What a difference 540,000 pixels make. I'm talking in this case about the latest MacBook Pro to grace my desk, the top-of-the-line 17-in. model with a glossy 1,920-by-1,200-pixel high-resolution screen tricked out with a 7,200-rpm 160GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM added post-purchase. Oh, and it uses Intel's new 2.4-GHz Core 2 Duo with a "Santa Rosa" chip set for a bit more zip and even slightly longer battery life. But it's the screen that's the most appealing feature. This is without a doubt the best-looking LCD screen Apple has produced in what also happens to be the fastest laptop from the company yet.
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News source: PCWorld
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For example my laptop can do 1680 x 1050 but that on a 15" screen that’s way too high, and when you up the DPI settings websites like Neowin seam to mess-up and everything generally don’t look as good as it did before.
I’m sure I must be missing something here, there must be a reason for such high resolutions on such small screens.
For example my laptop can do 1680 x 1050 but that on a 15" screen that’s way too high, and when you up the DPI settings websites like Neowin seam to mess-up and everything generally don’t look as good as it did before.
I’m sure I must be missing something here, there must be a reason for such high resolutions on such small screens.
Take it you didn't read the review then.
I have heard of this many times, but I'm still not fully understanding what it is, along with its benefits. Could you please explain this a bit? Thanks.
unfortunately, no matter how you twist this, it won't really work on websites because THEY ar eno resolution independent. hence why upping DPI doesn't work overly well on windows.
I use 1680x1050 at home on Mac (20" WSXGA+) and 1680x1050 at work on Windows XP (using a Dell widescreen 20" WSXGA+) and the text on Windows is amazingly smaller.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_independence explains it.
I wont ever own another laptop with anything less...ive had this one for ~2yrs and love it! That and having it with the glossy screen, makes it beautiful! Plus its awesome for coding
1920x1200 is perfect for a 15.4" screen. 17" would need something higher.
Not to mention the graphics card doesn't have enough memory and processing power to run the newest stuff well at the native resolution.
My HP nw8440 has a 1920x1200 on a 15.4" screen as well.
This is nothing that special.
Lucky. Way too lucky.
People calling 17" 'not very portable' and 1920 on a 17" stupid are probably still enjoying 1024 on their 17" CRT. Macbook Pros are one of the slimmest notebooks on the market and the screen is about right. It's all relative really. Once you go 1920, you can never go back.
I never look at those bottom links, I thought it was actually him saying that. my bad.
I meant resolution to screen size ratio. I have an 20" which is 1680x1050. If it were a laptop, an 20" monitor would be about 2560x1536.
yeah, to get 1920x1200 you'd have to go to 24"
why are all 17's and 19's (4:3) stuck at 1280x1024? or 19" 16:10's all 1440x900 ? with laptops it seems theres so much variety with resolutions.
As with any Mac, overpriced.
P.S. other pc laptop manufacturers like dell, sony, hp had this 17" 1920*1200 glossy lcd screen option for AGES.
P.S. other pc laptop manufacturers like dell, sony, hp had this 17" 1920*1200 glossy lcd screen option for AGES.
Yeah, this is nothing new. I'm reading the post over on my 17" WUXGA 1920x1200 from a Sager 5720 purchased in November 2005. The resolution is great though, and Vista made it much easier to view with the adjustable DPI slider in the operating system which I have set to 120 DPI.
As with any Mac, overpriced.
Agreed... as with everything else Apple, it will probably be dramatically overpriced... you could probably get a PC equivalent for about half that price...
And damn it, no one is forcing you to buy Macs! Why don't you go complain to Mercedes that their cars are overpriced?
wctaiwan
Last edited by wctaiwan on 22 Jun 2007 - 02:42
And damn it, no one is forcing you to buy Macs! Why don't you go complain to Mercedes that their cars are overpriced?
wctaiwan
Mercedes makes good cars.
Apple makes good computers?????????????????????
And damn it, no one is forcing you to buy Macs! Why don't you go complain to Mercedes that their cars are overpriced?
wctaiwan
Mercedez has considerably different parts used compared to a Ford or Chrystler where as Macs have exactly the same parts as PCs but just costs more for the hell of it. And I wasnt complaining about them being overpriced I was complaining about the fact that in the past few days Apple has had like 5 posts on Neowin for pretty much nothing.
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This nonsense has got to stop. It is a freaking computer.
we need something cheaper like those macbook but with discrete vcard and better quality
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