# Still have a non-color monitor? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-a-non-color-monitor/465875 "2008-09-30T16:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-a-non-color-monitor/465875/11 "2008-10-05T14:02:19Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > 10 years ago? Very, very few people were using monochrome monitors in 1998. Heck, even 15 years ago in 1993 it was pretty uncommon. My family’s first computer was a Commodore 64 bought in the 80’s, and even that thing was color. We were still using monochrome monitors on the Macs in high school 15 years ago. However, by the time I went to college, when the WWW was a baby, they had already switched to color. I’ve never used the Internet on a monochrome monitor. I wonder if there is anyone still using the old green-and-black monitors like were generally used with the old Apple II family. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-have-a-non-color-monitor/465875)._