1600x1200 15" laptop
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- shaft
I will be moving soon and must sell my equipment and get a laptop. This will be my only computer for at least a month or two. My budget is tight, so I decided to get a used/refurb Dell latitude c840, it's quite fast and expandable. Now I'm wondering if I should get a 15" 1600x1200, or a 15" 1400x1050 display.
Have you had experience with these models? Is the UXGA suitable for work? Isn't 15" too small for this resolution?
Normally I use 1280x1024 on a 19" CRT, but it definitely lacks space for scripting work.
- tomkat0
I have 1400x1050 on my pc notebook, and its really the limit.. and freind had crazy 1600x1200 on his 15" dell, and I got a headache out of it.
don't do it.
- ivan_cook0
it's really personal preference, but the 1200 x 1600 on a 15" KILLS my eyes.
- UndoUndo0
we have a dell laptop with 1600x1200. its a wide screen model and although it runs really well you do get a feeling after a hrad days graft that your eyes are getting a good battering.
Its great for wide work space and havin plaenty of room but no good for presentations because the high res makes everything look too small. with this wide screen laptop the only real workable res is 1600x1200.
IMHO i would work at a lower res and maybe buy a flatscreen to plug into into for dual monitors.
- shaft0
The problem with laptops is you have to stick to their native resolution to get decent display. What about a 14" 1400x1050 ? Is it too dense again?
- mike0
I have a 15" 1600x1200 IBM ThinkPad T42p that I take to the office where I have a port replicator and hook up to a 20" LCD @ 1600x1200 and it all works great. Been using a laptop "only" for about 6 years now and have no complaints.
- dot-matrix0
what are the specs on your laptop mike?
- jimeeboy510
I have a toshiba 15.4" with UXGA and ultrabrite (the glass screen). The ultrabrite helps a lot and makes thigns look even smoother than without it. I saw the same model without ultrabrite and its bothersome. Pretty much, my screen looks like the Sony A series, but its not wide. Its brilliant.
- DogsBreath0
I just ordered a Dell i9200 with a 17" WUXGA 1900x1200 screen.
I thought it was going to be too small but a friend of mine has one and when I saw it, the screen was fantastic.
There have been some problems with these screens though, but apparently here in Australia we have been getting the good ones!
This new puter will replace my desktop as my main work machine. I'll just hook up another monitor as well for dual monitor display and all will be cool!
- shaft0
I have a 15" 1600x1200 IBM ThinkPad T42p that I take to the office where I have a port replicator and hook up to a 20" LCD @ 1600x1200 and it all works great.
mike
(Feb 9 05, 10:24)
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Probably I won't have a good external monitor at my new place for some time. Don't you find this laptop resolution annoying or tiresome for the eyes? I can buy a 1600x1200 right now and it comes cheaper than the 1400x1050.
- jimeeboy510
UXGA on a 15" looks sharper than on a 20" LCD...imho. bc the same amount of pixels are squeezed onto a smaller screen, its much more crisp. I had a 20" Viewsonic VP201 ordered for work and I was hoping that I would be as sharp as my 15.4" UXGA notebook screen at home, but its nowhere near the same. Its just as sharp as my PB screen...nothing better and not as good as my toshiba uxga. I think Mike knows what I mean. Again, getting the glass covered screens help bump up the brightness and clearity like a good 10-15%.