I've seen some good CRTs produce relatively sharp output. I'm sure the top of the line models in their time produced output that would rival all but the best LCDs (even to this day).

For things like fine graphics design or word processing, I imagine the sharper the image is, the easier it is to work. To that end, I'm sure if LCDs then were as they are now, they wouldn't have bothered with CRTs at all, and even the lowly Mac 128k probably would've been based around an LCD instead. This is all speculation, of course.

Given how things progressed in reality, of course, I kind of agree; it just doesn't look right somehow to have an LCD attached to an old Mac which was designed with CRTs in mind.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand...

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