Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:25:46 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using a laptop as a main machine Message-ID: <200211072325.PAA12671@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:22:46 PST." <3DCABD86.64BCA08@pacbell.net>
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richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> 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
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