Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.android,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on Texting Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 20:57:15 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <071ikjds6op23p9b1vk6lg4l5379t7mv9l@4ax.com> <0ocikj9ctqn0o3sae3uqe28nnk5hrgg7de@4ax.com> <1geikjdv9poat2tq0hpib2fdsto802s7p3@4ax.com> <6pjikj1icct50cjm21d175uom81957p30l@4ax.com> <3ckukj91bq9p0eosv3h7grn1g83ii8jvmk@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 02:57:16 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1d35060a46111d99ebdf9581444c5116"; logging-data="497210"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/AY0gPy2tjhYXErntOJn4lEGvbTisPZ3w=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:oN67gp5OfTXcevAV3dn2QdoSKn8= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2606 On 12/3/24 5:07 PM, Joel wrote: > -hh wrote: > >>> I wouldn't have anticipated using 4K when I got the main parts. >> >> Especially when one is harping about 'future proofing', why wouldn't one >> be so unprepared in 2021 for supporting 4K monitors? >> >> Because 4K wasn't a new standard: it first came out 2001, and was in the >> consumer market by 2013. So by 2021, 4K displays were pretty >> commonplace (even Apple had had them in iMacs for 7 years) and 'gamer' >> ones had already dropped to just $500 ('regular' ones were even less): > > > I paid $200 for mine. It's two years old. It was an impulse buy when > my old monitor was dying. The cheaper it was, the less justification there was to have not anticipated and planned for it to be a candidate replacement within the expected lifespan of the PC. For example, that "overpriced" 2022 Studio that you've enjoyed complaining about can run up to four 6K's out of the box. -hh