Dell laptop WUXGA vs WXGA ?

I am guessing that WUXGA is better for LightRoom and Photoshop work?
I read some say other wise.
Anyone have real experiences here before I make a costly mistake.

WUXGA.

There is no costly mistake to make. I have glossy and matte 1920x1200 displays in WUXGA and both are equally fun to use with accurate colour representation once calibrated.

It's all about real estate. More!

WUXGA by a long way. You'll be able to find comparison pics online (I'd post mine but I don't have my external drive on me). You won't regret it.

Are all, or any of the WUXGAs glossy?
I don't want glossy.

I didn't want glossy either, but now that I have it on my LT, I will not go back! Lol.

Honestly, my recommendation is to steer clear of Dell laptops. I've had difficulties with their consumer level service department.

There are any number of great laptop brands out there that give you as good or better bang for buck with great after sales service.

well there are two things to think about here.

U got the desktop size and the physical size of the screen.

for the differences between the 2 this might help

http://en.wikipedia.or​g …ctor_Video_Stan​dards2.svg

but since the laptop has only got a certain size screen in the physical size then it's important to consider how bit the icons/texts are going to be. If the icon/texts are going to be to small then it's pointless in getting a bigger size. Because you are strugling to see everything.

If course since it's a laptop you can get an external monitor plugged in and that will give you more room. since you can have toolbars and other items on the other screen and then allow your biggest screen to view the photo only.

I use WUXGA and I love it. but then my screen size is 24" monitor. If you are getting the top of the line dell laptop then at most your getting is a 17" monitor. this means the pixels are going to be smaller to have the same desktop area. so the icons are going to be smaller.

my view is that it's better to have the screen easy to read and a smaller desktop area than straining your eyes and having the all the space in the world.

buggz wrote in post #7858161
Are all, or any of the WUXGAs glossy?
I don't want glossy.

The colour and contrast are far better on the gloss screen. You won't believe the difference until you see it - I almost prefer my glossy laptop screen to a print!

nuffi wrote in post #7860247
Honestly, my recommendation is to steer clear of Dell laptops. I've had difficulties with their consumer level service department.

There are any number of great laptop brands out there that give you as good or better bang for buck with great after sales service.

Dell are renowned for having some of the best service and cheapest laptops out there. Sure, you can't just go and pick one up at the online store - wait for the voucher. Get it right and it's phenomenal value.

With regards to the warranty, I've never had any problems - I've found that their onsite warranty is far better than any other offering I've encountered, and I've owned laptops of all makes! (HP, Acer, Apple, Dell, etc.)

My brand new Dell *Studio 17* (1737) was a major problem... The *reds* were orange brown, and after 7 hours on the phone they finally said the colors are not "tweekable"... Very disappointed.

Of course it's tweakable. You need to calibrate your monitor. All laptops running an OS that use a profile file can be calibrated granted the calibration software can run on said OS.

Go get a cheap Spyder.

cosworth wrote in post #7882928
Of course it's tweakable. You need to calibrate your monitor. All laptops running an OS that use a profile file can be calibrated granted the calibration software can run on said OS.

Go get a cheap Spyder.

Dell accepted the Laptop for return... because they specifically said it's made that way, and they can't change it...

No you're not understanding my angle. There are not "controls" that you dial in. You stick a calibrator on the screen and it adjust the calibration that Windows/Mac/Linux uses to determine the colours displayed.

Granted you may have had a BAD monitor, but if you returned it because you could not adjust the colours you wasted a lot of time.

I certainly hope that whatever machine you have now has been calibrated.

cosworth wrote in post #7882970
No you're not understanding my angle. There are not "controls" that you dial in. You stick a calibrator on the screen and it adjust the calibration that Windows/Mac/Linux uses to determine the colours displayed.

Granted you may have had a BAD monitor, but if you returned it because you could not adjust the colours you wasted a lot of time.

I certainly hope that whatever machine you have now has been calibrated.

I had two other Dell desk tops, side by side, that show a true red color...

The laptop didn't offer a true *red* and the Dell support team could not change that.

In other words, the *red* that was offered for adjustments, wasn't red, but rather a light reddish orange/brown....

They offered some pictures to compare colors, however none of the pictures they used had any red colors in them at all... When I asked about the lack of any reds displayed in those photos, they said that those pics are from Microsoft and they didn't have others... So I took them to my photos on my photo web site... They had no comment.

At no time in the entire 7 hours did they try to adjust the colors of the monitor... Technical support and the supervisors said that they had no way to change the *red/brown/yellow* on this card... Instead, they advised me to go to a large store, like *walmart, or Sams* and choose a lap top there.

Needless to say, I'm glad to be getting a full refund of over 1400 dollars.

Of course they can't change the red. They don't know how much red you need. You could have just chosen a different colour profile.

Funny how this had zero to do with your hardware. Even more odd that at 6000+ plus posts you've never heard of colour management of monitor calibration...

Honestly, you need to make sure that even with the new computer you get that you do this - calibrate and setup proper colour management that is.