Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu From: gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: New Macintosh Information... Message-ID: <5733@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 16 Oct 90 13:10:49 GMT References: <45674@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Oct16.035308.15999@d.cs.okstate.edu> Sender: news@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University (IRCC) Lines: 32 In article <1990Oct16.035308.15999@d.cs.okstate.edu> minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes: >> Please direct any questions regarding it's content to your local Apple >> Dealer. > >But they often know so little... I'll second that - I'm usually the one telling the local dealer about the latest and greatest in Apple. [discussing the new monitors...] > Are these monitors actually anything new or different or is this s >roundabout way of lowering prices??? I haven't seen anything to match >Apples standard 13" color monitor in its price range and I have no idea >what one would do to improve an already excellent monochrome monitor >(_besides_ lowering its price! :-) The new 12" RGB only has an on-screen resolution of 512x384 at 64 dpi, compared to the 13" RGB with 640x480. The 12" Monochrome is 640x480 @ 76 dpi. The case is redesigned, too - looks squarer than the 13" RGB. BTW, has anyone but me noticed that the LC can't display 8-bit color on the 13" RGB monitor without 512k additional VRAM? But it -can- display 8-bit color on the new 12" RGB (smaller screen). What do you want to bet this is the heritage of Apple's original intent to release the LC as a 4-bit color machine? -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jim Gaynor - The Ohio State Univ. - IRCC - Facilities Mgmt. - OCES | | Email [gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu], [gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu] | |_ "Don't tell me truth hurts, little girl; because it hurts like hell..." _|