Re: New laptop ideas, answers, and recommendations

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Booth Martin wrote:
> Now I am curious  -  I have been thinking I would like a wide screen.   
> hmmm...  what is it that you don't like about it David?

Hmmm ... you know, with this laptop I'm not so sure I dislike it.  With
my previous wide screen laptop (Inspiron 8600) the resolution was
actually two high and items were too small for the screen.  My wife
likes it though, although she does use larger fonts.

With my previous laptop (Inspiron 800m, which was almost identical to
the 8600 except for the screen) the aspect ratio was square.  It worked
really well when I was using an external monitor.  Things tended to stay
in the same place.

With this laptop I haven't really used the external monitor much.  I'll
have to drag it from the basement to see how it works out.

david