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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: New Macintosh Information...
Summary: new monitor info
Message-ID: <45695@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 90 18:35:34 GMT
References: <45674@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Oct16.035308.15999@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Oct16.035308.15999@d.cs.okstate.edu>
minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes concerning
the lower-cost displays announced Monday by Apple:
>  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 monitors have a lower resolution than the current color and
monochrome monitors (512x384, as opposed to 640x480), and consequently
the dpi is lower (I think it works out to around 62 dpi, as opposed to
69 dpi for the Apple 13" high-res color monitor, 75 dpi for the Apple
12" high-res monochrome monitor, and 72 dpi for the original Mac screen).
Also, I understand the new low-cost color monitor does not have a
Trinitron tube, unlike the older 13" color monitor. The Trinitron is
generally considered to give a crisper and brighter color picture.
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