[Tfug] Laptop options

[Jude Nelson]

QSXGA...drool....

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 1:43 PM, erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:

> Adrian wrote:
>
>> On Friday 18 November 2011 20:20, Tyler Kilian wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Not trying to be contrary, but why not just embrace widescreen?   The
>>> boat has sailed on this one.  4:3 isn't coming back, so why not spend
>>> your money on a superior machine with widescreen?   I'm also curious,
>>> why can't you do work on a widescreen?  Millions of people are able
>>> to work on widescreen just fine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Display a full page of text in portrait mode? Display 4 non-overlapping
>> 110x30 command windows on the desktop at the same time?
>>
>> The widescreens common on most laptops these days are 1366x768, that is
>> 28% less pixel information and 27% less vertical space in a 15" display
>> than my 4 year old 1400x1050 laptop. Given the difference in screen ratios,
>> it also means that a given 15.4" 16:9 display is also physically approx 1"
>> - 1-1/2" shorter than an equivalent 15.4" 4:3 display.
>>
>> The next basic step up is 1600x900 which is still 14% less vertical
>> resolution than my 4 year old laptop... I have tried one and don't care for
>> it, the pixels tend to be squashed meaning you just have to upscale
>> everything to be able to ready text comfortably anyways, which negates the
>> point of having a higher resolution in the first place. I believe pixel
>> resolution should be just below your eye resolution at a given working
>> distance, beyond that additional resolution gains you nothing. Without
>> zooming in, can you tell the difference between a typical 1Mpix camera shot
>> and a 4Mpix camera shot? Sure, the later is a bit sharper and more defined.
>> Can you tell the same between a 4Mpix and a 14Mpix? No you can not...
>>
>> The next step is 1920x1050 which is horribly small on a 15" display. On a
>> 17" display I find it quite usable. Unfortunately, a 17" laptop
>> (particularly a 17" widescreen) is no longer portable. I carry around 2
>> laptops, several paper notebooks, and 40lbs of network tools and materials
>> every day... I'm not putting a large (read - much more fragile) display in
>> with all of that.
>>
>>
>> Adrian
>>
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>
> See:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**File:Vector_Video_Standards2.**svg<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg>
>
> I don't use laptops/tablets. I'm not a road warrior. However these old
> CRT displays I have are wearing out, and some are really bulky &
> heavy.  I went to RISE recycling and bout a flat screen for cheap,
>
> see:
>   http://riseequipmentrecycling.**org/<http://riseequipmentrecycling.org/>
>
> and, you guessed it, the aspect ratio was not 4x3. So I've been
> peaking & tweaking xorg.conf scripts to adopt.
>
>
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>         Erich
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