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Skriven 2009-06-30 14:12:00 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 55504 av August Abolins (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: another Win machine for the ministry..
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August Abolins -> Charles Scaglione wrote:

 CS>> I really like the new MacBook Pro 13" machines but the screen size is
 CS>> small for the ministry and we really do not want to spend that much
 CS>> right now. (no comments please....)

 AA> I had a chance to play with a Macbook Pro, but I found the 13" screen
 AA> too restrictive in its widescreen presentation.  I found myself spending
 AA> a lot of time scrolling up and down when viewing websites. When you
 AA> start adding toolbars to browsers and other apps, a lot of space is
 AA> sacrificed along the top.

 AA> For me, 4:3 is the best solution.  Comparing the Macbook 13" WS with my
 AA> T40p 14" 4:3, my screen is huge.

Even the 14" 4:3 is too small for me.  The Toshiba I placed at our store front
ministry location in Fort Worth has a 15" screen of lower quality. (vintage
2003)

If we do buy a new Win notebook, it will be at least large enough for our
treasurer and our secretary (my wife) to use comfortably.  They both have good
eyes so I guess we can go with a 14" screen if necessary.

Our ministry does Bible studies at two nursing homes we visit. I found that the
handouts I employ have to be done up in bold print using a large font.  I'm
currently making them up in "Verdana 16 Bold".  The only problem with making
them up that way is around 8 versus of Scripture will fit on one page at a
time. (Using double line spacing between versus) Trying to do handouts of more
than one page is a challenge since many of the folks at the nursing homes are
severely handicapped.

Regards.

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