why do you say that? and anyway, the LCD makes up for lack of practicality (and it already is extremley practical) by being more stylish...
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why do you say that? and anyway, the LCD makes up for lack of practicality (and it already is extremley practical) by being more stylish...
I've been using laptops as my home machine for the last three years, and now have a CRT at work, of which I've changed the resolution once, to make it more suited for me. All of this leads to the question, will the flexibility of resolution matter to your average home user, or even your slightly above average home user?
I've never missed it, but then I may just not know what I am missing.
Gabriel
My inlaws like to operate at the 800x600 range on 17 inch monitors because they find it too difficult to make everything bigger by hand, so they would like the extra clarity that a crt can provide at varing resolutions.
I've been surprised how often I have seen people at a Mac dealer go to the monitor panel and change resolutions on LCDs such a an iBook or new iMac, to learn of the newly limited flexibility.
Besides the "Can't see so well anymore" bits, which may be handled differently in Jaguar (yet only workable I would think in cocoa quartz apps), there are also a lot of people who like a higher resolution to grab more desktop space. But stuff can look like mud at the wrong resolutions on an LCD.. the pixels are fixed and not as flexible as a smaller pitched CRT.
Besides the "Can't see so well anymore" bits, which may be handled differently in Jaguar (yet only workable I would think in cocoa quartz apps), there are also a lot of people who like a higher resolution to grab more desktop space. But stuff can look like mud at the wrong resolutions on an LCD.. the pixels are fixed and not as flexible as a smaller pitched CRT.
I'm tempted to replace my wifes old HP with either an iBook or an eMac. It is a trade off, G4 and screen size vs portability
Don't discount the new 700 iBook just cuz it's a G3. Tried one out yesterday and it is a fast machine. It was keeping up with an older 550 TiBook at the dealer with no problem.
Oh yeah...by the way I am going to get a new eMac this fall to replace my iMacDV which just turned 2 this past May. I think the new eMac and my iBook 600 will look so nice side by side!!!!!!!!! What is a decent asking price for a Blueberry iMac DV 400, DVD-ROM, 128MB RAM, in excellent condition and will my iSub work with the new eMac? This was a great move for Apple and the "e" in my opinon stands for not only "education" and "everyone" but also"economical" Mac!
Abercrombie,
A cursory glance at eBay has Macky, your Blueberry iMac DV 400, topping out around 450 bucks in most cases, but perhaps going as low as 200.
I would guess your iSub might possibly have problems with OS X on an eMac, as the only iSub problems I have heard of were due to USB weirdness with the latest OS updates. Bad tidings for the iSub may be a long shot though, Theoretically, I don't see any reason why it should have problems with the eMac.
A cursory glance at eBay has Macky, your Blueberry iMac DV 400, topping out around 450 bucks in most cases, but perhaps going as low as 200.
I would guess your iSub might possibly have problems with OS X on an eMac, as the only iSub problems I have heard of were due to USB weirdness with the latest OS updates. Bad tidings for the iSub may be a long shot though, Theoretically, I don't see any reason why it should have problems with the eMac.
Thanks Cooter,
That does not sound like a bad price. In that case I might put him up for sale in the near future before more depreciation takes place and just use my iBook until fall when I get enough cash in the reserve for a new eMac. Is Mac resale better then PC's? Seems like it might be. I can't wait...My brother and a friend of mine are getting one too, they both have them ordered!!! They are both PC converts. The price and features sold them to a Mac finally!
That does not sound like a bad price. In that case I might put him up for sale in the near future before more depreciation takes place and just use my iBook until fall when I get enough cash in the reserve for a new eMac. Is Mac resale better then PC's? Seems like it might be. I can't wait...My brother and a friend of mine are getting one too, they both have them ordered!!! They are both PC converts. The price and features sold them to a Mac finally!