Screen Resolution for 14" LCD

[Batman5177]

Hi everyone,

I'm planning on buying a Thinkpad T60 with a 14" screen, and saw that the screen resolution only comes in 1024x768 or 1400x1050.

Is 1400x1050 too small for a 14" monitor? I'd rather not turn up the font size.

Thanks for your input!

 

[6000SUX]

I wear glasses and my eyes aren't the best. 14" SXGA+ is my favorite resolution. In the past I had a 15" UXGA screen, and that was really too fine a resolution in many cases, but I have had no trouble with 1400 X 1050 (SXGA+) on three notebooks now.

If you can deal with 1024 X 768 on a 12" notebook, you will be very happy with 1400 X 1500 on a 14". This is an important choice, though, so I don't want you to just take my advice. Do us both a favor and go down to a local store which sells a range of notebooks, and ask to look at a 14" model with SXGA+. You have to allow for adjustment-- you will adjust to many things within a day or so. Still, if you really REALLY instinctively hate it, you probably won't like it in the long run.

I have seen 14" and 15" notebooks with XGA resolution, and the pixels are just huge. It's a waste of screen space in my opinion unless your eyesight is really, really bad.

However, if you intend to do any gaming, you should remember that the fewer pixels, the higher the frame rate at your native resolution. That said, unlike lots of people, I don't find non-native-res gaming that awful on an LCD. Good luck.

 

[bearxor]

1400x1050.

I asked my wife this very question when I bought her a 600m, and she saw both and said 1024x768. A year and a half later she asks me 'What do I need to do to upgrade my screen so I see more?' I just held my head in my hand for 5 minutes because I knew I shouldn't have even asked and just ordered it with the SXGA.

 

[AmigaMan]

1400x1050 is a great size for a 14". I have 1440x900 on a 15" and while it looks ok, I'd rather have something higher (1680x1050 or something). On a previous notebook, I had 1440x900 on a 17" LCD and that, to me, was just too low a resolution for that big of a screen.

 

[Trey22]

Originally posted by: bearxor
1400x1050.

I asked my wife this very question when I bought her a 600m, and she saw both and said 1024x768. A year and a half later she asks me 'What do I need to do to upgrade my screen so I see more?' I just held my head in my hand for 5 minutes because I knew I shouldn't have even asked and just ordered it with the SXGA.

Another vote for 1400x1050.

Same question I had w/ my 600m... how do I go above 1024x768? Answer = you don't.

 

[Tseng]

1400x1050 gives you all the desktop space you need. Very sweet resoultion!!!!

 

[halfadder]

Higher the better.