From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 7 15:26: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 940FC37B401 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:26:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgbas2.cos.agilent.com (msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com [192.25.240.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A3D843E3B for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:25:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@soco.agilent.com) Received: from relcos1.cos.agilent.com (relcos1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.239]) by msgbas2.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED8E8208B; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:25:51 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by relcos1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC8A54FD; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:25:48 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_25184)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id PAA12671; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:25:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200211072325.PAA12671@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: richard childers Cc: Bakul Shah , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using a laptop as a main machine Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:22:46 PST." <3DCABD86.64BCA08@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.7) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:25:46 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org richard childers wrote: > Similarly, a larger display becomes ergonomically desirable. Flat > displays are wonderful for reclaiming acres of desktop that you > haven't seen since 1985, if you use the same desktop regularly. On a related topic, note that most lower-end laptops have low-resolution screens (1024x768). The screens may be physically large, but the resolution is small. You'll have to pay a significant premium to get a laptop with a decent resolution, and it's possible that you may end up paying twice as much as a comparable desktop. Also, LCD screens aren't as good as CRTs for color reproduction. If you're doing any kind of work that needs good color reproduction, LCDs are probably not a good choice. On the plus side, the price of a laptop with an high resolution screen (e.g., 1600x1200) is pretty good compared to the prices of high-resolution LCD monitors (>1280x1024). LCD screens are also much sharper than CRT screens (in native LCD resolution). -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message