[Ti] [OT] New 20" LCD display _requires_ OS X ???

[Paul Russell]

>On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 04:28 PM, Paul Russell wrote:
>
>>So, would it be worth buying the 20" LCD display to use with their 
>>G4 running 9.2.2 ? What is the best resolution it will run at ? Is 
>>there a better alternative given that they cannot afford to upgrade 
>>to OS X > ?
>
>Buy a 17" which is pretty LARGE and withe the money they save - Buy 
>OS X = $129
>
>and since they will not get the full functionality of the 20" under 
>os 9...  it makes more sense...
>
>what applications do they need to run?  The money they save may 
>leave them withe enough money to by some of the needed os x apps... 
>also MANY older os 9 apps WILL run under classic.
>

Most of their work is producing a newspaper using Quark XPress. I 
don't think it's even the latest version of XPress so it may be risky 
to try running this under Classic emulation. There's also the issue 
of the additional RAM needed for OS X. I don't think the expense and 
hassle of upgrading to OS X is worth it for them, especially if the 
only reason is to be able use a new display - it would be more 
sensible to get an LCD display which works OK with their existing 
configuration.

Paul

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