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[Cainehill]

Eh - LCDs definately have their advantages over CRTs too. For example : it's been a _long_ time since I saw a CRT type monitor that had portrait orientation. (As I recall it was part of an expensive Wang word processing hardware suite, not even a general purpose computer.) Whereas my LCD I can swivel 90 degrees, giving a choice of landscape (for gaming) and portrait (for editing source code, working on documents, browsing the web). I do also have a CRT hooked up next to the LCD, but when it dies I'll probably get another LCD.

As far as the paper manual goes : I hate games that don't provide a printed manual. (It's a little different when you purchase the jewel case version for $10.) Sure, I have dual monitors, so I can sometimes look at the manual on one monitor and the game in the other : but then again, a lot of full screen games don't like dual screens. They crash when you try to go to the other monitor, or at best, hang while they don't have focus. And if you _don't_ have dual monitor displays, it's a real PITA trying to play and look at the electronic format manual.

And it sucks trying to print the manuals, usually using more paper than a preprinted manual would, resulting in a pile of paper that isn't nearly as convenient as a book-style manual, especially as most people's home printers don't have duplex ability (to automatically print on both sides of the paper, collating pages, etc).