"1440 by 900" or "1920 x 1200" ?

Hi,

I'm looking at getting a Dell Precision M4400 laptop. My current laptop has a 15 inch screen with 1440 by 900 resolution, whereas the M4400 has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 and also has a 15 inch screen. Everything looks so much smaller on the 1920 x 1200 15" screen. It looks like I have more desktop real estate, but what other advantages would a 1920 x 1200 resolution on a 15" screen have?

~Dom

don't need any? 1920x1200 on my 15" D820 is amazing!

Greetings fellow Brit! The M4400 I played about was bright and crisp. However, I found that the text on most web sites was too small I have good eyesight but I found myself squinting a lot and it was a hassle zooming through web pages. Also, I found that it was hard to scroll through windows or navigate the menu bar because they were so small. Did you get used this, or is is just worth it for the clarity of the screen?

~Dom

tbh, i have never had trouble viewing stuff on screen, i used to run 1600x1200 on my old Iiyama VIsion Master 17in back in 1996 and everyone asked me how i could read the stuff on screen!

i view my screens from arms reach (31in)

Depends what you do with it. Photoshop on a laptop with a hi-res screen is brilliant. Viewing web pages is a bit of a pain. If you use your laptop to show anyone else web pages (like clients) they will squint, especially if over 40. I prefer my new Macbook Pro to my old Vista laptop even though I miss the resolution for graphics work, showing pages to people on the old machine always required "now it will look bigger on a normal screen"

If you have a 15" screen with those pixel dimensions then you have a very hi-res screen.

For example:

If the long edge of your screen is 1920 pixels and the short end is 1200 pixels, then the diagonal from top corner to bottom corner would be equal to around 2264 pixels. If the diagonal dimension is 15" then your screen would have a resolution of around 151 pixels per inch or 151 dpi....which is definitely on the high end...

I think that res is too high for a 15" screen. Great for space on your desktop but you need to be comfortable reading and editing on it!

Hmm... I do a lot of web work with my job, and often work together with colleagues with my laptop. The 1920 x 1200 resolution on a 15" screen, although looks incredibly sharp and gives lots of desktop space, will present me with too many problems with small text. For me, it seems that the best screen resolution for my new laptop would be 1440 by 900.

~Dom

Obtong wrote in post #7227025
Hmm... I do a lot of web work with my job, and often work together with colleagues with my laptop. The 1920 x 1200 resolution on a 15" screen, although looks incredibly sharp and gives lots of desktop space, will present me with too many problems with small text. For me, it seems that the best screen resolution for my new laptop would be 1440 by 900.

~Dom

Generally laptop screens have a maximum setting - I've not seen any small screens that allow settings as high at 1920 x 1200!

My Sony has a 16.4" screen allowing 1600 x 900. This is just about right.

I would go for the 1440 x 900.
I'm running 1920 x 1200 on my 24" screen which is great, but on a 15" screen, your eyes would be killing you. Or at least me.
Plus wouldn't the 1440 x 900 screen be LED? Pretty sure that's what Dell is offering now a days.

Hi,

The Dell M4400 does indeed come with a 15.4" WUXGA TrueLife RGB LED display (1920x1200) featuring 100% Adobe® Color Gamut screen! Follow the link and check it out.

I've seen it and played about with it. I have pretty good eyesight, but after half an hour of use I could feel the eye strain.

The 1440 x 900 is a LED screen, so I'm hoping that it will be very usable for basic to advanced photo editing.

~Dom

Bobster wrote in post #7226633
I view my screens from arms reach (31in)

Did you measure the length of your arms for this thread, or do you just happen to know how long your arms are?!

i had my arms measured for a suit and still remember those measurements (approx btw)

Obtong wrote in post #7229027
Hi,

The Dell M4400 does indeed come with a 15.4" WUXGA TrueLife RGB LED display (1920x1200) featuring 100% Adobe® Color Gamut screen! Follow the link and check it out.

I've seen it and played about with it. I have pretty good eyesight, but after half an hour of use I could feel the eye strain.

The 1440 x 900 is a LED screen, so I'm hoping that it will be very usable for basic to advanced photo editing.

~Dom

The 1920 x 1200 resolution might be great for watching a high def movie but not for much else on a 15.4" screen I wouldn't imagine? Text would be just too small

Off topic but but I think it applies to viewing text size on websites.

On PC you can instantly increase/decrease the size of the fonts of a website buy holding down the control key and using the scroll wheel on your mouse. There may be other key combos that activate this shortcut but that is the combo I use.

Hold down the "CTL" and use the wheel of your mouse to increase or decrease the font size

You can thank me now