At 04:48 PM 2/15/2002 -0800, Tony Karavidas wrote: >Oh, and I forgot to say Costco has the Sylvania 17" LCD monitors for $500 >now. I have them on my Mac and Win2000 machine. > >Go buy a pair..tell you boss..do what you can.
I do not recommend buying LCD monitors for CAD unless physical desk space or appearance of total coolness is truly an issue. That price is pretty nice, I just verified it ($529 less $20 rebate). The resolution of that LCD, however, is 1280x1024. In dual monitor mode, that will be 2560x1024, or 2.6 megapixels. Dual 19 or 21 inch CRT monitors which can do 1600x1200 will provide over 3.8 megapixels. While, other things being equal, LCDs would be preferable (perhaps one should consider the chiropractic bills), the resolution is not yet as good as we would want, and the price is considerably more. Costco is selling a 19 inch Sylvania monitor which will do 1600x1200 at 77 Hz, for $200. I would consider it essential to provide CAD employees dual monitors, and with CRTs this should be clearly affordable. LCDs, however, are catching up fast, so I'd want a fast amortization of the expense. A 1$ improvement in productivity would translate to $100 per year for every $10,000 of employee expense (which is substantially higher than what the employee is paid). And I'd think that productivity could improve substantially more than one percent. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *