laptop resolution, choices choices!

[Neil.Pate]

Good day all,

I am about to purchase a laptop/notebook to act as a replacement for my desktop PC at home. I will use it for all my normal stuff (browsing, email, etc) and also development of LabVIEW apps.

I am quite undecided to go for a 15.4" or a 17" screen. Cost is not really the deciding factor, more its how bearable the display is on the eyes. I currently have a 19" CRT (about 17" viewable) and although I used to run at 1600x1200 I recently downgraded my resolution to 1280x1024 which seems to be great.

As far as I am aware, you cant really change the resolution of a laptop, its fixed. I dont really want to buy the wrong laptop!!!

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what resolutions / screen sizes LabVIEW is usable with on a laptop? There seem to be dozens of resolution / screen size combinations, so I would really appreciate to hear from someone who actually runs LabVIEW on a laptop.

Many thanks!

I have just noticed that this is posted to the wrong forum group, sorry! (suggestions still welcome though)

Message Edited by nrp on 07-03-2007 01:41 PM

[Ian.W]

My input:

• Plan to run the laptop LCD screen only at its native resolution.
• Convert screen specs to DPI (dots per inch) for consistent comparison. (i.e. sqrt (h^2 + w^2) / diagonal measurement)  Look at a variety of laptops and see what maximum screen resolution is comfortable to your eyes. I draw the line at about 120 dpi.
• Watch the weight of those big screen laptops once you include the AC adapter, drives, bag, etc.
• Use ClearType when using an LCD screen.

-Ian