XP Users–choose LCD monitor

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Barbara_Brundage
Jul 9, 2004
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Hi, everyone. I have a friend who has a 12" laptop running XP pro and she wants to get a larger monitor for when she’s at home. Space is very tight (why she has a laptop) and she doesn’t really have room for a CRT, unfortunately, so she’s looking for a decent LCD.

I’d recommend one of the smallest discontinued Apple cinema displays, but I think that’s way out of her budget.

Here are the specs on her computer:
Mobile AMD Athlon 1600+
1.39 gig processor
S3 Pro Savage 32MB shared memory graphics card

PE 2 runs tolerably, if not speedily on this machine. Any suggestions for an LCD of bearable quality that won’t cost over $500? She doesn’t need pro graphics level, but would like to be able to do her little projects in PE on a screen larger than 12". A 15 or 17" screen would be fine with her.

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brent_bertram
Jul 9, 2004
Barb,
A Formac Gallery 1740 might barely be in her price range, ( a Cnet rating has a user finding one for $499 , < http://reviews.cnet.com/Formac_Gallery_1740__DVI_/4505-3174_ 7-8749847.html?tag=pdtl-list> ). They are hard to find but at $500 would be a bargain. Ian Lyons ranked it as a good graphics display and you know what I think of him ( What he bought though was a Cinema 23" for a huge amount of money about 18 months ago ).

The Formac is hard to find, but if one shows up, its a keeper.

🙂

Brent
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Raymond Robillard
Jul 9, 2004
I have a Viewsonic LCD (VG series) and it compares quite good to other LCD in its class. VG500 is 15" and displays images very nicely. Now, working on graphics, it became a little small now 😉

Ray
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Barbara_Brundage
Jul 9, 2004
Thanks!

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