{"id":291,"date":"2005-08-22T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2005-08-22T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lianza.org\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2005-08-22T09:28:12","modified_gmt":"2005-08-22T17:28:12","slug":"looking-for-a-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lianza.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/22\/looking-for-a-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m shopping for a laptop, and one of my main requirements is high screen resolution (for the non-nerds, that means the text all ends up really small so you can fit lots of stuff on your screen).  All of the terminology for screen resolutions is f&#8217;n confusing, but I&#8217;ve managed to assemble this table of what the codes mean:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<th>Stupid Acronym<\/th>\n<th>Resolution<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WUXGA\">WUXGA<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1920 x 1200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>UGA or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UXGA\">UXGA<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1600 x 1200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WSXGAPlus\">WSXGA+<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1680 x 1050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WXGA\">WXGA<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1366 x 768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SXGAPlus\">SXGA+<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1400 x 1050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SXGA\">SXGA<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1280 x 1024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XGA\">XGA<\/a><\/td>\n<td>1024 x 768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Seems like if it starts with a &#8220;W&#8221; that means widescreen (sweet) and if it has a &#8220;U&#8221; in it, that means it has an Ultra high resolution (even sweeter).<\/p>\n<p>I want a laptop with a &#8220;U&#8221; class screen.  I don&#8217;t want it to be bulky, so the monitor should be less than 17&#8243;.  It should also be pretty, otherwise I won&#8217;t be the envy of all the nerds.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Note the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/powerbook\/\">G4 PowerBook<\/a>, while it looks good, doesn&#8217;t make the cut because of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently considering the <a href=\"http:\/\/global.acer.com\/products\/notebook\/fr4000.htm\">Acer Ferrari 4000<\/a> (even though the resolution is WSXGA+, that&#8217;s pretty good), the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pctorque.com\/sager-3880-gaming-laptop.php\">Sager 3880<\/a> (pretty much a bargain for what you get), and even the always crazy, <a href=\"http:\/\/voodoopc.com\/showroom.aspx?productID=1077\">Voodoo Envy n:522<\/a>.  That&#8217;s a little expensive though, and I&#8217;ve heard bad things about their customer service.<\/p>\n<p>Any other recommendations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m shopping for a laptop, and one of my main requirements is high screen resolution (for the non-nerds, that means the text all ends up really small so you can fit lots of stuff on your screen). 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