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From: mgodwin@rpp386.cactus.org (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!)
Keywords: Multiple monitors, virtual monitors
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Date: 30 Dec 89 18:30:41 GMT
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Reply-To: mgodwin@rpp386.cactus.org (Mike Godwin)
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I don't think anyone is disputing that PCs can run multiple monitors.
I know from my own experience that a multiple-monitor configuration
is really the better choice for using PC-AutoCad.

But the Macintosh enthusiasts here were not talking about multiple-
monitor capability, but, rather, VIRTUAL monitor capability. That
is, they were talking about having all the monitors connected AND
acting like a single monitor. For example, one can, under such a 
system, click-and-drag a graphic object from one screen to the other,
without touching the keyboard, and without doing anything to tell  
your system that you're going to be working on B monitor rather than
A monitor right now.

From my own experience, with both PCs and Macs, desktop publishing is
one application for which Mac's virtual-monitor capability provides
a clear advantage.

(I was about to say "a clear and indisputable" advantage, but then
I realized who I was talking to.)

-- 
Mike Godwin   UT Law School  | "... and first I put my arms around him yes  
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