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Hi all-
I’m a database programmer, currently learning web development for my employer. They’ve offered to buy me new hardware, since my current system is 4 years old and has a crummy monitor. Price IS an issue, but I’d like to get the most ‘bang for the buck’. What would you recommend? How fast? How much memory? What size monitor? We usually buy Dell computers – would there be a reason not to go with them?
Thanks-
Are Windows machines more popular than Macs for web development?[/QUOTE]
For GUIs I recommend large flatscreen CRT monitors because they will run at higher resolutions and produce better image quality than the LCDs.[/QUOTE]You are of course kidding. Show me a CRT that runs at greater than 2560x1600. CRT's are also prone to visible flicker, especially if you run them at the highest resolutions they support, because then you have to lower the refresh rate. A CRT at anything less than 100 Hz will result in a very annoying flicker that may cause headaches. Not to mention that CRT's draw massive amounts of power, take up vast amounts of space and have a weight measured in metric tonnes.
Show me a CRT that runs at greater than 2560x1600.[/QUOTE]And what LCD are you looking at there?
A CRT at anything less than 100 Hz will result in a very annoying flicker that may cause headaches.[/QUOTE]
I realise that technically CRT's can display more colours, however PC's only output 16,777,216, and LCD's and CRT's alike will be able to reproduce them.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention that CRT's draw massive amounts of power, take up vast amounts of space and have a weight measured in metric tonnes.[/QUOTE]
Color quality depends on several factors but I'm pretty sure CRTs have a more useful gamut than LCDs and will always produce colors more correctly. Of course the production of full range color is a very expensive proposition regardless of medium.[/quote]What makes you so sure that a CRT monitor will produce colours more accurately than an LCD?
I don't recall the OP mentioning she would be carrying this system back and forth from home or running it on batteries but a big CRT would certainly be a problem in that case.[/QUOTE]Power should always be an issue though, after all, you have to pay the bills and we do currently only have the one planet.
What makes you so sure that a CRT monitor will produce colours more accurately than an LCD?[/QUOTE]Actually neither of the do a great job at full range but here's the opinion of the guys that sell both and aren't married to either.
Power should always be an issue though, after all, you have to pay the bills and we do currently only have the one planet.[/QUOTE]The power difference for similar sized screens is roughly 100% and a single monitor isn't significant compared to the residence usage. Now if I had a business with a hundred of them, I'd probably go with the LCDs but for a small design shop I think CRTs are the better way to go.
A CRT at anything less than 100 Hz will result in a very annoying flicker that may cause headaches. [/QUOTE]Not true at all. As stated above, flicker varies from person to person but most don't need 100hz.
I would also argue that LCD's have the better image quality, though that is more subjective. I realise that technically CRT's can display more colours, however PC's only output 16,777,216, and LCD's and CRT's alike will be able to reproduce them.[/QUOTE]LCDs do NOT produce better quality which is why quality concerned graphic designers use CRTs and not LCDs.
So long as the LCD has a decent contrast ratio it's not a problem.[/QUOTE]CRTs have significantly better contrast ratio than LCDs.
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