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What would be your ideal resolution on a 15.4 laptop display ?

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Alain75   08-02-2007 at 10:49:17 PM

Hello everybody, I'm about to buy a new laptop, probably Dell precision m4300, and I really hesitate for the screen resolution.

So what is for you the ideal resolution on a 15,4 16:10 laptop display ? (independantly of price)

And your current one ?

About screen resolution, obviously now the OS fonts and display ratio can be changed so the higher could be the better, however it does not always work very well, especially in browsers

as for me I hesitate between 1920 and 1680

Thanks for inputs, impressions and reasons for choice ? :)

(2 choices allowed, one for ideal and one for current if any)


Message edited by Alain75 on 08-02-2007 at 10:51:58 PM
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krazynutz   08-02-2007 at 11:20:18 PM
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Speaking from a 3D artist's point of view, I chose the 1440x900 for my 15.4" Inspiron. I was about to order 1680x1050 but after looking at an Asus G1S, I realized that with 1680x1050, the toolbar buttons get a little on the small side and so does the text. For what it's worth, the 15.4" Macbook Pro ($2000) uses 1440x900 and that's obviously geared towards graphic artists.

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   08-02-2007 at 11:43:44 PM
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I think the ideal on a 15.4'' laptop is 1680x1050. I went with a 17'' screen so I got 1920x1200 and I love it. Tons of real estate to work with and I don't mind the smaller text size.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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Alain75   08-02-2007 at 11:52:37 PM
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Thanks for the input, by the way below a nice table relating display sizes resolution and dpi :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/ArthurHff/tableau.jpg

taken from :

http://www.prismo.ch/comparisons/notebook.php

so 1920 on a 17" is 133.3 dpi and 1680 on 15.4 128.6 dpi , so a bit less ...

But I think I will go for 1680 , if all the OS and apps were scaling properly though I would like a 300dpi display, at least ! :)

(after all good quality printing on paper for text goes up to 3200 dpi ! )


Message edited by Alain75 on 08-03-2007 at 12:30:29 AM
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Alain75   08-03-2007 at 12:31:39 AM
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Oh and by the way, what about glossy/shiny versus non shiny ?

I think I will go for non shiny but now I hesitate :)

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   08-03-2007 at 01:58:24 AM
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Glossy screens result in better color representation, but are a pain in the *** in terms of glare (I know because my lappy is a glassview). I prefer the glossy anyway, it just looks so much better IMO.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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cattlebaron   08-08-2007 at 05:55:27 AM
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I second lostandwandering, go with glossy. Glare sucks but so do dark screens. I have a matte finish on my screen and I always find it seems much dimmer and less vibrant; especially when my wife or coworkers with their glossies sit next to me. :/

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