[geeks] Kickass monitors, on a budget?

[Gregory Leblanc]

On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 00:34, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On January 18, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > desk space?  Oh, I forgot to mention, this is for my parents, who's
> > eyesight is starting to go, so it'll be run at a rather low resolution,
> > so that they can read the text.  :-)  Thanks,
> 
>   Why not use a high resolution with a larger font?  Low resolution is
> NOT the right way to get big text.  Unless of course they're running
> Windows, which, as Sridhar tells me, you can't really DO that with.
> But if they're running Windows an unreadable font will be the least of
> their problems. :)

Well, first off, they're using windows.  Don't even GO there Dave...  I
cannot find any programs that facilitate the use of the NAIC Stock
Selection guide that run on *nix, and that's about half of what my dad
uses the computer for.  

Also, even just larger fonts doesn't help, as lots of things are broken
in that the fonts are part of the graphic, or something stupid like
that.  800x600 is a comfortable resolution for them on a 17" monitor. 
Personally, I'd like 1280x1024 at 85Hz on a 17" monitor, or 1600x1200 on a
17" LCD, but I can't find any designed for that.
	Greg

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