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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Portable Mac vs STACY
Summary: The Mac Portable's LCD Is the Difference
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Date: 3 Oct 89 16:11:33 GMT
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In article <10032@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>, hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes:
> In article <45da3096.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
> >I would like to know how Atari can produce and sell a Laptop ST for under $2,000
> >while Apple charges almost $5500 for basically the same machine??
> >
> >The only real hardware difference between the two machines has to be the LCD display??
> >Does anyone have techincal specifications for the two LCD displays being used??
> >Is the Atari LCD display slower to redraw than the Mac display?? I know that the
> >ST has a higher resolution (640x400 VS. 535x352). since, the ST has higher res
> >then the Mac SE anyway.
> Dunno 'bout the rest of the stuff you mention, but the specs I saw said
> that the Mac portable will have a 640x400 LCD screen. I'm inclined to
> I've just said to be grossly untrue, please do, I'd feel much better for it.
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I have found out since my first post that the Mac portable uses an active matrix
lcd panel. Basically, this means that each pixel has an active element (i.e
transistor) driving it while I belive the SuperTwist panel that Atari uses is
an X-Y cross matrix. Anyway, the Mac lcd panel is supposed to be much faster,
even though the resolution is the same as Atari's panel. So, until we
actuallt see the Atari STacy, we can only guess about the differences.

And this points out why Atari will NEVER beat Apple; Apple produces new machines,
Atari produces vaporware!!

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Richard Covert