The rounded corners in Classic MacOS are entirely software. The framebuffer is perfectly capable of displaying square corners and you can prove it by booting something like Linux on those systems. I'm guessing Apple opted against rounded corners on Powerbooks because on an LCD screen there is explicitly no point in having them. (On a CRT monitor the distortion from the curved screen is most obvious in the corners, so Apple went with the rounded corners as an aesthetic choice. An LCD is equally sharp across its entire surface.)
Post #3 by Gorgonops
| Source Forum | 68kMLA |
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| Category | Hardware |
| Post Date | Mon, 30 Jan 2012 - 16:59 |
| Original URL | https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/rounded-screen-corners.24640/ |
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