On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 06:41:01AM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > >>> 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
Quite. That's why my "home" machine has the lower-resolution display; that was bought with dollars from my own pocket, not by my employer. If I could have found an 8710w at the price we got that one for I'd have bought one, though - it was a $699 bargain from TigerDirect, plus upgrades to 4GB of memory and a 500GB drive; I've since swapped out a questionable DVD burner for a Blu-Ray one (although the new one doesn't have lightscribe capability, and isn't quite as fast writing DVDs. It writes Blu-Rays faster, though :-) -- 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.
