Screen sizes on laptops are a personal gripe I have with the way laptop manufacturers are going in general. Some relevant points:
- 15.4" widescreens actually have less total screen real estate than 15" 4:3 screens did. - Widescreens are excellent for movies but for documents and programming I fail to see the point. I generally want lots of height when programming so I can see more code. If you are talking a 24" widescreen then it doesn't matter but the 15.4" widescreen is significantly shorter than the old 15" screens. - All LCD screens look best at their native resolution and resolutions have been climbing steadily. So if you buy a 15.4" widescreen laptop with 1680*1050 or worse 1920x1200 then you better have very good close eyesight or you are going to struggle to read things clearly (or turn large fonts on and have weirdness commence). Personally I find 1024x728 an excellent resolution for a 15" normal ratio screen but it is near impossible to buy laptops with pixels that large these days (I had to get my HP made up specially). It makes no sense to me. This insistence that 15.4 wide > 15 normal and that the higher the resolution the better is just baffling. It seems plain to me that for many (but not all) people the opposite is true. Rant off ;-) David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alister Christie Sent: Tuesday, 17 January 2006 2:06 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List Subject: [DUG-Offtopic] New Laptop Okay since we are on the topic of new hardware, I'm in the market for a new laptop - or rather more a "desktop replacement". I'm considering a Dell Inspiron(TM)9300 with a 7200rpm drive. I understand that the 9400 is due out shortly but it will probably be a bit pricy. I can probably get work to stretch to about $3500 price wise. I would like a 17inch display but 15.4 would be accecptable (tis better than my 14.1 1024x768 display I am currently using). Does anyone have any recomendations (or warnings)? -- Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
