Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:08:35 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> Cc: FreeBSD mobile Mailing List <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Looking for a new laptop Message-ID: <200103261208.f2QC8Zb00739@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 01:57:33 -1000." <Pine.BSF.4.31.0103260156090.10847-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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> > > > > 1600x1200 display
> > > >
> > > > Aren't Dell's about the only laptops with such high res displays?
> > >
> > > No, the display originally came from IBM. Dell licensed it from
> > > IBM...
> >
> > No, the 1600x1200 panel is made by Toshiba. You're thinking of the
> > 1400x1050 panel, which is not "licensed". (The correct term is "OEMed".)
>
> Nope, I'm talking about the 15" 1600x1200 UXGA panel... That's
> made by IBM and not Toshiba and I even remember there was a article saying
> Dell licensed it from IBM and you're right the term should be OEMed...
> It's the panel used on both the IBM A21P and the Dell Inspiron 8000.
Funny, then, that when you probe it, it identifies itself as being a
Toshiba panel (as opposed to the 1400x1040 display, which reports itself
as an IBM panel).
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