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M4400, WUXGA & Vista

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by checho, Jan 17, 2009.

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  1. permka

    permka Notebook Consultant

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    I agree with that. I had the exact same thoughts about WUXGA and 15'4 format. I was getting ready to buy one until I actually saw the screen and decided the text was just to small for me...

    I opted buying a 17' instead. (just in order to show you how much, seeing the screen weighted on my final buying choice)
     
    permka, Jan 20, 2009
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    checho Notebook Consultant

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    I've called to my Dell sales manager and he says that Dell will not offer WSXGA+ in their current laptop models. Moreover, he don't know what is the reason of this decision :(

    He don't know neither if Dell will offer this resolution in their future laptops...

    I'm looking for a shop which have 15,4" WUXGA laptops, but it is a difficult thing...

    By the way, there is any other developer with WUXGA here?
     
    checho, Jan 22, 2009
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    Christoph.krn Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes, they are surprisingly rare in stores. There is a Notebook from Sony wich is very close to this, I think it was 16" WUXGA. If I remember that right, it was the Sony FW series.
     
    Christoph.krn, Jan 22, 2009
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    hhuerta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes I have WUXGA for a while now and as a developer I think is the only resolution that fills my needs, the letter size is perfect (very readable) but if you find it too small you can increment the DPI to make it larger, but the screen real state is perfect for the tools I use (Visual Studio 2008,SQL Server 2005, a couple of VM, etc.)

    If you try it I guess you will never feel the same way about smaller resolutions, but I guess you need to try it first to see if you like it.

    cheers!
     
    hhuerta, Jan 23, 2009
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  5. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    why dont you just download the attached screenshots, make them full screen on a 15 inch notebook (regardless of screen res)

    and see how small the fonts are??

    that would give you a rough idea of how it looks.


    im addicted to it lol, once you have WUXGA you dont wanna go back...this was unfortunate because it narrowed down my range of possible laptops quite a lot !
     
    afhstingray, Jan 23, 2009
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  6. checho

    checho Notebook Consultant

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    I did it :p I have lots of screenshots!! But, I would like to watch a 15,4" WUXGA before buy it...
     
    checho, Jan 23, 2009
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    checho Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you very much for your opinion :)
     
    checho, Jan 23, 2009
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    looking at your sig, you're running 1400x1050 on a 14" notebook, i think the font sizes etc are gonna be pretty much the same on a 15 inch wuxga as your 14" sxga+
     
    afhstingray, Jan 23, 2009
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  9. checho

    checho Notebook Consultant

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    The height of my 14" (4:3) screen is the same as 15,4" (16:10) screen. So, if I have 1050 height pixels in my screen, I think that WSXGA+ (1680x1050) would be similar about dpi (font sizes, etc...) on a 15,4" screen.

    I attach a pic of my M20 vs E6500, where you can compare both laptop heights.
     

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  10. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    what resolution is the E6500 running?
     
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