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- From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: I'm think about getting a Mac, but ...
- Message-ID: <D2150035.ootm1e@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 01:28:33 GMT
- Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Organization: Peirce Software
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- In article <C1DpIv.F7v@ccu.umanitoba.ca> (comp.sys.mac.hardware), sdyck@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Sheldon Dyck) writes:
- > Hi, I'm a long time Dos user who is going to be buying a new computer
- > in a few weeks. I have been looking at Macs and they look like really
- > nice computers. The only reservations I have about buying one is that
- > it seems like they don't have resolutions higher then 640*480. Unless
- > you want to get the video board from NEC or some other expensive
- > solution. Is this true? If I'm paying $3000(cdn) I would expect higher
- > resolutions then 640*480. Could someone clear this up for me please.
-
- In the Mac word people use the word "resolution" a bit differently
- than in the PC world.
-
- In the Mac world, screen resolution is almost always 72 dpi (dot per
- inch) or very close to this. The number of pixels on the screen is
- determined by how big the monitor is. A 13" monitor can display 640x480
- pixels at roughly 72 dpi. A 16" monitor can display 624x832 pixels.
-
- Mac folks stick with roughly 72 dpi screen resolution (for the most
- part - there are a few exceptions) because this provides WYSIWYG (what
- you see is what you get) between screen and printout. Also 72 dpi
- is what the software expects.
-
- TO get mor resolution on a Mac display you get a bigger monitor.
-
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