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    Best cheap notebook, with 1680x1050 (WSXGA+)?

    Yeah, I think I am S.O.L. on the "cheap" side of the equation. Looks like I'll be carrying a big box into the trade shows... for now at least. I have already switched gears, and decided to build a ridiculously cheap box (with about $200 in components from Newegg), and I'll use it to show that my...
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    Best cheap notebook, with 1680x1050 (WSXGA+)?

    I appreciate the replies! Looks like there are a bunch of variants of the t43 Thinkpad, and maybe some of them have DVI out (but I can't find that info yet.) I'm sure there are modern Lonovo machines that meet the criteria, but are way past my budget. I wonder about the VGA-DVI adapter...
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    Best cheap notebook, with 1680x1050 (WSXGA+)?

    Well, I see Dell notebooks around $500-$600, and compared to what the average college student might want ($1500-$2500) in a notebook, I'd say right now $500-$600 is the low end. Ahhh, see, I don't know squat about notebook computers - I've never owned one. The lack of a DVI out port could be a...
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    Best cheap notebook, with 1680x1050 (WSXGA+)?

    Hi, Could someone help me narrow down the best of the cheap notebooks that have WSXGA+ native resolution? I need to take a notebook to a trade show to run an application that needs 1680x1050 native resolution. No gaming. In fact, I won't even use the LCD panel on the notebook - I'll use a...
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    1280x1024 displayed without stretch or compress

    Thanks for the suggestions, but this needs to be a new notebook. So, (assuming that I am correct that a 1400x1050 display will be able to display 1280x1024 with black bars), I'm still hoping that a few of you might be able to suggest some notebooks that have 1400x1050 native resolution. Seems...
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    1280x1024 displayed without stretch or compress

    Hello, As far as I can tell, there are no modern notebooks with a 1280x1024 native resolution. I have an application that displays a series of images (a huge, text-annotated flowchart, using small fonts), that was written for desktop 1280x1024, and every pixel needs to be displayed. I don't...
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    Notebook monitor native resoluttion question

    In the research I did, I could not find any modern notebooks with a 1280x1024 screen. I'm not sure why the manufacturers passed that resolution by on the way to widescreen. Seems like a lot of businessmen might want to display something on a notebook the same way that it was displayed on their...
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    Notebook monitor native resoluttion question

    Thanks to all of you for pondering this with me. Yes, the one application that this hinges on was a custom written application that uses every pixel of 1280x1024 to display a quasi-slideshow that is a huge flowchart. The text on the flowchart would be difficult to read if the text is stretched...
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    Notebook monitor native resoluttion question

    OK... maybe I phrased my primary question poorly... A little more research turned up "fixed aspect ratio scaling", which is what I think I want the notebook to display. I assume that's dependent on the video card and video software/drivers. Am I getting warmer? Dennis
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    Notebook monitor native resoluttion question

    Pardon my ignorance of notebook computer monitors. I have a need to display 1280x1024 (still images) on a notebook computer. The images need to be crisp, with the correct aspect ratio, not stretched or compressed. From what I have read, I want to display these 1280x1024 images at native...