IMac's 27 large screen not that useful

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2454437
I agree with the user here that the iMac 27 is not ergonomically sound. You can't really take advantage of the large screen unless you are watching a movie full screen. Otherwise, the text size are too small so that you have to move your head and back (the whole torso) to the left and right side, which can be annoying. It seems for multitasking two or three screens all angled towards your head so that you don't have to move your head uncomfortably is the better way to have a large screen. Or just have two small screen for multitasking while having one large screen for watching movies might be better. Is there a way to play the movie transparently so that while you are reading and typing you can watch the movie without turning your head?

So? Don't use full screen for anything but a video clip or movie. That feature's only useful for small screen hand-helds, IMO. FWIW, mine's set at 2560 x 1440, and all window text is set at 10-pitch. No problems reading anything with these 70+ year old peepers. If the text is too small for you, decrease the resolution, change the window font size to something larger (View->View Options), or use the Universal Access zoom feature. Can't help with the multitasking thing, since I watch movies on my 46" TV and reserve this machine for computing.

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Also, you can complain bitterly via Apple’s Feedback link, perhaps suggesting that Apple could have provided a choice between burning DVDs and distributing home movies by other means. You may feel that Apple should not dictate how you destribute family videos or photos to distant relatives and friends, and should not assume that every user is prepared to pay for the excessive bandwidth usage charged by ISPs for huge downloads from the App Store:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Whilst Macs with a Superdrive continue to be able to burn video DVDs, the software for so doing, iDVD, is no longer included in the iLife bundle that came with OS 10.7 Lion (which also omitted iWeb) or that comes with OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. And it is no longer included in the iLife 11 from the online Apple Store: http://www.apple.com/ilife/. Your only solution is to look on Amazon or eBay and try to get an older version that includes iDVD 7, i.e. iLife version 9 onwards. You should also do this if you plan to buy a new Mac anytime soon, as stocks of iLife that include iDVD will not be available for ever.
However, the vastly more expensive FCPX can burn a DVD without iDVD or DVD Studio Pro involvement, but lack the themes etc of iDVD. Also, of course, there is Roxio Toast, which is the best software for burning anything but again does not offer the flexibility of iDVD.
And if you think Microsoft are any better, their new Windows 8 operating system will not play DVDs, or burn them, unless customers buy an extra upgrade, the company has announced: http://www.gizmag.com/windows-8-no-dvd-playback/22443/
In other words, computer manufacturers have declared optical media as dead, long before consumers are ready to stop using them, which is fine as long as they offered us a choice, but they won’t even do that. Flexibility and intuitive use of a computer seems to be a thing of the past.

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