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Mhtml
03-06-2003, 03:50 AM
Are the screen resolutions on macs the same as on pc?
mouse
03-06-2003, 08:17 AM
No. For example the 17" has a native resolution of 1440 x 900.

http://www.apple.com/imac/
Mhtml
03-06-2003, 10:15 AM
Hmm... another question, do you mac users out there use any resolutions less than 800X600?
dreamingdigital
03-08-2003, 06:56 AM
My eMac has the same resolutions as my PC can do. My iMac does 800x600 and 1028x7?? nothing less. Unless you have one of those "cinema" screens then Mac's do the same screen thing as PC's. I wouldn't develop for any Mac lower than a G3 iMac.
brothercake
03-08-2003, 02:18 PM
There are lots of screen resolutions; all you need to know is the minimum.

I generally design for 800x600 as the minimum width - although actually I prefer to fit to 750, so the window can be just off full screen.

But it doesn't matter that much - if you use a DIV based layout, in smaller screens the columns will progressively site underneath each other. eg

[ col 1 ] [ col 2 ]

in a narrow screen would become

[ col 1 ]
[ col 2 ]


So just avoid using tables for layout, and it won't be such a problem.