Dell Studio 17 Display Resolution!

[imported_Detoyminador]

My sister is buying a new laptop for work (her boss is buying it) and she's interested in the Dell Studio 17. I'm not sure what screen resolution to recommend for her 1440x900 WXGA+ WLED or the 1920x1200 WUXGA with webcam. I've got the Dell XPS M1710 and find 1920x1200 great for gaming but sometimes find text which is small difficult to read. Would the 1440x900 resolution suit her for work and watching movies?

 

[mpilchfamily]

Either is fine for whatever she plans to do. Most people still use old CRTs with a 1024x768 in most corprate settings. But the 1440x900 resolution will make text larger then on a 1920x1200 screen.

 

[imported_Detoyminador]

Will the picture quality still be decent at 1440x900?

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Detoyminador
Will the picture quality still be decent at 1440x900?

Resolution isn't going to affect picture quality. That's all about the screen. Resolution affects things like readability and screen real estate. Personally, I'd find 8-10pt text too small for a 17" screen at 1920x1200 anyway.

Also, my understanding is that LED screens are nicer than regular LCD. They're supposed to be brighter, offer better contrast and color reproduction and suck less battery. So I'd expect picture quality to be better with the lower resolution screen.

 

[imported_Detoyminador]

Thanks for that info.

 

[Throckmorton]

1920x1200 is too high a res for a 17" I think. I don't like the 1680x1050 on my 15.4"