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Choices for visually impaired users

I am visually impaired (macular degeneration). I moved to my imac five years ago because of the easy to use zoom facility. I am ready to upgrade and consider the following options:


  1. A 27 inch imac. This is slightly better than my existing 24 inch but when I display music notation I need to zoom in so far that I only display three bars.
  2. A mac mini coupled with a 40 inch TV. This screen size enables me to view a complete line of music but I'm slightly concerned with the lower resolution (1920 x 1080) especially when I zoom in to read text.
  3. A mac mini coupled with two 27 inch high resolution monitors. I'm not sure if this is possible and if a single application such as sibelius can be displayed over two screens. In addition, would the zoom facility work as usual?


My processing requirement is not heavy so the basic configuations in both machines are more than adequate.


Any help, views or experiences will be much appreciated.

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Posted on Feb 23, 2013 11:38 AM

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Feb 23, 2013 2:46 PM in response to colintroon

Hi, tough spot to be in, I know myself.


The fewer pixels per inch the bigger things wil be normally I believe, if that is the case, your old iMac & the 21.5" new iMac will have slightly larger text & icons, jest fewer per screen...

iMac 21.5-inchLate 2009 – Late 201255 (21.5)1920×108040 (102)16:91
iMac 27-inchLate 2009 – Late 201269 (27)2560×144043 (109)16:91
Thunderbolt DisplayMid 201169 (27)2560×144043 (109)16:91
iMacMid 200751 (20)1680×105039 (99)*8:5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_displays_by_pixel_density#Apple


Of course with a bigger screen, zomming will show more than the smaller screen.

Choices for visually impaired users

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