Any other Core i3 laptops with a high-res screen?

[A5]

I've spec-ed out a Dell Studio 15 with a 1080p screen (and a few other goodies) for $775 - are there any other options in that price range with a high-res screen? Everyone else seems to be doing 1366x768 on a 15.6" screen, which is lame

 

[corkyg]

There are others, e.g., Sony and Acer. But - 1920x1080 is really not suitable on a screen smaller than 18 inches. You need a magnifying glass to read normal text.

 

[A5]

There are others, e.g., Sony and Acer. But - 1920x1080 is really not suitable on a screen smaller than 18 inches. You need a magnifying glass to read normal text.

I'd prefer something like 1600x900 for 15", but that's even harder to find apparently.

 

[corkyg]

1080p is 1920x1080. 1600x900p is still a lot of tiny pixels for a 15-in screen. This is one of the barriers to a laptop being a desktop substitute. For me, a laptop or notebook is a working tool for travel, and that kind of resolution woulod probably not be cost effective for business purposes.

Dell and Sony have 1600x900 notebooks, but they require a 16.4-in screen.

 

[skriefal]

I'll have to disagree with the statement that 1920x1080 is too many pixels for a 15.x-inch screen. Just bump up the font sizes in Windows and in your most-used applications and it's fine. And the font rendering quality is much better than on lower-resolution screens, especially when using Cleartype or other font smoothing. Font smoothing on lower-resolution screens looks like blurry, vaseline-smeared ass.

 

[taltamir]

I've spec-ed out a Dell Studio 15 with a 1080p screen (and a few other goodies) for $775 - are there any other options in that price range with a high-res screen? Everyone else seems to be doing 1366x768 on a 15.6" screen, which is lame

the average human being does not wear a magnifying glass when using his laptop.
22 to 24 inch monitors use 1080 resolution. a 15 inch monitor with 1080 is ridiculous.

 

[taltamir]

I'll have to disagree with the statement that 1920x1080 is too many pixels for a 15.x-inch screen. Just bump up the font sizes in Windows and in your most-used applications and it's fine. And the font rendering quality is much better than on lower-resolution screens, especially when using Cleartype or other font smoothing. Font smoothing on lower-resolution screens looks like blurry, vaseline-smeared ass.

bumping up the font size messes up most programs, causing buttons to appear "outside" the viewable window, text to bleed out of windows (and truncate, resulting in you not seeing said text) and many other such aberrations.

 

[skriefal]

The worst I can recall seeing is an occasional button on which the text label is cut off. And that's been rare. It's possible that I don't use the same applications that you do, or that I don't bump up the font size as far.

 

[Midwayman]

The sony cw27fx is available at best buy with a 1600x900 screen. Its 14" and i5 though. 1600x900 or 1440x900 screens are tough. I know the thinkpad line has them available too.

I did alot of digging and there are few options with more than 1366x768 under 17" and almost nothing at your price point. I'd take a look at the sony i3 models though. They might be available in 1600x900 too. (Make sure you check BB, the cw27fx and the higher res screen doesn't show up as an option on the sony site.)

 

[A5]

The sony cw27fx is available at best buy with a 1600x900 screen. Its 14" and i5 though. 1600x900 or 1440x900 screens are tough. I know the thinkpad line has them available too.

I did alot of digging and there are few options with more than 1366x768 under 17" and almost nothing at your price point. I'd take a look at the sony i3 models though. They might be available in 1600x900 too. (Make sure you check BB, the cw27fx and the higher res screen doesn't show up as an option on the sony site.)

Thanks!

 

[taltamir]

The worst I can recall seeing is an occasional button on which the text label is cut off. And that's been rare. It's possible that I don't use the same applications that you do, or that I don't bump up the font size as far.

the worst I have seen is buttons that are not INSIDE the actual window and the window not being resize-able, making it completely and utterly impossible to click said button with the mouse (if you know exactly where it is at, you can use the TAB button on the keyboard and the space bar to press it).
What you described happens on EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM. What is rare is a program that correctly resizes, in fact I have never, EVER, encountered such program! I would be using extra sized font right now if it was wasn't so poorly implemented!