[WinMac] RE: New iMac/15" Flat Screen

Subject: [WinMac] RE: New iMac/15" Flat Screen
From: Dan Schwartz (Expresso[at]snip.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 20:55:23 EST

        Actu7ally, most of the other comments about the LCD display are quite
correct... And here's why:

        The iMac uses a 1:1 mapping of pixels between the display adapter and the
actual transistor matrix - Just like a laptop.

        On the other hand, *most* LCD displays for desktop computers use the analog
output from the video adapter and try to "map" the signal back to the
individual transistors... In other words, the display adapter converts from
digital to analog; just to have the display unit "emulate" a CRT display and
convert it back to digital -- Sort of like a Trinitron (aperture grille) CRT.

        Also, if Apple actually does ship the $1299 iMac, it's a VERY good deal with
the 800 mHz G4 CPU...

        And if the dog didn't stop to take a shit, he'd caught the rabbit!

        Cheers!
        Dan

>-----Original Message-----
>From: H-Mac [mailto:krushing@cecasun.utc.edu]
>Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:01 PM
>Subject: New iMac/15" Flat Screen
>
>
>From: "Robert W. James Jr" <rwjames@uncfsu.edu>
>------------------
>Hi folk,
>
>I've just been notified of some money "sitting around" that I could
>use to get some new computers, and the person I was talking to
>suggested iMacs. I've never been a fan of iMacs, but the price is
>starting to draw me into at least considering them (even though the
>new ones scare me just because of the off-the-wall design -- can
>somebody say "G3 Cube"?).
>
>But then there are other issues. One way they're keeping the cost
>down on these things is by only providing a 15" flat screen monitor
>with it. I understand the advantages of having a flat screen, but do
>they make up for that size? 15" is darn small these days even for
>regular work, let alone for eyesight-intensive stuff like graphics and
>music, which is what we'll be concentrating on.
>
>I'd also like to have something faster than 800MHz, but I can
>overlook that if I can get past the screen issue. Can any of you
>say from experience that the 15" flat screen will work as well as a
>17" or 19" Trinitron CRT in the visual arts and music?
>
>TIA,
>Bob
>
>Robert James, Jr., Fine Arts Resource Center Coordinator
>Dept. of Performing & Fine Arts <http://spacer.uncfsu.edu/d_fah/>
>Fayetteville State University/Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298
>Phone: (910) 672-1439; Fax: (910) 672-1572
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