Re: LCD monitors

["irene silverman" irene@xxxxxxxx]

I run 98SE also and have been very happy with a Samsung SyncMaster 570 V
flat LCD screen. It's an older model, now selling at about $450.
Irene


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patricia M Godfrey" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:36 PM
Subject: LCD monitors


> My monitor has just died, and the price of LCDs has dropped so that I'm
> really thinking of getting one. Much easier on my astigmatic eyes, at
> least in Windows, and easier to move too (a 15-inch CRT is nearly 45 lb).
> But I've heard so many horror stories about XyWrite screen problems that
> I hesitate. There's also the fact that I'm still running 98SE, which
> mayn't be able to cope with newer monitors. Would anyone using an LCD
> with 98SE and having no problems with XyW in a window (OK, I could run
> full screen, but switching back and forth between Xy and Windows apps as
> I have to, the window really works better for me) be so good as to tell
> me what make and model? Thanks.
>
> I have no problems with XyWrite on either of my laptops (Compaq Armada
> and IBM Thinkpad XL), but both are ancient. I'm noticing that brightness
> specs seem to vary a lot on the models I've been looking at: from 250 to
> 500 CD/m2. I assume higher numbers are better. I've looked through the
> archive and just checked my BIOS, which has no expansion options.
>
> Patricia M. Godfrey
> PMGodfrey@xxxxxxxx
>
>