[geeks] LCD displays

[alex j avriette]

> I bumped the school's Dell machine to 1600x1200, and began wishing that 
> there
> was some supported resolution in between. I don't know what it is, but
> 1600x1200 on that monitor was worse than 1280x1024 on my bargain rack 
> 17".
> I'd have to have them side by side, but I think that 1600x1200 on that 
> thing
> was nearly as bad as 1600x1200 on the 17" monitor.  But, I consider 
> 1152x900
> an absolute bare minimum, and wish that I could sustain 1600x1200 at 
> home,
> because I do really find the extra real estate usefull.

I thought I'd chime in with some marginally useful information since 
we're on the subject of LCD's and resolution...

At work I use my powerbook at 1152x768 (15.2" diag display) with an 
additional 1024x768 screen directly to the right (dell 15" diag lcd). 
The Dell screen is a piece of shit, and is always blurry or making funny 
squiggles. The bump in resolution for the new powerbooks doesn't seem 
like a lot, but when you do the math, its a 25% increase in resolution. 
I'm hoping the new screens will be real nice. I'd also like to get one 
of the 22" cinema displays we have languishing downstairs up here 
(publishing people didnt like them because they dont accurately display 
page white) with the new video card in the new pb. I'll be sure to get 
pictures. :-)

oh, incidentally, i have a dell 17" crt, a radius 17" crt, a sun 19" 
crt, my laptop 15" lcd, and a dell 15" lcd on my desk. i really like the 
radius monitor the most.

alex