Laptop shopping
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johnridleyI'm having the same problem with laptops that I do with conventional monitors; nobody makes anything with decent resolution anymore. I can buy a $500 laptop with everything including screen size totally adequate, but the resolution is a pathetic 1366 x 768. What the heck?
Even if I go to a $1000 laptop it's still only edging up to the 1600 x 900 range, still not great and then I would have to get a 17" or larger screen to get that. I do NOT want that big of a screen.
10 years ago I bought a Dell laptop with a 15" screen that had 1600 x 1200 display. I was chatting with a Dell salesperson 2 days ago and he said they do not have a laptop with that much resolution for any price with any sized screen.
I do not understand. Does nobody do detail work anymore? Even with desktop monitors I would have to go to a 22" screen to get what I would consider reasonable resolution; it's the reason I still have a CRT monitor on my desk at work (1600 x 1200) though that thing is flaking out; I've had to apply percussive maintenance on it twice in the last week to get it to run, and as the problem sounds like discharging in the high voltage section, I suspect that once there's any degree of dampness in the air this spring it will go down for the final count, and I'll probably have to buy my own monitor at work to get anything vaguely acceptable. All they stock there is 1280 x 1024 crapo LCD monitors.
Even if I go to a $1000 laptop it's still only edging up to the 1600 x 900 range, still not great and then I would have to get a 17" or larger screen to get that. I do NOT want that big of a screen.
10 years ago I bought a Dell laptop with a 15" screen that had 1600 x 1200 display. I was chatting with a Dell salesperson 2 days ago and he said they do not have a laptop with that much resolution for any price with any sized screen.
I do not understand. Does nobody do detail work anymore? Even with desktop monitors I would have to go to a 22" screen to get what I would consider reasonable resolution; it's the reason I still have a CRT monitor on my desk at work (1600 x 1200) though that thing is flaking out; I've had to apply percussive maintenance on it twice in the last week to get it to run, and as the problem sounds like discharging in the high voltage section, I suspect that once there's any degree of dampness in the air this spring it will go down for the final count, and I'll probably have to buy my own monitor at work to get anything vaguely acceptable. All they stock there is 1280 x 1024 crapo LCD monitors.
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Date: 2011-03-15 05:59 pm (UTC)I think I'm going to have to settle for 1366 x 768, it's just not worth it for me to go higher. My netbook would probably be good enough with a bigger screen; for working at my mom's house I may just lug a monitor with me. Total cost for the 10" netbook AND the 1680 x 1050 monitor is about $360.