Global PC shipments slide for fifth straight year

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

My eMachines T-5026 P-4 3.0Ghz, Intel 915 IGP chipset will, (surprisingly), run most 720p, but locks up with 1080p.
By 1080p, I mean @ 25 or 30 fps, certainly not 60 fps Blu-Ray.

You do run into videos from that period which are "480i" (480 X 640), the same resolution as the USA's old NTSC TV.

To complete this trip down memory lane, capture cards using IEEE 1394 "fire wire" camera connections were all the rage. Fire wire was supposed to be the next big thing, and it was, at least until USB 2.0 came along...

FWIW, when I bought that computer in 2005, it came with a 1024 X 768 CRT monitor.

I think 800 X 600 is the resolution in Windows, "safe mode", and also when you've installed a video card, before you install its driver.

Yeah, you're right about the resolution. I was just exaggerating... How unlike me.

 

[Underdog]

The bottom line is, nobody needs the latest, greatest, fastest cutting edge device to surf the 'net and communicate with. Serious gamers might be waiting for some wonderful advance but the rest of us are happy with what we bought (or built) 5 years ago.