Well, Bobs is still confused about LCD monitors. What am I supposedto be looking for?

Yes, this is woger's latest incarnation.

 

Picking on the town drunk now.
Trying to get "in" with the "cool kids" on the block dude.

 

theres cool kids on usenet????
damn Im in the wrong place.. i was trying to meet/chat with geeks!

 

LOL

 

But at what price?


Divine

--
"Installing and running Unix hardly counts as one of the more difficult
intellectual tasks. It's hard, sure, if you're used to something different,
but the description 'windows people' includes novelists, artists and nuclear
scientists who just don't give a damn about the stupid OS their computer
runs."

 

Speaking of "geeks" Bill Gates was on BBC World tonight raving on about
his vision for the future.

I really cannot see what Micro$oft Windows has to do with working a
VCR or telephone.


Divine

--
"Installing and running Unix hardly counts as one of the more difficult
intellectual tasks. It's hard, sure, if you're used to something different,
but the description 'windows people' includes novelists, artists and nuclear
scientists who just don't give a damn about the stupid OS their computer
runs."

 

Why not? (Assuming by VCR you really mean PVR as opposed to something with a
tape in it!) There's been Windoze PVR and Telephony software out there for
ages. The popularity of both is skyrocketing - just look at Skype for an
example. Same story is also true for Linux.

 

dunno, doesnt matter, that wasn't being discussed, only that they were
availible, do you try to change the goal posts in every post you make?

 

You are a blind fool then.

 

Just because something is "available" doesn't mean it is sensible to buy
it.


Divine

 

I anticipate that in about a year, or maybe two, or at the absolute most
three years, I will not need any Micro$oft software whatsoever in my home.

And I fail to see why one needs an OS with only one GUI bolted and then
welded to it when one can have an OS with several optional GUIs to choose
from, or none of them.


Divine

 

again Lennier... that wasn't what was being discussed.

You said "A LCD monitor cannot display the full range of colour. For
that you need a CRT monitor." which is completely false.

Brian Withers AKA Roger, said "Yes it CAN.."

At this point you seem to have lost grasp of the conversation, and moved
to goal posts to make sure that you were right(in some way).

 

that doesnt sound very efficient... why would someone need more than one
GUI?
why don't they make them all compatible so that only one is needed?

 

So what ?
There will still be plenty of people in homes and businesses using Microsoft
Media centres and Microsoft VOIP.
In a year I will probably be using a Mac, a windows laptop and a debian
server.
I'm sick of these big beige boxes, Any desktop client should be the size of
that Mac Mini with built in wifi

You fail to see because you have affected an anti-Microsoft prejudice as a
hobby.
Its blinded you to the shortcomings of Linux
I can't make windows look as bad as gtk applications on xandros 3, Thats
supposed to be a desktop distro. X11 looks like its never going to catch
up, doomed to remain an unfinished building block. I'm trying to use cut
and paste right now in knode, not working from right click. This shit never
happens with Windows, you can't always be blaming the hardware
manufacturers.
Apple have the best operating system and interface for desktops right now,
but they still can't put out a mouse with a scroll wheel.
A bunch of essential applications are still exclusively available on Windows
and will be for the forseeable future.
No one who uses these applications sees the operating system as a separate
obstacle to their use.

 

His name is David

 

this compatibility issue has been something of a linux focus at some
levels in recent years

this kind of statement proves that linux is an OS for geeks
yet they depend on the mass consumer market for sales

 

I know... I just don't like to associate him with me... most Dave/ids
are fine, some "let the side down".

 

Choice, Swddi. Choice.

Do you want a choice, or no choice?


Divine

 

Well, for those who have huge pots of dosh to burn and nothing else to do
with it, then they can waste their money on a 30 inch LCD monitor that
may or may not be as reliable or as useful as a CRT monitor.

Until then the realistic, affordable, reliable options for serious A/V
editing work remain only CRT monitors with known useful
colour/refresh/resolution characteristics.


Divine

 

FOAD!


Divine

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