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Subject:Re: System Requirements From:Elizabeth Ross <beth -at- vcubed -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 09 May 2000 17:00:45 -0400
Here's a caveat emptor that I learned about last week:
If you are concerned about colour (use ICC profiles, calibrate your
monitor), be aware that Windows 98 does not allow you to calibrate the
second monitor. This holds true for laptops as well.
Cheers!
--
Elizabeth Ross
Senior Technical Writer
V3 Semiconductor Corp.
beth -at- vcubed -dot- com http://www.vcubed.com
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum.
> From: "Sherman, Bryan" <BSherman -at- synchrony -dot- net>
<snip>
> Dual Monitors?: If you have a Mac or Win 98 you can support dual monitors.
> We have Dell Latitudes that support dual monitors. We can display different
> programs on our external monitors and out laptop displays. This has proven
> invaluable while documenting programs (the issue of running program and
> authoring software on same machine notwithstanding). It also lets you
> potentially "proof" at lower resolution on one monitor, while working at the
> higher on another. I don't believe you can do this with NT, but I could be
> wrong.
>
> Laptops?: I think the benefits (portability) outweigh the negatives of
> laptops. Obviously we use the Latitudes. Makes me settle for a smaller hard
> drive, but there are always tradeoffs.
