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Posted by jerryleelewis on August 30, 2005, 4:52 am
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Hi,
Does anyone have a 14" or 15" laptop with an SXGA (1400x1050)
resolution.
I need it for software development, rather than graphics. (Visual
studio)
Will I be able to read the text ok?
Cheers
Pete
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Posted by Notan on August 30, 2005, 7:28 am
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jerryleelewis wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have a 14" or 15" laptop with an SXGA (1400x1050)
> resolution.
>
> I need it for software development, rather than graphics. (Visual
> studio)
>
> Will I be able to read the text ok?
Kinda depends on *your* eyes, doesn't it?
Notan
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Posted by MSCHAEF.COM on August 30, 2005, 11:26 am
Please log in for more thread options >Hi,
>
>Does anyone have a 14" or 15" laptop with an SXGA (1400x1050)
>resolution.
>
>I need it for software development, rather than graphics. (Visual
>studio)
Visual studio does very well with a widescreen display. Widescreen makes
it possible to keep the solution/class/resource/etc. browser open without
unduly shrinking your editor window. While debugging, I have my editor in
the middle, the browser on the right, and a stacktrace (sometimes with
a watch window) on the left. It's much nicer with the wide aspect ratio.
>Will I be able to read the text ok?
As has been pointed out, that's more a function of your eyes than anything
else. However, I would point out the following:
- Word/Excel/IE all have zoom settings
- Visual Studio has adjustable font sizes
- So does the Windows UI (Fonts can be adjusted for point size and DPI)
-Mike
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http://www.mschaef.com
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Posted by jerryleelewis on August 30, 2005, 3:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options Yes, My collegue mentioned the benefits of Visual Studio on widescreen,
but its still lacking the resolution.
And widescreen for normal use (word, surfing web) just
looks.......annoying and excessive. Can anyone throw any experience on
this?
I just want the old fashioned high res, normal aspect 15.4" Sony. Extra
space, but not wasted space in one dimension and loss in another.
Laptops these days are for "entertainment" not business. anyway ;-)
cheers for the comments, any more would be greatly received, as I have
to buy a laptop buy lunch time tomorrow (i.e. 12 hrs time).
night
Pete
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Posted by MSCHAEF.COM on August 30, 2005, 5:42 pm
Please log in for more thread options >Yes, My collegue mentioned the benefits of Visual Studio on widescreen,
>but its still lacking the resolution.
>
>And widescreen for normal use (word, surfing web) just
>looks.......annoying and excessive. Can anyone throw any experience on
>this?
Modern versions of Word can do interesting things with the sides of the
screen too. Reveal Formatting and the style selector both dock on the side
of the screen. It's also useful to preview two pages side by side. with
web browsing, I just tend to use the real estate to keep more windows
open.
>I just want the old fashioned high res, normal aspect 15.4" Sony. Extra
>space, but not wasted space in one dimension and loss in another.
This is just me, but a 15.4" wide screen feels more "wider than usual"
than "shorter than usual". I'm sure others have had different experiences.
-Mike
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