[MacDV] New Towers, Old Towers, LCDs, OS9, OSX, etc...

[Mike Stanley]

Just thinking out loud here - but might it be because the 20" runs at an
unusual resolution and the don't want to spend the effort retooling the OS 9
video drivers to make them run at that resolution?


----- Original Message -----
From: "KathyMac!" <Mac4Music at MusiCareOnline.org>
To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: [MacDV] New Towers, Old Towers, LCDs, OS9, OSX, etc...


> Ok, so maybe it's a hardware and chipset issue now and labor is money and
> time is money. I understand. But NOW I see on the website that the new 20
> inch LCD REQUIRES Jaguar to run. ???? What is the purpose of making a
> monitor that way? Is it not to control the public and force them into
buying
> the X only machines if they want a nice LCD? It doesn't make much sense to
> me. What about everyone on the planet right now running 9 in nice (albeit
> slightly older) G4 towers that would like to add a display? Monitors are
> supposed to be more universal than that.