IMac 20" with only 260,000 colors?

A German online magazine just reported (http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,544580,00.html) that the iMac 20" model can only display 260,000 colors due to a different TFT technology compared to the 24" model.
I am rather irratated as I wanted to buy a new iMac 20" model soon, and the Apple store says that even the 20" modell could display millions of colors.
Does onyone had the chance to compare both displays side by side for example at editing photos? The article says, serious and professional photo editing would not be possible with the 20" model.

pEst31 wrote:
That's a good point, and that's why I hope I'll be able to live with it.
However, Apple advertises that even if you use it for photo editing, everything will look great on the iMac screens. They don't specify like you did that it's not for serious and professional photo editing, they just say photo editing. So if I want to edit photos professionally, that makes it sound like I can! Especially since all the other tech specs are more than enough!!!
On top of that they advertise both screens as having millions of colours, so on this particular point, Apple has no defence if the 20" iMac has only thousands.
Of course the majority of LCDs used with PCs are the same lower spec panels; but at least their users can choose to upgrade.
The comments at AppleInsider on last weeks settlement were interesting reading. I.e. actually a display only shows shades of Red, Green and Blue and uses separation to trick your eyes into seeing other colour:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/26/applesettles_millions_of_colors_class_actionlawsuit.html
I don't have any gradient that I can perceive on my iMac 24".
cheers!
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