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From: youngdahl@gacvx1.gac.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Will I save $ with a VGA Mac LC ???
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.004322.1@gacvx1.gac.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 91 06:43:22 GMT
Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
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As I'm a college student looking to buy a Macintosh LC, I'm obviously looking
to save a little money if I can, so perhaps someone here can help me:

Since a person can (with the correct cable) hook up a VGA monitor to a Mac LC,
I have a few questions

1.  How much will a VGA monitor which is comparible in picture quality to the
    Apple RGB 13" monitor cost?

2.  Will this monitor give me (w/the VRAM expansion) the same 640x480x256 
    graphics as the Apple RGB 13" gives on the LC?

3.  What brand/model would you recommend?


Also, I heard that quite a few Mac programs will not run properly on a 12" LC
system, due to the fact that many assume that a color Mac computer has 640x480
graphics.  

I *want* the 16-bit color the 12" monitor gives, but if that means that 
incompatibilites/problems will arrise, I'd just as well spend a little more
and get a 8-bit color 13" system.

Comments?

Ben Youngdahl
youngdah@nic.gac.edu