Comments on: Help! My Screen’s Too Big!

By: -D.

-D. — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:48:35 +0000

I had to say. I just bought an iMac 20" G5 and I am SO impressed. This is my first Mac by the way, and I really love the OS on it.

Anyways I can agree with you, the screen is GORGEOUS. I love how big it is too. I can work in illustrator, watch a dvd and chat with my friends all at the same time and not having to hide any of those windows.

Yes, it’s a beautiful world.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:19:25 +0000

I can deal with the noise. The frequency of the fan noise is low enough that I
easily forget about it – bear in mind, that for a few years, I have been working
with totally silent computers (iBooks), so this really means a lot.

This said, everything about noise is subjective, so if you do buy one and don’t
like it, don’t blame it on me. :-)

By: Kalli

Kalli — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:47:52 +0000

I too am using an iBook G4 for much the same stuff as you do and have
become very averse to noisy computers. I want a 20" iMac and hope to be
able to get one as soon as I can but I’m worried about noise levels. Any
thoughts on those, seeing as you seem sensitive about them?

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:39:07 +0000

So I’ve been trying out Desktop Manager – this is a brilliant way to organize
things! I really appreciate the tip.

I had tried it in the past, when I had a smaller screen, and didn’t find it
worthwhile. But now, to help keep too many windows from distracting me, this
is really just what I needed.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:21:27 +0000

Thanks for the tip about Desktop Manager. This looks interesting; it could allow
me to have discrete desktops with no clutter… I’m going to try this for a few
days and see if it’s too confusing. :-)

By: mpowerg4

mpowerg4 — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:03:04 +0000

That is the first time I have time I have heard someone say that their monitor is
"too big", everybody says it is too small. I have two 20in Viewsonic CRT
monitors and it is still not enough desktop! So after mad searching I found an
application that works great for minimizing windows in place. Here is the link

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12243

The app is called windowshade and it rocks!

Mike

By: Fife

Fife — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:54:34 +0000

The utility DESKTOP MANAGER creates multiple virtual desktops. I keep 3 or
4 virtual desktops active. One is for Safari, RSS and messaging. Another is
for email.

SPIRITED AWAY automatically hides idle applications except the ones on the
exclude list.

KEYBOARD MAESTRO and iKEY are keyboard automators / script writers. I
have F5 to hide other applications and F6 to hide current application.

TINKER TOOL will allow you to deactivate the showing of icons on the
Desktop. The Desktop Folder will still exist. You just don’t see it without a
Finder Window.

This is how I keep a clean desktop.