[MacDV] Re: The 20inch LCD Conspiracy

[Steven Rogers]

On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 10:16 AM, KathyMac! wrote:

> I'm not arguing that they should state that it is optimal for OSX. 
> What I was saying is that I don't think it is honest marketing to make 
> the masses believe something not completely true. So, it's not a lie. 
> Ok. But it's a half truth, right? We both know they could be more 
> specific in their tech specs and descriptions so we are better armed 
> with the knowledge we need as a consumer to make a purchase best 
> suited for us. Any time there is valuable information omitted we are 
> all at risk of making a less educated decision.

And they could just keep a suite of every model of MacOS box, and test 
the monitor against all the software and hardware combinations in order 
to make an authoritative claim about which features half-way work under 
which OS and hardware, and build that cost into the product.

Or they could say "Requires OS X" (in other words, make no claims about 
compatibility with the dead OS since they know it doesn't work 100% 
right) and announce a monitor price cut.

SR