On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Prabhakar Reddy Gudla Venkata Siva wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have a rather "dumb" question. Searched the web for some info but
> couldn't come up with satisfactory answer.
>
> Q: What controls the maximum resolution of the screen ? Is it the BIOS or
> something else ? If it is just the bios is there any means to change that
> ?
>
> I have noticed that people with similar/same make & model as my laptop
> have higher screen resolution (and i am presuming they all bought it off
> the shelf from retailers just like me).
>
Different laptops come with different resolution panels. This
is a limitation of the panel. I believe the panel is a significant
cost of the laptop and offering different panel resolutions allows
the vendor to offer many differently-priced models. All the laptops
that I've seen (payed attention to) have slightly different model
numbers between models with different panel sizes, though it's
sometimes a subtle naming difference.
Mark.
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