Not necessary. I have a good idea of what the color shift would be.
Ok, that makes sense then, although that’s quite a sacrifice. I think they would have been better off prioritizing a good legibility experience out-of-the box over color-shift for shorties. I’m going to feel a little stupid buying a $1100 monitor and mounting it upside down for usability.
I have the monitor either dead center on my eye level or slightly lower, so color shift shouldn’t be an issue.
On a separate note, how does cleartype negotiate subpixel layout on vertical screens?