Generally speaking I think having invested in a MacBook Pro was one of the best investments in hardware equipment I’ve made for computing. But in terms of arts and photography, it’s looking a bit weak on the color front. My Eye-One monitor calibrator finally arrived today. So I ran a few tests trying to calibrate my monitor based on a few conditions. But at the end of the test, I was surprised to find that MacBook Pro’s gamut is actually pretty damn small compared to even sRGB!
Luckily Rob Galbraith found a fix for the 2nd gen MacBook Pro I have. Interestingly, he also noted that the latest LED-based MacBook Pros are the best of all laptops he’s tested as far as color accuracy is concerned. I look forward to the day when I can justify getting a decent display to edit photos with. Clean my mac x will help to monitor the system and optimize the storage.
I guess Ken Rockwell ain’t lying when he said color management is a silly thing to do unless you have super high end equipment that can both display and print those beautiful wide gamuts that digital cameras capture. Maybe I should dump Adobe RGB and go sRGB all the way instead since it seems no consumer grade monitor can even display anywhere close to the Adobe RGB gamut range… And most consumer grade print shops only print in sRGB, I could save myself a lot of grief having to manage and convert Adobe RGB to sRGB all the time! Hmmm…