Re: flat panel screen recommendations

>At the moment, I have two systems on my desk - a Dell desktop with a Dell 
>17" LCD, and an IBM desktop with a 17" IBM P70 CRT. Both are running at 
>roughtly the same resolution - native resolution (1280x1024) on the LCD, 
>1152x864 on the CRT. Text on the CRT is much more readable than text on 
>the LCD (at least to my eyes). The LCD looks HORRIBLE at anything less 
>than 1280x1024, while the CRT looks fine at lower resolutions.

If you have XP, you can use ClearType with LCD displays to get much crisper 
text.

>CRTs are much more flexible when it comes to resolutions, and much cheaper!

Re the cost, you must remember than a LCD display uses much less power than 
a CRT:  over the years this can make the LCD display much cheaper than it 
would appear.

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