Hi all - This may be obvious or old news to some of you, but I thought I'd share it anyway (after being inspired by the LED email a little while ago)- When buying a new/used/refurbished Mac desktop (G3/G4/Cube), the studio display 17 inch monitor has a price tag of 499USD and is the ONLY monitor apple will sell you (other than the flat panels of course). There are much better quality CRT's for less than a half of that price; I personally have used Princeton graphics and Samsung, both under 250USD for 17 inch or 350USD for 19 inch. There are even cheaper monitors, check the "shopping" netsites. The only difference with the 'non-mac' CRT's is slightly different timing of the refresh rates. By default the ATI cards bundled with most mac's will cause your non-apple monitors to display "out of range" messages: This can be quickly overcome by opening the monitor panel from /system/control panels and changing "SHOW RESOLUTIONS" from "recommended" to "all". Of course this will require an apple monitor, but most likely there's one around anyway. This will allow you to view a resolution list with ALL supported refresh rates, 60Hz is a good place to start, 75Hz is optimal for people sensitive to the flicker. Most monitors will support 75Hz at 1024x768. Happy huntin' - Maciej __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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