FlyerTalk Forums - Thinkpad recommendation

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Originally Posted by FewMiles

Taking out the calculator:

For notebook displays (non-widescreen):

14.1" - 4:3 aspect ratio - 1024*768 - 91 dpi - 0.28 mm dot pitch
14.1" - 4:3 aspect ratio - 1400*1050 - 124 dpi - 0.20 mm dot pitch
15" - 4:3 aspect ratio - 1024*768 - 85 dpi - 0.30 mm dot pitch
15" - 4:3 aspect ratio - 1400*1050 - 117 dpi - 0.22 mm dot pitch

For desktop displays, up to 15", the LCDs tend to be 4:3 aspect ratio (1024*768), for 17" and 19" LCDs, they tend to be 5:4 with resolution of 1280*1024.

FewMiles..

So, for 15" screens, 1600*1200 would fall into the 4:3 aspect ratio also.

Upon closer inspection, the 2378FZU shows on the IBM ThinkPad web site as supporting a Maximum Resolution of 1024x768, and has a 15" screen. The listing that alect has in the original post lists shows the rez for both the grpahics and the screen. This is something to watch out for, what the graphics hardware components can support, and what the display can support. Needless to say, you get the lesser of the two, ... and for desktops, they (graphics card and video unit) have to have a commonality of settings with which both subsystems can work.