Photographers Beware -- Apple Computers Screwed Up Royally

On this the day Apple announced its latest new toy -- a darling wee lapbook computer, btw -- let me warn anyone who wants to use an Apple to do their post production work on photographs or other creative suite software stuff.

That is, of course, THE space Apple has always owned. Well, the new shiny faced displays of the aluminum iMacs simply makes proper photo post production impossible. I ain't an engineer but it has to do with the shiny glass surface they put on the new iMac displays -- looks pretty, but screws up contrast/highlights depending on angle of view, so one doesn't know just what the photo actually looks like (which is, ah, just a bit important when it will be viewed on other monitors OR printed!!). Not sure how this will affect any attempt to calibrate colour on the machine, but I'm hoping it won't; have to wade into the ever so boring chat rooms on the issue.

Anyway, thought it was just me -- a techno idiot -- but finally took it into Mac, where I heard it has been a common complaint, but they "look great." The solution offered was for me to buy a separate Apple display or a MacBook Pro (as they refused my demand they take the damn thing back so I could buy for the Pro laptop and a separate display) Note that at the time of the purchase, however, it was recommended I should not get the MacBook Pro...

Lots of discussion of this on the Apple boards, but that doesn't help me. I'm just flabergasted that this sort of engineering fuck up, er, decision flies right in the face of Mac's very reason for surviving through the pre iPod days -- the use of the creative suite of software on its hardware (note Apple also produces one of the most powerful photo workflow softwares, which heightens the irony.)

SO, just don't buy iMac if you want to do design or photo work on your computer.

PS -- Anyone want to buy a nearly new beefed up RAM iMac (comes with a free printer)? Seriously.