3 Dec
2007
3 Dec
'07
3:43 p.m.
Oh, I also *like* the bulk of a CRT - for the bigger
19" and 21" screens,
there's a useful place on top of the display to park paperwork and things
It's also a normal place for the cat to sleep ;-)
More seriously, this was one thing that was liked about the HP836. The
monitor for that, which locked on top of the keyboard/processor unit, had
a flat top with no coooling vents. It was common to stick the printer or
plotter on top of the mahcine, or of you didn't have those, to pile up
manuals and paperwork there.
[...]
of course we all have much older ones on our vintage
gear). Plus I feel better
about reusing an existing product and keeping it out of landfill than I do
buying a new product (with all the manufacturing 'impact' involved).
So do I. That's why I bought a lathe to make a part to fix a cheap
copier, even though the lathe cost 10 times as much as a new copier (of
course said lathe is something I'd wanted for some time, and it's been
used fro many jobs since and will be used more in the future...
-tony