On 1/15/11 9:11 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Andrei Alexandrescu"<[email protected]> wrote in message
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On 1/15/11 2:23 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I still use CRTs (one big reason being that I hate the idea of only being
able to use one resolution)
I'd read some post of Nick and think "hmm, now that's a guy who follows
only his own beat" but this has to take the cake. From here on, I wouldn't
be surprised if you found good reasons to use whale fat powered candles
instead of lightbulbs.
Heh :) Well, I can spend no money and stick with my current 21" CRT that
already suits my needs (that I only paid $25 for in the first place),
My last CRT was a 19" from Nokia, 1600x1200, top of the line. Got it for
free under the condition that I pick it up myself from a porch, which is
as far as its previous owner could move it. I was seriously warned to
come with a friend to take it.
It weighed 86 lbs.
That all worked for me: I was a poor student and happened to have a huge
desk at home. I didn't think twice about buying a different monitor when
I moved across the country...
I wonder how much your 21" CRT weighs.
or I
can spend a hundred or so dollars to lose the ability to have a decent
looking picture at more than one resolution and then say "Gee golly whiz!
That sure is a really flat panel!!". Whoop-dee-doo. And popularity and
trendyness are just non-issues.
I think your eyes are more important than your ability to fiddle with
resolution. Besides, this whole changing the resolution thing is a
consequence of using crappy software. What you want is set the
resolution to the maximum and do the rest in software. And guess what -
at their maximum, CRT monitors suck compared to flat panels.
Heck this is unbelievable... I spend time on the relative merits of flat
panels vs. CRTs. I'm outta here.
Andrei
