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Article #292Re: HDD, RAM and Mongrels [Was: 120 GB Hard Drive]
From: John J. Burness
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:15
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:15
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Rocket J. Squirrel wrote: In those days, a 15-inch monitor was actually less than 15 > inches in size. > > Rocky ------------snip---------------------- That is another thing that is/was extremely confusing (but contary to some people's wrong allegations), not deliberately mis-leading!! A 15" Monitor has always been a 15" Monitor!! The problem was (& it goes back to the original days of early CRTs, which were circular) this dimension ONLY descibed the physical external dimensions & had NOTHING to do with viewable area. This goes back to the days when CRTs were a non-Consumer item (i.e. it even pre-dates TVs). The real complication of this came about when LCD screens started to be made, which DIDN'T have the equivalent physical dimensions, accordingly thier Manufacturers started using "Viewable Area". In other words a 15" screen in one Technology was a TOTALLY different size to the other Technology - now that WAS confusing. Ultimately common-sense prevailed & ALL Manufacturers now quote the dimension on viewing area. Regards, John
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