Yeah, that's my beef too.  I have the 17" CRT to my left, the 21" CRT in front of me, and my iMac to the right.  If I'm in front of the 21" CRT, I can't see the iMac display that well.   Even if I'm in front of the iMac display, it has to be tilted to me (whether I'm standing there or have scrolled my chair over to it).

Again, I love my iMac and its display, but these limitations are apparent.  Do I really need to start using logical arguments here?

And I agree, hawkfyr,  What's this crap about "it has ten DVI ports, and SVGA and card readers and ...." .  Did you buy your car because it had a CD/Tape/8-track player?  Most doubtfully.  I purchased my monitor for resolution, refresh, and cost (although weight is another story!) ;)

I see LCD displays reaching respectible costs in the next year or two.  That will be a big selling point that may sway my convictions here.  But cost is a MAJOR factor and I don't see the relevance of equating them.  I can get a respectable 21" CRT that does 2048x1536 for $400 or less.  You can only get a respectible LCD that does this for about $2000.  Look at your wallet and consider this carefully (1920x1200 is not close enough - 128 W less and 336 H less).

Yours stubbornly,
Robert

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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