The Apple Slag (thats me)

OK Gary - since you are boasting, what size is it

I am getting to be quite a convert to this strange fruit
Very impressed at how fast I can work on images in Photoshop

Derek

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What size is it? if you dont mind me asking!!!
I really dont need one.. not really.. nothing wrong with my screen.. i dont need it.. Garyi tell me i dont need one!!

Uh - uuuuhhhh - you absolute bitch!!

Seriously, nice one Garyi.

Regards,

JonR

23 whole inches of real estate, and let me tell you the res is totally different to the old style flat screens, man I have acres here.

Need a new graphics card though, its struggling

Hawk you don't need one, well. mabye...

Jon being a herts guy you can come a gawp. as long as you bring beer and good music.

The 23 inch is the outside dimension or the visible diagonal of the image area

Are still using the Imac or have you moved on to a G5 Dual 2.5mgh

Derek

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Garyi that sounds like a plan! I will bring my iBook as well.

What's your favourite tipple?

Jon, beer or wine, you can come tomorrow if you like lol


Derek, I am not sure what you mean, I can tell you the tape measure tells me I can see 23 inches or 1900x1200 pixal area.

Jubbly

Derek still struggling on a 1.6 G5, need better GC though, all rather slow right now!

On ebay nice card for mac at around 120 quid off UK price.

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Originally posted by garyi:
Jon, beer or wine, you can come tomorrow if you like lol

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Tomorrow works for me - if you're up for it PT me your contact details and we can work something out.

Regards,

JonR

PS: I notice you're on AOL - so am I. Aren't they PC-biased or what!

Jon I am garethnaim hit me now

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Originally posted by garyi:
Hawk you don't need one, well. mabye...

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fu*k it, i could always ditch the tv and watch the mac instead

anyway enjoy! Ill have to play on my pocket sized 17in powerbook for now...

Hawk tell me does the 17 inch have connections for my 17 inch apple display, someone one in Ebay is asking

Garyi,

AOL says you're offline, so I have sent you a PT.

Regards,

JonR

[This message was edited by JonR on Sat 28 August 2004 at 23:26.]

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Originally posted by garyi:
Hawk tell me does the 17 inch have connections for my 17 inch apple display, someone one in Ebay is asking

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Im pretty sure it does..

there is a monitor socket on the right hand side, ive never used it but it has a block of 24 pin holes (three rows of 8) and a square block of 4 on the right edge of the socket..
looks like the perfect home for a mac monitor to me!

iGary,

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1900x1200 pixal area.

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Hope you got a bit of a discount as the display should have 1920x1200 pixels. ;-)

Joe, who's also very pleased with his new monitor

Just a bit 'o' fun

Unfortunately I have to sell the smaller one other wise I would keep it, because you know I have an incredibly small penis.

Oi ad Zeider wiv Rosy once ?

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Originally posted by garyi:
Well after months of deliberation and non care I got me one of these.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gareth.irwin/maccy.jpg

Trouble is my graphics card has in essence got out and told me to piss off, so more outlay.

I wonder though as pretty as it is if it can remove stones from the upper field afore the orses com gloppin in, innit ?


Fritz Von Isposethebeersthechiefgotmelastnightdidmakehisdancin&prancinlookneater ? butonlyabitinnit:

Still its only a bit of fun

Let me tell you I am totally blown away by the screen, utterly chuffed.

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http://graham.ricketts.bei.t-online.de Even !

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Originally posted by garyi:
I have an incredibly small penis.

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Actually, the picture clearly shows that you have two penises, although they do look a bit on the small side, now that you mention it.

cheers, Martin

E-mail:- MartinPayne (at) Dial.Pipex.com. Put "Naim" in the title.

Yeah, but they are £1500!

That's an awful lot to pay for an extra 300 pixels and a nice silver case when you can have a non-Apple version of essentially the same monitor in 20" (1600x1200) for about £700. So you could have bought 2x20" (for 3200x1200) or else bought a 20" and a high-end graphics card.

Matthew

Fuck Matt, I could have two good nights out for that sort of dosh, innit.


Fritz Von LA'sina&outburgersareverygood

Mat, to an extent I agree however I have only ever seen one type of screen I would consider other than apple and that is Sony, however I couldn't see a 23 inch model and they are similarly priced.

No doubt I could buy a goodmans stereo from Comet cheaply as well.

Gary,

23" Panels are expensive becuase they are made in such small numbers which makes them terrible value unless you desparately need that many pixels. A 20", even an Apple 20", is just so much better value.

"I have only ever seen one type of screen I would consider other than apple and that is Sony"

98% of the picture quality in an LCD screen is the panel itself. In Apple's case this is (AFAICT) the LG/Philips 20ms S-IPS panel albeit an Apple specific version to get their prefered 100 pixels/inch sizing. Models from Philips and LG with the same panel give essentially the same picture quality and performance for far less money. Alternatively there are other hi-end 20" IPS panels based on Sharp's panel, notably the multi-award winning Eizo L885 (although that is nearly as expensive as the Apple).

The other issue is that S-IPS screens are predominantly aimed at media and content creation professionals as their main advantages over TN+Film panels is their colour accuracy and contrast and the 170 degree viewing angle (which is great if you want to use it for watching DVDs, say). As they are a lot more expensive it's normally only worth paying if these are big issues for you. They also compromise on response time to some extent so they are usually not as good at games and for playing, UT 2004 a much cheaper TN panel is probably better.

Having said all that I am typing this on a laptop that cost me £2k rather than £1.5k because its got a 17" widescreen IPS panel and they do look lovely and most like a proper CRT.

Matthew