Hi all, I too recently bought a notebook for all-around use including photo editing. I was also wondering about the merits of the extra-brite screens for photo viewing/editing. I was too lazy to research it so I just got a Dell with the TrueLife screen to try it out. I haven't received it yet..
To the best of my knowledge, all the new 'extra bright' screens merely feature a reflective coating on the LCD instead of an anti-glare coating that supposedly increases the display contrast. I imagine one can re-calibrate the screen as one chooses, just like all other displays. My 2 cents on notebooks: Toshibas are neat but not very reliable. I owned two that had the same trouble: insufficient cooling due to the fan vents being on the underside. I think Dell makes the best inexpensive notebooks; reliable enough though people often report problems in the second year. I bought an XPS M140 (P-M 1.73 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD) for $900 with a 2-year warranty. I think that configuration is light enough but has enough processing oomph for Photoshop. Also, Lenovo Thinkpads are the same as IBM Thinkpads in design. Their service standards may be different. Lenovo, Fujitsu and Apple all certainly make terrific notebooks if your budget is around the $1500 mark. Cheers badri > > > IR> jtainter wrote: > > IR> Gang, I am looking at various notebook computers. One of the uses would be > IR> photo editing, but mostly it is for word processing and internet. Still, I > IR> would need to be able to do photo editing on it. With all the gear that > Pentax > IR> will be bringing out, I can't spend a lot on it. > > IR> I've noticed that some manufacturers offer screen enhancements that have > names > IR> like "True Life" (Dell) or "TruBrite" (Toshiba). The demo on Toshiba's > website > IR> suggests that this is a gamma shift that lightens parts of images. > > IR> Does anyone know anything about this? Is it just a gamma shift that one > could > IR> do oneself? > > IR> On the basis of value for money I am looking at Dell and Toshiba. Acer > seems to > IR> get mixed reviews for reliability. Lenovo is too new to have established a > IR> track record. (I inquired how their notebooks differed from IBM > Thinkpads, but > IR> the email I got back said that I had to call an 800 number. That's a good > way > IR> for a company to lose me as a potential customer.) > > IR> Thanks, > > IR> Joe > > >
