Bring Back WUXGA screen on 15.4" Inspirons

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Bring Back WUXGA screen on 15.4" Inspirons

200 points posted to Inspiron products by gwiz49 Jan 30

Bring back the WUXGA 1920x1200 screens on 15.4" laptops you have those screens on the latitudes why can't you include them on consumer level laptops like you did 4 years ago.

zanlok Jan 30	I consider that too small. I really don't even like 1920 on a 17" laptop. I use my 20" flat panel at its native resolution of 1600x1200, so why would I want a way smaller screen to have an even higher resolution? No thanks. And, gaming performance is FAR better with a WSXGA+ resolution. I understand them offering WUXGA on the 1730, but I don't like it. Probably, a lot of people complained about the stuff being too small on any the 15" ones..?
pell Jan 31	I consider that really good monitor should have resolution at least 300DPI to reproduce really eyes-health-friendly smooth fonts. 15.4" WUXGA panel is just 147DPI. We need smthng like 3840x2400 resolution on 15.4" 16:10 panels.
zanlok Jan 31	Vista has features to make using high resolutions systems easier.. but I just don't think this is something within the paradigm of regular usability for neither a) me or b) regular users. "Regular" meaning people not in graphic design, 3D design, or multimedia editing. Browsing the web and seeing an 800x600 image look like a thumbnail is just silly.
pell Feb 1	2 zanlok This is because of illiterate of Web-designers and/or imperfect Web-technologies. I mean we live at mega-stone ages of displaying technologies. Image size should not be measured in pixels. Image size is inches or centimeters (even agree to an old semi-forgotten vershoks ~= 1.75in). Pixel is a measurement unit for raster size.
zanlok Feb 1	right. well, at some point (speaking as a developer, again), in terms of within computer code, you really do always have to think in pixels.. why hide this from users? like for digital cameras, you'd still have to label something as 7 MegaPixels or whatever. or, for TV and movies, you'd still have to call one thing 720p and another 1080p. audio is the same way. except that we don't generally measure it. but, an MP3 or stream is 96k or 192k, right? how would you represent "inches" in terms of fidelity. you're thinking like a designer. I don't blame you - talked to lots of others. but then you get common users who think everything on their screen has to be lifesize and stuff. devices are just not that simple.
bunnyman Feb 5	I use my WUXGA (Latitude D820) everyday in full resolution every day and love it. With the exception of the slow as molasses Quadro POS Dell forced me to except. I will be persuing a drop in GPU upgrade ASAP.
zanlok Feb 5	what can you drop in there, do you know? it should have come with a decent card, actually. it is the D6## series that usually have the severely handicapped cards. I am considering looking into an M9300 if that ever comes out. Mostly for the docking. I'd want to go all the way and get an FX 3600M card, though. I wish they'd just put the 8800M GTX in there and support SLi. That would be the perfect laptop for me. As it is, I'm "stuck" with the 1730 :P
ajmukon Feb 13	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA
zanlok Feb 14	Your point being what. You're not saying anything. All of us know what WUXGA is, man. I, for one, refuse to dignify your link with a click.
ajmukon Feb 14	i didn't, so i included a link for whoever did not.
gwiz49 Feb 14	My point is mainly this.. 4 years ago we had a 15.4" 1920x1200 resolution we still do on the Latitudes but can't get anything better than crap on 15.4" inspirons. 1200x800 give me a break.. I need the extra screen resolution as for the rest there should be choices.. if someone doesn't want it .. they don't have to choose it but not allowing me choice without getting a 9 lbs 17" desktop replacement is ridiculous.
grannybuttons Jun 15	I'm looking for another WUXGA screen laptop to replace my 2005 Inspiron which also has this fine screen. ZANLOK, With respect you are missing the point. I run XP with system DP enlarged 154%, which gives standard screen measurments at 148dpi. The fonts and images are thus the SAME dimensions, but everything is 50% SHARPER, with dot pitch much smaller. It's easier on the eyes, it's lovely! Conventional 96dpi screens seem 'bitty' in comparison One big problems with this, however: Web designers (and many programmers) don't make their designs take account of it. These designers' fonts either are too small to read or boxes, etc, spill over. Firefox and Safari ignore enlarged DPI, so I'm forced to use IE7. This very forum/website is an example - the fonts ignore my 154% system enlargement, and this message I'm typing is thus almost invisibly small! Will we ever reach the nirvana of the paperless screen if screen resolution doesn't get sharper? Unfortunately the Dell sales line doesn't seem to know about WUXGA. I've just had a quote for a laptop and they seem to thing WUGXA is the same as 'TrueLife' !
penguinsa 2 days ago	We aren't saying you HAVE to have it- obviously some people don't want it. The problem is, there are folk (like me !) who had it once, loved it, and now can't get it any more. I'd love to buy a new Dell. But without a WUXGA? Nope, that's a "deal breaker". There's a local store (www.p4laptops.com.au) offering 15.4" laptops, and charging $350 AUS to upgrade to a WUXGA screen. They do HP's ASUS and even a Sony VAIO. I'd be happy to give the money to Dell, in order to get what I want. But Dell, apparently, don't want my money...

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