This is a strange problem on an iMac G5 Flat-panel running Tiger. It takes a bit to describe, so please bear with me.
I always thought the desktop colors looked "washed out", i.e. too bright, too white, with some of the plainest desktop icons only partially visible. I tried to correct it through the color calibration tool, but it didn't help.
But for the most part, the Mac is completely useable, until I ran Excel 2004. The gridlines didn't appear! While going through Excel's options window to make sure gridlines were switched on (they were), the problem became clear:
you know how Aqua puts pretty dropshadows around the border of a window? Well, Excel's gridlines, and all sorts of other stuff, appear within the dropshadow!!! Moving a window around, I see all sorts of desktop detail I can't see normally within the range of the window's shadow!
What gives???
Most important, is this a hardware problem? because I don't have much warranty left!
I always thought the desktop colors looked "washed out", i.e. too bright, too white, with some of the plainest desktop icons only partially visible. I tried to correct it through the color calibration tool, but it didn't help.
But for the most part, the Mac is completely useable, until I ran Excel 2004. The gridlines didn't appear! While going through Excel's options window to make sure gridlines were switched on (they were), the problem became clear:
you know how Aqua puts pretty dropshadows around the border of a window? Well, Excel's gridlines, and all sorts of other stuff, appear within the dropshadow!!! Moving a window around, I see all sorts of desktop detail I can't see normally within the range of the window's shadow!
What gives???
Most important, is this a hardware problem? because I don't have much warranty left!
