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[proustme]

Looks half decent. I don't know if I'll continue with it, though. Running it now...

I have an Apple machine as well. I have to say these screenshots don't exactly demonstrate/show fonts the way Mac OS X renders them, despite what these webpages say. Basically, the rendering looks icky, but it does give you an option.

GDI++ is a small program made by a Japanese freelancer that modifies the default ClearType rendering in Windows. Download the program if you want to fiddle with your settings...

Screenshot 1: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2009/07/RenderFonts1.png

Screenshot 2:http://estevaomascarenhas.com/blog/2009/01/howto-1-mac-osx-font-smoothing-in-windows/

Screenshot 3: http://vladg.com/2009/03/make-windows-fonts-look-as-smooth-as-mac-os-x-fonts/

[proustme]

Update here. I got on my Mac to do some tests.

Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) in Firefox v3.6
http://www.imagebam.com/image/e408c264217740

Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) in Safari 4.0.4
http://www.imagebam.com/image/d65e2864222436

Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) in Opera 10.50
http://www.imagebam.com/image/da060564223402

Windows XP in Firefox v3.57 (GDI off)
http://www.imagebam.com/image/003bf464217826

Windows XP in Firefox v3.57 (GDI on)
http://www.imagebam.com/image/ebfdf564217912

Windows XP in IE8 (GDI off):
http://www.imagebam.com/image/1290a764219798

Windows XP in IE8 (GDI on)
http://www.imagebam.com/image/92cd9864221481

I'm pretty sure Windows Vista and Windows 7 each have unique font rendering. Would someone care to upload screenshots of those OS's?

Ughhhh....TMI....TMI.... (too much information??) :p

Verdict?

[cj1976]

I think a lot of it comes down to the quality of your monitor or laptop screen. Apple do make good hardware and the resolution of the screens is crisp and bright. I run OS X on a hackintosh setup, and it doesn't look nearly as nice as it does on an Imac.
I tried this fix on my cheapo generic monitor running Win7 and it just looked blurry. You can use font smoothing in the windows display options to achieve similar effects.