Mike MacCana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ron Stodden wrote:
> > and that the
> > industry standard is 800 x 600 (480,000 pixels).
>
> That's not. You'll be hard pressed to find any PCs that aren't at least
> caoable 1024 x 768 still in use [okay, you won't but they're still
> massively outnumbered].
well, maybe, but my Toshiba 435 laptop still hums along (mostly) just
fine and dandy (with only 32 meg of ram! gasp! ;-)
(and I've got a friend asking me if I know of anybody selling 486 laptops
for under $20 (preferably less) - B/W fine! So don't throw away those
useless computers! Find some crazy idiot...er, umm.. wild person who
will take your old junker and find a use for it! (anybody have one of
these they want to unload ... er... sell?))
> > So that is all there is, sorry!
>
> Um, no. Just because 1024 x 768 is common, it doesn't mean I can't buy a
> monitor that can do 1600 x 1200 if I wish to pay the money. Why would it?
^^^^^^^ I think you meant 'display'. ;-)
> I suggets purchasing one of the Dell or IBM models certified by Red Hat.
> They can both do 1024 x 768. The Dell can do 1600 x 1200 IIRC [its a huge
> 16 inch, equivalent to a desktop 17/19 inch]
Yow! Wish I could get the company to buy me one of THOSE! ;-)
rc
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