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E1405 Resolution: 1280x800 or 1440x900?

Poll Results: Which resolution do you prefer?

 
  • 7% (1)
    1280 x 800
  • 92% (13)
    1440 x 900
14 Total Votes  
post #1 of 8
6/14/06 at 1:43am
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Which do you prefer? Why?

I'm leaning towards WXGA (1280x800) so I can clearly read text and view icons, but i can't get TrueLife with this option. Additionally, I've heard that colors appear to be more washed out and less crisp than WXGA+ (1440x900).

I've had an 15.4" laptop which was 1680x1050. and I thought the text and icons were too small. Will a 14.1" laptop which is 1440x900 be similar?
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post #2 of 8
6/14/06 at 11:30am
I'd go with WXGA+ for the extra desktop real estate, but I also prefer SXGA+ on 14" standard ratio and WSXGA+ on 15.4" screens so I wouldn't have issues to the smaller text.

WXGA+ on a 14" won't make things as small as WSXGA+ on a 15.4" but it'll be pretty close. Here's a pretty useful DPI table. A 14" WXGA+ screen has a dpi of 121.4 whereas a 15.4" WSXGA+ has a dpi of 129.2.
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post #3 of 8
6/14/06 at 1:49pm
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Originally Posted by darksaber
I've had an 15.4" laptop which was 1680x1050. and I thought the text and icons were too small. Will a 14.1" laptop which is 1440x900 be similar?
yeah it should be similar.. go for the smaller resolution
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post #4 of 8
6/14/06 at 3:45pm
I got the 1440x900 and am pleased. The only thing that I don't like is the highly refective screen. I haven't found that the text is too small, but that is just me...
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post #5 of 8
6/14/06 at 6:47pm
my last 14" was a 1280x768 and it felt perfect.

this 1440x900 seems to be borderline, some sites look fine, others i have to enlarge the fonts, if both were available with truelife, i'd get the 1280.
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post #6 of 8
6/14/06 at 10:07pm
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Has anyone bought WXGA and been happy with it? It seems that most of the satisfied customers who are posting have WXGA+.
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post #7 of 8
6/15/06 at 11:53pm
Go with the WXGA+. I think the resolution is fine. Either way it's not going to be THAT much smaller.
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post #8 of 8
6/15/06 at 11:58pm
Arr, you can always just increase the font and icon size in Windows. Higer resolution is bettah.
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