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Thomas G. Marshall wrote:
> Eugene <nospam@columbus.rr.com> coughed up the following:
>> Thomas G. Marshall wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I was entrusted by a friend with finding a good notebook for him. He
>>> wants light light light.
>>>
>>> Hence the 4.1 pound 700m.
>>>
>>> But I'm concerned about the screen.
>>>
>>> 1. Is it too short
>>>
>>> 2. how are these things measured? Diagonal? The desktop lcd's are
>>> horizontal measurement.
>>>
>> Desktop LCD's are measured diagonal just like any other desktop
>> monitor and laptop LCD's are measured diagonal as well.
>
> You're right. Don't know where I got that idea.
>
>
>>> 3. using word on such a beast, is so much of the page cut off
>>> vertically, that the pain of it all is worse than getting the extra
>>> horizontal real estate (at least to /you/ ), I'm looking for
>>> opinions.
>>
>> What is the resolution on the 700m? I have a Latitude C400 and the
>> resolution is 1024x768 which is the same 1024x768 as the 14" machine
>> I had before. I don't use word, but Openoffice and Kword work just
>> fine. With the smaller pixel size (same number of pixels squeezed
>> into a smaller space) everything is clearer and crisper, just took a
>> while for my eyes to adjust to the smaller text.
>
> Which isn't an option for many 50 year olds (he's 50). Hmmmm...
>
> There is also a peculiar thing I've discovered since using my sdm-x93
> (sony
> 19" lcd). The dot pitch of the monitors can fall at just the wrong
> interval such that text comprised of a single line of pixels (think lower
> case ell), is too thin, and two pixel widths are too fat, and
> anti-aliasing is just not what looks good on these things.
>
> So, hmmmm..... lessee..... That wide screen is probably a 9:16 ratio?
> Let's pretend it is...
>
> sqrt( (9x)^2 + (16x)^2 ) = sqrt(337x^2) = 18.35x
>
> 12 inches = 18.35x
> x = 0.65 inches
> 16x wide by 9x high...
> So a 12" diagonal 9:16 screen is 10.45 x 5.88 inches
>
> Hmm....that seems pretty freaking awful. You're ok with it though? A
> 1024x768 screen pretty much puts that at 100dpi horizontal, which is just
> fine for screens, but the shear /size/ of the thing is what scares me.
> Like you said, he'd have to get used to it.
>
I think your math co-processor needs recalibrated
I measure my 12.1"
C400 and its about 7" 10". Remember an LCD the measurement and the
viewable size is the same, you don't subtract a large border like in a CRT,
thats there in CRT's because the beam focus can't adjust to the very edges.
>
>>
>> Only downside I could think of is: remember since the Inspirons are
>> "home" machines that the case won't be quite are sturdy as the
>> latitude D400. You may want to compare the two and if you drop off
>> all extras the Latitude may come out comparable in price.
>
> Thanks for that. I /did/ notice that already though. As with everything
> on the Dell site, they seem to make their money either directly or
> indirectly
> from buy confusion. I've become very good at analyzing every possible
> scenario till my eyes bleed.
>
Also try entering the store as a home user and a small business user, the
cost for my system from a home user was higher. I went the small business
route and my business was "consulting" when asked. I also didn't buy any
extra software since it was useless to me and when presented with the
choice of getting a free 128M ram upgrade or a $100 rebate, I took the
rebate and when I finally received the rebate check I bought a 512M sodimm
for $100 and popped it in.
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