences/Displays (Cmd-Shift-4 followed by Space, then click the window) and post it here.


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  #2960676 29-Aug-2022 10:09
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maybe you should find out which resolution the mac + office combo likes before going further


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  #2960680 29-Aug-2022 10:25
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Similar position here. I use a Mac mini in my office - Im mostly remoted into other desktops though.

 

I have a similar experience. The mac makes things look different. Look at the example below. Left is Chrome on Windows 10, right is Chrome on MacOS. You can see there is a clear difference (the fonts are kind of bolder).

 

Seems to affect everything not just Chrome. Monitor is set to default resolution (2560 x 1440) and not scaled.

 

Im just kind of used to it now.

 

 

 


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  #2960684 29-Aug-2022 10:42
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Kopkiwi:

 

Took the Mac home and hooked up to my LG OLED, didn't even like the 4k resolution. Looked like arse.

 

 

 

 

If it was due the colours being out, then disable HDR. Why you would want an HDR desktop I don't know, but it seems to default to on.


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  #2961129 30-Aug-2022 14:01
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Batman:

 

maybe you should find out which resolution the mac + office combo likes before going further

 

 

 

 

I've found a couple videos that say 110DPI or 240DPI, 1440p at 27" seems to be the sweetspot. But that seems really bloody small for excel work...but am willing to try because the 34" ultrawide is giving me neck strain learning forward all the time lol. So might look for a good 27" 1440p monitor


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  #2961131 30-Aug-2022 14:31
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You seem to want as clear an image as possible so you should really go for a 4K screen and NOT run it in native resolution but scale up (so larger text)

 

You should be able to do that with your current monitor as well.





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  #2961179 30-Aug-2022 14:43
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jarledb:

 

You seem to want as clear an image as possible so you should really go for a 4K screen and NOT run it in native resolution but scale up (so larger text)

 

You should be able to do that with your current monitor as well.

 

 

 

 

Not so much clear, just not ridiculously small text. I don't have the means to scale up the resolution for whatever reason?

 

 

 


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  #2961184 30-Aug-2022 14:56
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Kopkiwi: [snip] I don't have the means to scale up the resolution for whatever reason?

 

 

 

 

 

Every resolution listed there (except the native) is a scaled resolution.


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