[WinMac] Re: winmac Digest 4 Mar 2002 18:47:51 -0000 Issue 193

Subject: [WinMac] Re: winmac Digest 4 Mar 2002 18:47:51 -0000 Issue 193
From: DUSSAULT, YVES (yves.dussault[at]bell.ca)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 14:26:11 EST

> Objet: Re: [WinMac] New iMac/15" Flat Screen
> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:06:56 -0500
> De: "Robert W. James Jr" <rwjames@uncfsu.edu>
> A: winmac@iffy.com
>
>On 23 Feb 2002, at 19:32, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:

<snip>

> > >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.
> >
> > It's 1024x768, max resolution. You decide if that's enough
> > pixels or not.
>
> Ouch. That would suck eggs for music and graphics on a CRT, but
> again, we're talking about LCD, a new frontier for me. I suppose I
> could drive up to Raleigh or Greensboro (or wherever the heck it is
> they sell Macs around here) to look at one, but I need to use this
> money yesterday. Yeah, I know...quick decisions of this
> magnitude are bad decisions.
>
I went out and measured the screen on the new i-Mac the other day in a store.
It is 12" (minus 1/16") across and 9" down (viewable area). This is pretty
close to the average 17" CRT in size. My old Applevision 17" is 12 1/4" by 9
1/4". Your mileage may vary. By the way, it is really bright and sharp. The
movement of the support arm is also really smooth.

One other point to note is that if you have a 19 inch screen to hook-up to the
i-Mac, the max resolution is as stated above. It only does two resolutions:
1024x768 and 800x600.

To echo Bruce Johnson's comment, too bad they don't offer real multiple
monitor support with split desk top. It would have been a killer machine.

Yves.
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