What's Your Screen Resolution?

What's Your Screen Resolution?

• VGA (640 x 480) (1%)
• SVGA (800 x 600) (13%)
• XGA (1024 x 768) (24%)
• > XGA (1024 x 768) (21%)
• Huh? (41%)

Total Votes = 424

I am a "HUH?"

i wonder if the people who answered huh? were doing so out of true ignorance of the question, or wondering how this was related to roadfood?

I am assuming this related to Roadfood the website as opposed to actual Roadfood. Perhaps Stephen was mulling over upgrades to the site and wanted to take a quick poll before doing anything.

oh yeah, I am a >XGA.

Meowzart nailed it - I just wanted to take a quick poll to see how much width I can get away with the new web site. No worries, based on the results I will not be changing the width (except maybe my own waist!).

What new website?

My screen resolution is to not send any more posts without checking for typing errors FIRST!

Is that like a New Year's Resolution?

got it, but that speaks to my original post on this. The way the survey is worded is kind of ambiguous.

If we are going with new sites, don't forget us Mac users who use Safari. Site works fine except that I can't use MS Streets and Trips, and the flags in the Insider don't work as well for me ....

There are NOT complaints -- only suggestions from the Steve Jobs peanut gallery ....

I have to concur with marberthenad, please consider those of us with MACs. What ever it is you're doing, I guess I'm not sure what it is you're talking about doing.

Stephen has a point. So put a hat on it!


Kidding aside, so, seriously (from me?) Why don't we all meet in New Haven with Stephen and the Sterns.

Maybe it's like asking Picasso to do your silhouette at the fair, but dining with the masters...WOW!

How does one determine his/her resolution?

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Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

How does one determine his/her resolution?

Al! I'm surprised at you! My family always has New Years Screen Resolutions!

OH, I am confused. I thought the numbers represented the intensity of the screams from my wife when I fail to keep some dumb resolution she determines is good for me. Thus the Scream resolution. But now I understand it refers to the ability to shut insects out of our kitchen on a hot summer day! Screen... And apparently some of you are sensitive about s-MAC-king the insects that penetrate the screen???

quote:

Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

How does one determine his/her resolution?

If one had a Mac, one could select "Displays" in the System Preferences menu and it would tell one. If one doesn't have a Mac, it is likely one must phone Bill Gates to seek such wisdom.

quote:

Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

How does one determine his/her resolution?

For most Windows users, on the Desktop, double-click on "My Computer". Then double-click on "Control Panel". Then double-click on "Display". Then on the "tabs" near the top, click on "Settings". Near the bottom right-hand side will be a section labeled "Screen Area". The numbers below it are the Screen Resolution. If this doesn't work, then call Bill Gates!

I'm an XGA.

But I have a recurring question...how come is it that I can only see the results of polls, I am not allowed to vote in them? Every single poll that's ever been posted here, I can only see the results. I don't get it.

I am an SVGA, Thank you 6Star! BT, paybacks are a #itch!!

Felix,
My guess is that you have the forums book-marked (http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/) and come right to the boards, thereby by-passing the roadfood.com home page (http://www.roadfood.com/) where all the polls are located. They polls are the second item on the right hand side of the screen. If you come straight to the forums without stopping there, you are only seeing the polls after they are closed and the Stephen's posted the results.

If I am off the mark, let me know. We'll see if Stephen doesn't know what's up with not being able to vote.

Meowzart

Meowzart,
Right you are! Geez...I was thinking it had something to do with not being a Roadfood Insider member or something.

I HATE front pages on just about every site, my primary interest is the forums. Even the one I "work" for, I bypass the front page. To me, they're just another way to take up my already-short time.

Thanks much for clearing that up, though.

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Originally posted by 6star

quote:

Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

How does one determine his/her resolution?

For most Windows users, on the Desktop, double-click on "My Computer". Then double-click on "Control Panel". Then double-click on "Display". Then on the "tabs" near the top, click on "Settings". Near the bottom right-hand side will be a section labeled "Screen Area". The numbers below it are the Screen Resolution. If this doesn't work, then call Bill Gates!

Thanks for the tips! I once was a "huh", now I'm a VGA. Is that a good thing?

Luckily I'm an XGA! 128 meg video card with 4 video outputs running on a 17" LCD...

Thanks for the info_ I am a SVGA if that matters.

quote:

Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen


I am an SVGA, Thank you 6Star! BT, paybacks are a #itch!!

Indeed. But now I have a question for you "Slaves of Bill". Cannot one alter one's screen resolution status (within limits established by one's video card, monitor,etc) in WinDoz as one can, quite easily, with a Mac? Normally, I use 1152 x 870 making me, I suppose, >XGA, but as my eyes dim with age I can choose to lower the resolution making everything on the screen bigger (but the portion of the page visible without scrolling less). Surely you can do the same with the products of the Evil Empire (of which I am, I admit, a stockholder patiently awaiting my $3 a share). No?

For Mac lovers, the world changed today. Wow.
http://www.apple.com/imac/

Bill---that has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen!

OK all you Mac users out there, question for you: Did you start out as Apple people? Or did you make the switch. I am wondering just how diffucult and expensive it would be for to de-Gates my life and get in the Mac swing of things. That new G5 might just make me do it!

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Originally posted by meowzart

Bill---that has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen!

OK all you Mac users out there, question for you: Did you start out as Apple people? Or did you make the switch. I am wondering just how diffucult and expensive it would be for to de-Gates my life and get in the Mac swing of things. That new G5 might just make me do it!

I started with an Apple II (remember those 5.25" floppies--that flopped?)

To answer your question, though, I don't think it would be as hard to switch as you might think. It depends on what software you consider critical. Most major software--including the major Microsoft packages--is available for both and, for example, the MSFT Word for Mac can use Word files created on a PC just fine as does anything created with the Office suite. Photos using the common formats (JPG, GIF etc) work on both platforms. MP3's are also common to both.

One difference is that MSFT has stopped updating Internet Explorer for Mac--the last version was 5.2. So Apple now has its own browser called Safari that still has minor compatability issues with a few web sites (seems to me that's mostly sites that make heavy use of Java). There is also an version of Netscape for Mac and I use that as my main browser.

If you are a game player, you might regret moving. It's a fact there's a lot more games and other "minor" software for PC. For example, I've been looking for a program to scan my computer for "spyware" and while there are numerous freeware and shareware programs available for PC, there's only one or two for Mac and they are commercial. Of course, that's likely to be because spyware and viruses are not nearly the problem on Macs that they are on PC's.

If you've got specfic concerns, ask away! Seems like there's enough Mac people here to help you.

As to the new iMac, I've been considering getting a laptop. Now I'm wondering if maybe a new iMac wouldn't meet my need. I'm not a road warrior. Don't need true portability--just easy "lugability", so if, for example, I go to visit relatives for a couple weeks I can stay "wired". This really complicates my life.

Oh, yeah. Forgot to mention: if you can tolerate fairly clunky peformance, there is a program called VirtualPC that allows you to run nearly any PC software on a Mac and it works, just slowly compared to what you might get on a real PC. So, if you have some obscure legacy software for which there is no Mac version, that makes switching still possible. And the older it is, the closer the performance on a new fast Mac might be to what you are used to an older PC.