[geeks] Kickass monitors, on a budget?

[Dave McGuire]

On January 18, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> >   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.  

  I don't even know what the NAIC Stock Selection Guide is, so I'll
defer to your judgement on this one. :)

> 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.

  Yeah the latter would be about perfect in my book...I think that'll
be a while.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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