> >>> Of course, the Macbbok also has an LED backlit display. No > comparison in terms of display quality. > >>> Paul > >>> > >> > >> Both are TN panels (as are all current laptops), they suck equally > in > >> terms of colour but the Macbook has a nicer backlight. > > > > apparently they both have LED backlights, and that might not be an > > indication of quality in all cases; also TN displays vary in quality > > > > however the major difference is in pixel dimensions of the displays > > (1600x900 for the Vostro, vs. 1920x1200 for the MacBook Pro) > > From personal experience, that's a very noticeable difference. > > My "work" machine is 1920x1200 - the "home" machine is 1600x900. Both > are 17" displays (a Compaq 8710w and an HP DV7T), but the extra 10% > of height on the Compaq (1920 x 1200, not 1920 x 1080) seems to make > a really big difference (and the extra 20% pixel count doesn't hurt).
I agree, but I didn't think it was worth an extra £1,000. When I can afford it I will buy a second monitor of a suitably higher quality. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
