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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Screen size -- Is it too small?
Message-ID: <7465@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Oct-87 15:29:01 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 24 15:29:01 1987
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Keywords: Macintosh Plus

In article <2140@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU>, mrh@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Marc Hannah) writes:
>     In any case, the only reason I have problems selling people at work on
> Macintosh is because of the screen size (clear, but still TOOO small). 
> Yes you can buy add on monitors for the plus and SE (for $1500 or more)
> and yes you can even buy the new monitor for an additional $1000 but many
> people would be glad to buy an SE type machine with a decent (12-14 in)
> monitor for $200-500 more and don't necessarily need the (still) larger
> screen. Apple has produced a great high end machine and solved many of
> the problems with the compact Mac with the introduction of the Plus and now
> SE, but the small screen remains unless you are willing to spend BIG bucks.
> I hope there is a soon a machine that resolves this problem.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't find the screen small.

Lots of people I know have that argument: The screen is too small.  Of course,
these are the same people who are using Panasonic Senior Partners and don't
have any complaint about the screen size.

I have an IBM-XT with a CGA monitor in my office for a few weeks, but I have
to admit that my nine-point Monaco is just as readable as it's nice big
screen.  Besides, even if I put the PC on the floor and just have the CRT,
keyboard, and mouse on the desk, it seems to take up more room than my
Macintosh.

Now, I wouldn't mind a bigger monitor, so that I could put more windows on the
screen simultaneously (a big plus for things like MultiFinder) but I don't
find the Mac monitor to be that small.  Is it just me?
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"Tell me lies..."                       Peter Merchant (merchant@dartvax.UUCP)