Re: 20-22 monitors: Seeking advice recommendations
Quicksilver 1.6 GHz, Tiger, Radeon 9700. One other question: Does it change performance much whether I connect it via the analog inputs or the newfangled digital ones? On Mar 20, 11:42 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:21 PM, tonycd wrote: My old 17 CRT still works fine, but I'm getting greedy at home for the same convenient screen real estate I have at the office (I often need to display two Word docs at once). I see 22 monitors for $140 that sound pretty good. I am VEEEY price-sensitive, and this is like the sirens singing to me. I also read that one monitor advertised it was Windows Vista-ready and had the drivers for that OS. (Drivers? For a monitor?) More than likely this is color profiles for the monitor. a question I never even thought of: are some LCDs incompatible with OS X? None as far as I know. Whether features such as autorotation work (flipping it from landscape to portrait orientation) is dependent on the vide drivers, not the monitor. You don't mention what computer you have, and what video card you have...there are monitors on the market today that won't work with some of the very old Video cards in the earliest OS X compatible computers. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: 20-22 monitors: Seeking advice recommendations
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:21 PM, tonycd wrote: My old 17 CRT still works fine, but I'm getting greedy at home for the same convenient screen real estate I have at the office (I often need to display two Word docs at once). I see 22 monitors for $140 that sound pretty good. I am VEEEY price-sensitive, and this is like the sirens singing to me. I also read that one monitor advertised it was Windows Vista-ready and had the drivers for that OS. (Drivers? For a monitor?) More than likely this is color profiles for the monitor. a question I never even thought of: are some LCDs incompatible with OS X? None as far as I know. Whether features such as autorotation work (flipping it from landscape to portrait orientation) is dependent on the vide drivers, not the monitor. You don't mention what computer you have, and what video card you have...there are monitors on the market today that won't work with some of the very old Video cards in the earliest OS X compatible computers. Yes, I made the move nearly three years ago. Bought a Samsung 22 and it worked out of the box and I have an acient G4 with only 16MB VRAM. The real estate is great! JT --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: 20-22 monitors: Seeking advice recommendations
Hey Tony and All, On Thursday, I bought a 19 Westinghouse LCD monitor at a local Chicago-area Target on clearance for $99. I connected it to my project PowerMac G4 Digital Audio using the analog VGA inputs. The monitor came with the VGA cable. It also has DVI input, but no cable included. It works and looks great, right out of the box. No typical Apple bells and whistles...no USB ports, speakers, or camera but a nice, cheap, good-size monitor. Bill On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:01 AM, tonycd wrote: Quicksilver 1.6 GHz, Tiger, Radeon 9700. One other question: Does it change performance much whether I connect it via the analog inputs or the newfangled digital ones? On Mar 20, 11:42 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:21 PM, tonycd wrote: My old 17 CRT still works fine, but I'm getting greedy at home for the same convenient screen real estate I have at the office (I often need to display two Word docs at once). I see 22 monitors for $140 that sound pretty good. I am VEEEY price-sensitive, and this is like the sirens singing to me. I also read that one monitor advertised it was Windows Vista-ready and had the drivers for that OS. (Drivers? For a monitor?) More than likely this is color profiles for the monitor. a question I never even thought of: are some LCDs incompatible with OS X? None as far as I know. Whether features such as autorotation work (flipping it from landscape to portrait orientation) is dependent on the vide drivers, not the monitor. You don't mention what computer you have, and what video card you have...there are monitors on the market today that won't work with some of the very old Video cards in the earliest OS X compatible computers. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: 20-22 monitors: Seeking advice recommendations
On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:21 PM, tonycd wrote: My old 17 CRT still works fine, but I'm getting greedy at home for the same convenient screen real estate I have at the office (I often need to display two Word docs at once). I see 22 monitors for $140 that sound pretty good. I am VEEEY price-sensitive, and this is like the sirens singing to me. I also read that one monitor advertised it was Windows Vista-ready and had the drivers for that OS. (Drivers? For a monitor?) More than likely this is color profiles for the monitor. a question I never even thought of: are some LCDs incompatible with OS X? None as far as I know. Whether features such as autorotation work (flipping it from landscape to portrait orientation) is dependent on the vide drivers, not the monitor. You don't mention what computer you have, and what video card you have...there are monitors on the market today that won't work with some of the very old Video cards in the earliest OS X compatible computers. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: 20-22 monitors: Seeking advice recommendations
On Mar 20, 2009, at 11:21 PM, tonycd wrote: My old 17 CRT still works fine, but I'm getting greedy at home for the same convenient screen real estate I have at the office (I often need to display two Word docs at once). I see 22 monitors for $140 that sound pretty good. I am VEEEY price-sensitive, and this is like the sirens singing to me. I also read that one monitor advertised it was Windows Vista-ready and had the drivers for that OS. (Drivers? For a monitor?) This raised a question I never even thought of: are some LCDs incompatible with OS X? Thanks as always, Tony I wouldn't settle for anything less that 1680x1050 resolution. The difference is worth the bucks. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
