The Design and Implementation of laffer1

I was reviewing the statistics gathered by Steam for Value.  According to the figures, 51% of gamers buy Intel processors.  Nvidia graphics cards are popular among Valve gamers.  The most interesting aspects are screen resolutions and types of displays.  A high percentage of gamers still run their monitors at 1024 x 768 with 32 bit color depth. Only 10% have widescreen (16:9) displays.  This is interesting for website design as well.  Most people actually have 1024 x 768 at 60hz with 32bit depth on a 4:3 aspect ratio.  1280 x 1024 is the second most popular resolution.

I find it difficult to determine which resolution to target for websites.  With this information, it seems clear that websites should work for 1024 x 768 users without scrolling.  We have 3 monitors all with different specs.  Caryn's old monitor is a 15 in lcd with 1024 x 768 that I use on her old Mac.  Her new display is a 19 in widescreen display.  I'm still using a 19in CRT at 1280 x 1024 on my PC. 

A recent article talks about the appeal of the Nintendo Wii over other game consoles.  Analysts are trying to kill the Wii with rediculous  accusations to help Microsoft and Sony stock.  These same analysts predicted the demise of the iPod to Microsoft's Zune and Creative's mp3 players.  I can walk into a game store and buy a xbox 360 or PS3 right now.  I cannot buy a Wii.  That tells me there is a big demand or a short supply of Wii units. 

The Wii is here to stay. 

I just connected my HP printer to my Windows box.  I used to write all my papers on my iBook.  Since I'm migrating to the PowerMac, I need to use Windows for Office and printing right now.  I avoided hooking up the printer to XP because it had terrible printing support.  Vista auto detected my printer, installed the driver, and I was printing in less than 2 minutes from Word 2007.  I'm rather impressed.  Microsoft did something right.