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Here is my full, working and strain-free system specs…
✅ = the minimum needed for a working setup.
General:
✅ MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
- Intel i5-8210Y @ 1.60GHz
- 16GB RAM
- 512GB SSD
- ✅ Original unreplaced screen (unsure of panel supplier)
- recoveryOS says “Install macOS Ventura” regardless of installed OS
✅ Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (19045.3570) with Feature Experience Pack 1000.19052.1000.0
(Windows is necessary, all macOS versions look terrible on this machine)
Installed via Mojave 10.14.6 on macOS partition
✅ Screen resolution 2560x1600 with 200% scaling (HiDPI)
Default ClearType font rendering settings
Light mode
“Better performance” (option 3 of 4) power plan selected in both battery and plugged in
Battery saver disabled
Brightness 50% or higher works for me (76%+ eliminates PWM entirely)
✅ Auto brightness disabled
✅ NO Night Light
Custom accent color #00cfff (I find this more pleasing than any of the default accent color choices)
Enhance pointer precision off (not necessary but improves trackpad)
Mouse pointer shadow disabled
Text cursor blinking disabled
Software:
WSL is installed (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS)
✅ Firefox 122.0.1 (HW acceleration disabled, not sure if necessary)
VS Code 1.85.2 (Electron 25.9.7)
NoMachine 8.11.3 to screenshare into second Mac when needed
The only app I've found to still have visible temporal dithering and cause strain, even within this entire configuration, is Figma Desktop — it seems to implement its own dithering algorithm due to its "enhanced" color management capabilities, because every other Electron app does not cause strain for me. Thankfully, Figma is able to be used strain-free via the web version in Firefox.
Apple Software Update (Windows):
GPU:
Intel UHD Graphics 617 (Amber Lake)
Device Revision 02 with Video BIOS 1001.0
✅ Driver 24.20.100.6222 (7/10/2018) from Mojave Boot Camp (most important piece, DON'T UPDATE!)
✅ “Intel(R) Graphics Settings” should appear instead of “Command Center”
Intel » Display » Color Settings
Intel » Video
Color Enhancement
Standard color correction: app default
Input range: app default
Total color correction: disabled
Image Enhancement
Sharpness: app default
Skin tone enhancement: disabled
Noise reduction: custom, 0
Contrast enhancement: disabled
Film mode detection: disabled
Intel » 3D
Application Settings
CMAA: turn off
MSAA: app default
Anisotropic filtering: app default
Vertical sync: app default
Global Settings
Application optimal mode: enable
Intel » Power
Disable Color Management:
Settings » System » Display » Windows HD Color
- ✅ Turn off “Stream HDR video"
Task Scheduler » Microsoft » Windows » WindowsColorSystem
Control Panel » Display Adapter Properties » Color Management
Winaero Tweaker:
Behavior
- ✅ Disable Windows Update: ON
Boot and Logon
Desktop and Taskbar
Ditherig.exe:
What you should notice if this works:
ㅤ 1. Display suddenly looks beautiful and crisp instead of hazy and “dry”
ㅤ 2. Solid colors are uniform, clean, and still — not shimmery, grainy, and "constantly moving"
ㅤ 3. Setting apps to light mode doesn’t feel blinding
ㅤ 4. Text feels “on the background”, not “in front”, no shimmer, minimal glow/halo
ㅤ 5. Small, precise pixel-level details in icons and UI are crisp and obvious
ㅤ 6. Shadow and blur effects in Firefox and Electron apps have heavy banding, and adjusting brightness or contrast in Intel Graphics Settings affects this banding
ㅤ 7. You begin to notice certain visual details that you have not experienced in this vivid of a way since the 2000s
ㅤ 8.
???. Welcome home !! ꩜🐚🐚🐚❓❓❓