Re: New monitor/bad resolution

["Leslie Savan" lsavan@xxxxxxxx]

OK, you have all convinced me, as family and good friends have not been able
to, to break down and buy a new computer. As soon as I return this monitor,
I'll start shopping around for an XP Professional, probably checking 'em out
at Best Buy and then maybe ordering online. (So thanks, Jon, for suggesting
this line of action.)

A few questions:

--Whether desktop or laptop, can anyone suggest specific brands/models that
work swimmingly with XyIII+ 3.56 and are in that seductive $500 range?

--Desktop v. laptop/netbook: The reason I bought this larger monitor was
because I've been having eye problems reading the tiny script on so many
websites. (Thanks to this whole process, though, I've found out how to
enlarge email type.) How big do portable screens get--or should I not worry
about that and just hook a laptop or netbook up to a larger desktop monitor,
preferably a cheap, even used one that has the same "native" resolution as
the new computer? I'd like to be portable--as long as the home set-up is
easy to read.

Thanks, everyone--and Happy New Year's!

Leslie



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Pareles" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:07 AM
Subject: Re: New monitor/bad resolution


> Hello back atcha Leslie!
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> I did some Googling and it seems that Cleartype was one of the upgrades of
Windows XP, and Microsoft never added it to ME or Win98.
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> Loath as you may be to do it, I'd recommend the new computer option. I'm
frankly amazed that you're not having problems browsing the Web on Windows
ME, given that websites are constantly demanding the latest Flash player or
Java plugins.
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> Desktops are now ridiculously cheap, and so are little ultraportable
netbooks that weigh less than 4 lbs. $500 would buy you computing power or
portability undreamed of by your Dell. On a new computer, all you'd have to
do is copy the directory that includes Editor.exe, and wherever else you've
stashed XyWrite files, and move them to the new computer.
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> I've had good luck with CDW and PC Mall mail-orders. Their phone
salespeople seem to actually know what they're talking about, unlike Staples
clerks.
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> See if you can find a Windows XP Professional computer instead of Vista,
which is a hog of resources and an incompatibility nightmare (though
apparently it does work well with XY). The wonderful people on this list can
help you with any migration problems, as they have helped me, but most of
the time the XyWrite installation works from the get-go.
>
> On another front, that unreliable source Wikipedia does like "copasetic"
the way I spelled it. Though now I'm tempted to switch to copacetic, even if
it looks a bit like a vinegary policeman.
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> Jon Pareles
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