1600/1200 screen shot

[Nomad84]

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mabye I'm missing something here but wouldn't a screen shot of a 2001fp at 1600x1200 res not do you any good since you'll be looking at it on your own small monitor.....

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I was thinking the same thing. 1600x1200 screenshot won't look any different to you just because someone was using a 2001fp when they took it. If you are looking at a 1600x1200 image (screenshot) on your monitor (which is set at 1600x1200), then it won't look any different than if you were playing yourself. It won't do anything to help you make your decision. Probably the best thing to do is to set your 17" monitor to 1280x1024 resolution and open a table. The physical size of everything will be about the same at 1280x1024 on a 17" CRT as on a 2001fp at 1600x1200. As mentioned above, the LCD will probably be easier to read, but this will give you an idea of the physical size of the tables.

[ckmo]

fwiw before I bought a 2001fp I was using a 19in crt at 1600x1200 and there was a significant size difference between the 2 imo. I would think that the majority would not have a problem viewing the 2001fp at max res but I don't have a problem using my 15in laptop at 1600x1200 either so maybe I'm not the one to answer. If you really want to get an exact idea of how big it will be you could do the math and compare the actual size difference of the displays or the 17in idea from above would probably be a pretty good estimation.