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Silly Question from Argentina about LCD and G3 B&W

Here's Apple's system profile.

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP133

The preinstalled graphics card will support any display, CRT or LCD, that has a VGA input (most do). For best results, buy a display with a native resolution matching one of those listed under 2D Display Modes on the Apple profile. Get a 4:3 display; a widescreen display such as 16:10 or 16:9 will end up squished vertically.
 
a 17, 19 or 20-inch LCD in the 4:3 arrangement would work perfectly fine on the blue/white G3, although with both OS X and OS 9 you may need to use an upgraded graphics card to use a 16:9 or 16:10 aspect LCD with that system.
 
BlueRevolution said:
Here's Apple's system profile.

http://support.apple.com/kb/SP133

The preinstalled graphics card will support any display, CRT or LCD, that has a VGA input (most do). For best results, buy a display with a native resolution matching one of those listed under 2D Display Modes on the Apple profile. Get a 4:3 display; a widescreen display such as 16:10 or 16:9 will end up squished vertically.
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As I saw all 20 or 22 inches LCD have resolutions over 1280x1024 that the link shows. Am I confined to an 19 inch monitor or an 20-22 will work in an acceptable way? This is the one I want to buy if it works with mi old mac :(

http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar...samsung-2043nwx-ultimo-modelo-gtia-3-anos-_JM
 
They will be usable, but since the resolution is different from the number pixels on the display, it will be interpolating data and therefore will be somewhat fuzzy. I would really suggest getting a monitor with a native resolution that matches what your card can handle.

As well, the display you linked is 16:10. Your card can only display 4:3 (and 3:2 in the case of the 1280x1024), so the resulting image will appear squashed.
 
BlueRevolution said:
They will be usable, but since the resolution is different from the number pixels on the display, it will be interpolating data and therefore will be somewhat fuzzy. I would really suggest getting a monitor with a native resolution that matches what your card can handle.

As well, the display you linked is 16:10. Your card can only display 4:3 (and 3:2 in the case of the 1280x1024), so the resulting image will appear squashed.
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Thanks again for the answer.

Just to be sure then: I gotta get only 4:3 and 1280x1024 for best results? Like one of this

http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar...-full-screen-43-no-wide-80001-5ms-navidad-_JM

so I can`t get 20 or 22 inches since the resolution don`t match. Am I right?
 
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