Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-26 Thread Charles Lenington
Kris Tilford wrote: > On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > >> Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors >> just so you could spend money on an LCD? >> > > Sometimes spending money actually saves money. In the case of LCD > monitors, the paybac

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 25, 2008, at 12:52 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > The LCD Monitor I got is this: > > Acer LCD Monitor > Model #: AL1716 > S/N: ETL480B00555300652RH02 > > It only had the plug for the back of the computer. > > I plugged it into my Smurf (B&W G3) but had no luck. Except for Apple ADC version

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-25 Thread Simon Royal
or lots of things. I should technically change my heating system at home for a more modern one because it is more environmentally efficient, but money is always the bottom line. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: Family Of

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-25 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rather it shows the laziness of the > average citizen, placing a CRT in a dumpster rather than recycling it. > And you, to cheap to do yourself a favor, there are new LCDs for less > than $100, buy one, IT PAYS FOR ITSELF! The LCD Monitor I g

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've inherited an old 1970's Ford LTD with a big 500 ci engine that > gets about 6 mpg. It too is "perfectly good usable", but it wastes > money in gas, pollutes the air, and carries enough momentum to kill > people driving more fuel efficie

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors > just so you could spend money on an LCD? Sometimes spending money actually saves money. In the case of LCD monitors, the payback period in electricity saving is enough to

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I reiterate from yesterday, recycle these, or remove/disable the CRT and use an LCD with them. Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors just so you could spend money on an LCD? I am using a Sony VAIO monitor (a Tri

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
- Subject: Re: Family Of eMacs From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 24/10/2008 18:20 On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On the health side, studies have shown that for children, the risk of > childhood cancers is as high as 2 for users of CRT monitor. This means

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On the health side, studies have shown that for children, the risk of > childhood cancers is as high as 2 for users of CRT monitor. This means > your child may double their chances of cancer from prolonged use of > CRT monitors. (2) I'm sorry b

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
Kris I have been using CRTs for over 15 years and not suffered from heachaches or eye strain. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: Family Of eMacs From: Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 24/10/2008 13:20 On

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > All for £125 delivered. Bargain. I disagree. Yesterday I cited that LCD monitors literally "pay for themselves" in electricity saved. You're being "penny wise and pound foolish". The savings for one display over 5 years (in 2005 energy costs

Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
Well after a terrible few weeks of Macs I have finally sorted them all out. I have just replaced the PowerMac G4 400mhz (which was to replace my dead Intel iMac) with an eMac 1.25Ghz with 1GB of RAM. The iMac G3 500mhz has been replaced with an eMac 800mhz with 512MB for my son and bought a s