Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 16:42:39 -0700 From: "Cliff L. Biffle" <cbiffle@safety.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>, jesse@wingnet.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideal laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <200305051642.39126.cbiffle@safety.net> In-Reply-To: <20030505233428.DC5565D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030505233428.DC5565D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Monday 05 May 2003 04:34 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I have a friend who has the 1600x1200 and I an assure you that it's not > too much. Fonts look much cleaner and it is amazingly readable, even to > my 50 year old eyes, with rather small fonts. I don't envy the weight, > but I LOVE the display. I'd like to point out something here that a lot of people, particularly those with Windows backgrounds, don't realize. Higher resolution in X doesn't have to mean smaller fonts. By properly setting you DPI in your X configuration (many monitors report their size automagically, saving you the trouble) a 12pt font is a 12pt font regardless of resolution. Now, granted, graphics and whatnot are still going to be smaller on a high-res display, as are some bitmapped fonts, but for the most part, higher resolution just means greater clarity. -Cliff L. Biffle
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