I want to immediately offer my apologies. This is an international list and my
response was ill-considered.
Cheers,
tod
On Aug 19, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
> I don't want to sound elitist here, but you these days people (like me) are
> throwing systems with those specs away. I was not able to give my PIIIs away
> and all of them had better video. I think you time might be better spent
> "upgrading" the video card rather than coping with a low res screen.
>
> Cheers,
> tod
>
>
> On Aug 19, 2011, at 10:34 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a question about the System Requirements for Windows that is posted
>> on the web site.
>>
>> "Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), XP, Vista, or Windows 7
>> Pentium compatible PC (Pentium III or Athlon recommended)
>> 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
>> 1024x768 resolution (higher resolution recommended), at least 256 colors"
>>
>> The older systems that run P-III tend to have video cards that do not go
>> above 800x600 if you want at least 256 colors. That is what I have seen in
>> most of the older computers I have used or repaired.
>>
>> I am working on a P-III computer with 512 MB RAM and its video does not go
>> above 800x600.
>>
>> So the question is, what will I loose with the smaller video resolution? I
>> have not added LO yet, since I am currently running the WinXP updates
>> [hundreds of them] before I load the needed software: LO, Thunderbird,
>> Firefox, Corel Draw [his], Inkscape, Security, and other software that he
>> wants/needs on his computer.
>>
>> So what will he/I give up with 800x600 instead of the 1024x768 resolution?
>>
>> This machine is to replace a real old P-II machine that he bought used about
>> 10 years ago. It would be nice to get LO on that machine, since it is going
>> to be given to a girl who needs to type notes.
>>
>>
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