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Hi everyone.
I am about to purchase DELL Studio 1555, whit that display:
Display : 15.6in Widescreen Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED with TrueLife
Do you think that this resolution is suitable for programing. Will I fill comfortable when I am programing on that resolution, or that resolution is made for gaming and video.
Regards.
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I have 1920x1200 on my desktop at home, it's a good resolution for working with, plenty of real estate. The only issue you might have is that on a 15.6" screen the icons and text will be small, it's fine on a 24" monitor, but I'm not convinced with higher resolutions on a smaller screen.
That said, best thing to do is find something comparable you can take a good look at, and if you like it then use it.
The flipside of course for me is that I am always looking for a higher resolution 24" monitor, so you can probably ignore me, I can't decide whether I am indecisive or not
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SiC, what is the resolution of your Laptop. I have Laptop now with 1280x800, and it is good for me. 1920x1200... it sound like the letters will be very small on 15.6 inch monitor
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Yeah I have a 15.4" laptop with 1280x800 resolution also, it's fine for me for the most part as I am rarely that far from a normal desktop. Having said that my monitor at work got upgraded recently from a 15" 1024x768 job to a massive 19" 1280x1024 one. The joys. I work from home a lot
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At work I have a 1920x1200 resolution (on a 24" monitor) and is great. On my laptop (15.4") I have 1680x1050, and although it is enough, I sometimes miss the bigger resolution. I am an advocate of "more resolution is always better". If the text is too small just choose a bigger font size. I personally do not use icons (xmonad + mainly text based applications), but gnome and kde both support svg icons, don't they? Then you can simply make them bigger.
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Am I the only one still using 1024x728? Well that's enough for me even on a 14 inch screen! I use Ratpoison for maximum screen estate to make up for this low resolution. My resolution is too small for tiling.:cool:
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Higher resolution = better. Font size can always be increased .
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Thank you guys!
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Font size can always be increased .
I'm surprised it took so long for that very obvious suggestion to appear!
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Can artwiz snap font size be changed?
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I presume any font can be changed in X except for terminal fonts.
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+1 for higher resolution 1400x1050 @ 14" fits perfectly.
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Thank you everyone for your opinions. I got the higher resolution, and I am happy with my choise.
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1024 x 600 on my Eee here, works great for most projects and I can take it anywhere and work for hours.
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1024 x 600 on my Eee here, works great for most projects and I can take it anywhere and work for hours.
Don't netbooks cause back strains? How can you work so long on them?
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scio wrote:1024 x 600 on my Eee here, works great for most projects and I can take it anywhere and work for hours.
Don't netbooks cause back strains? How can you work so long on them?
Sit in a nice chair, use a table, doesn't cause me any problems. I actually have worse posture when I sit at a desktop.
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