From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Mar 25 14: 5:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [208.164.68.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD4837B994; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA42588; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:05:21 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:05:21 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Michael Robinson Cc: grog@lemis.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What laptop should I buy? In-Reply-To: <200003250712.PAA11190@netrinsics.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Michael Robinson wrote: > Mike Smith writes: > >No. I went through this exercise last year, and the i7500 is the only > >system that's actually shipping with a megapel display AFAIWATE. The IBM > >Thinkpad 770Z was advertised but never appears to have actually shipped > >with the 1280x1024 display. > > Sometimes you can pick up pre-owned 770X on ebay, etc., with 1280x1024 display. > I did. It's the only computer I use now. > > There's just something about a fully digital megapixel+ LCD display. Even > high-end CRT's fail side-by-side comparison. Analog LCD displays are a > pale imitation. > > Try it, and you'll never go back. One thing that should be noted with the 770Z's 1280x1024 display is that even with the 8MB Video. At 1280x1024, it will only do 16 bit color and not 32 bit. This is a limitation of the LCD screen and not the video hardware. It will do 32bit color at 1024x768 though. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message