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Has your eyesight been harmed by heavy computer use?
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Yes my eyesight has gotten bad. I now have to wear contacts/glasses when going out and stuff like that. I believe a big part has to do with my frequent computer use.
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Yeah, I developed Astigmatism 
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Yeah, I developed Astigmatism
Same here, but developed after using a CRT for many years, but for the past 2 years I've had LCD, and my vision has not gotten any worse.
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Thats the same with me, I now switched to LCD.
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Nah, mine was crap to begin with. Since I was four or so.
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I'm far-sighted, and a zillion years in front of computer screens did nothing to cancel it out.
When I win the lottery, I'll get a new iMac with prescription glass.
When I win the lottery, I'll get a new iMac with prescription glass.
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my eye sight was not great in the beggining - but yeah - it has got worse and I'd blame that on computer use - currently have 3 LCDs on my screen - maybe the light is also to blame but when I go out at end of the day my eyes actually hurt as they adjust to the light and seems to take a while to focus and what have you. I have 3 LCDs now - but last year I did a lot of statistics work and that meant many hours looking at Excel (mainly) on dogy old CRTs
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I use to have excellent eye-sight, now i'm noticing blurred vision more often. I think it's due to being addicted to Starcraft/Warcraft/Diablo II and Counterstrike back in the day when CRT monitors were a standard.
I've cut back a lot on gaming and I THINK my vision is slightly recovering.
...No problems with this sexy new Mac though, monitor is like crystal.
+ I can't play games on it, lol. Well atleast, not intensive games.
I've cut back a lot on gaming and I THINK my vision is slightly recovering.
...No problems with this sexy new Mac though, monitor is like crystal.
+ I can't play games on it, lol. Well atleast, not intensive games.
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