Laptop Screen Size

tobywuk · 02-27-2007, 03:57 PM

There are big laptops, medium laptops and small laptops, all with diffrent size screens.

What do you think is a good size screen for a laptop?

Small is compact and easy to take around with you, but difficult to work with
Big is easy to work with, but big and not as portable.

Alsow hat size screen does your laptop have? and how do you find it?

Boomer · 02-27-2007, 04:05 PM

i have a 17 inch HP. yes its bigger, but the fact that its thin and light makes it a lot more portable. i use it for school mostly along with a little gaming. i love it! i don't feel that its too big having it at school at all. i also feel i made the right choice with the 17 inch.

Dropkickmurphys · 02-27-2007, 04:11 PM

mines 17" and its mahusive, go for a medium sized one imo.

Advitiya Saxena · 02-27-2007, 06:29 PM

smaller screen will reduce the icon size too (at high resolutions) therefore it will not good for long hr office typing work, n surfing. i think atleast 13.1 or may be 14.1 inchs

Hairy_Lee · 02-27-2007, 06:32 PM

I think the 15.4" WXGA type of screen is the best overall; it offers good portability, is big enough for most people and doesnt put too much of a strain on the battery.

**The_Other_One** · 02-27-2007, 07:45 PM

I have a 12.1" screen now and I'm very pleased with it and the over-all laptop size.

dmw2692004 · 02-27-2007, 07:55 PM

I have 1 a 15.4 inch screen, its perfect for gaming, web browsing and such, my freind has a macbook pro with a 13inch screen and i can definatly see the diffence in size.

It depends on what you are going to be using the laptop for, if its going to be a desktop replacement, then go with the bigger screen, if your going to be using the laptop for travel and buisness tasks then you should go with a smaller screen, if you going to be using it for both, the go with a medium- smaller screen. In the end, its what you like best.

kaine.shutler · 02-28-2007, 12:17 AM

i have a 15.4" widescreen and it works well, but you need to think about if the laptops gonna remain static or gonna be moved around alot! and ofcourse processor speed. larger screens need a faster processor to tell the computer what to show on each pixel. more pixels, more processes...

falcon_fan · 02-28-2007, 01:02 AM

I would go with a 15.4 or a 17. With the 17" you can show it off to your friends. So I think I would go with the 17".

CPTMuller · 02-28-2007, 04:04 AM

17" is gonna be able to offer more performance if you want it because it can house more... 15.4 is the sort of mid-way point as far as cost/performance to portability/battery... I dont know much about smaller laptops but they seem to work better for school and jobs where you travel alot or are in need of a basic machine on the go... any ultraportable with good performance will cost through the roof(relative to a larger 15.4/17" notebook)....

Muller

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Boomer Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peoria, AZ Age: 23 Posts: 264	i have a 17 inch HP. yes its bigger, but the fact that its thin and light makes it a lot more portable. i use it for school mostly along with a little gaming. i love it! i don't feel that its too big having it at school at all. i also feel i made the right choice with the 17 inch. __________________ Pictures Laptop (Vista) / Desktop (XP/Ubuntu) HP dv9500t / Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI 939 C2D T7500 (2.2ghz) / AMD 64 X2 4400+ (2.66ghz) 7.2k 100GB +5.4k 160GB / 10k Raptors (RAID 0) + 7.2k 200GB 4GB DDR2 667 / Corsair XMS 2GB DDR 440 Nvidia 8600M GS / eVGA 7600 GT

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Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 18 Posts: 1,578	mines 17" and its mahusive, go for a medium sized one imo. __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR2 800mhz RAM 512Mb Geforce 8600GT 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

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Advitiya Saxena Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: INDIA Age: 27 Posts: 180	smaller screen will reduce the icon size too (at high resolutions) therefore it will not good for long hr office typing work, n surfing. i think atleast 13.1 or may be 14.1 inchs __________________ Toshiba Qosmio F20 Intel Centrino Tech. 1.74 Ghz 1 GB DDR RAM PC4200 533Mhz Nvidia 6600 80 GB HDD Super Drive DVD R/Rw Windows Media Centre Microsoft MiniMouse Sony DAV DZ120 5.1 Home theater

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Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	I think the 15.4" WXGA type of screen is the best overall; it offers good portability, is big enough for most people and doesnt put too much of a strain on the battery. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache) Last edited by Hairy_Lee; 02-27-2007 at 10:14 PM.

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02-27-2007, 07:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
dmw2692004 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: IL Age: 16 Posts: 635	I have 1 a 15.4 inch screen, its perfect for gaming, web browsing and such, my freind has a macbook pro with a 13inch screen and i can definatly see the diffence in size. It depends on what you are going to be using the laptop for, if its going to be a desktop replacement, then go with the bigger screen, if your going to be using the laptop for travel and buisness tasks then you should go with a smaller screen, if you going to be using it for both, the go with a medium- smaller screen. In the end, its what you like best. __________________ Macbook\|Built Desktop\| Newest C2D Machine Core duo at 2.2Ghz\|Amd 64+3000 2.35ghz\|E6300 1 gig of DC ram\|1 gig of DDR \|1 gig of DDR2 Intel GPU\| XFX 6800 Xtreme\| 7900GS 120 gb 5400rpm\| 120 gig +160 gig IDE drives\| 80 gig SATA 3.0+ 250gig IDE 13.1 inch widescreen\|15 Inch Dell Display\| 19ich 940BW FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

02-28-2007, 12:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
kaine.shutler New Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 18 Posts: 9	i have a 15.4" widescreen and it works well, but you need to think about if the laptops gonna remain static or gonna be moved around alot! and ofcourse processor speed. larger screens need a faster processor to tell the computer what to show on each pixel. more pixels, more processes...

02-28-2007, 01:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
falcon_fan New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Florida Age: 16 Posts: 18	I would go with a 15.4 or a 17. With the 17" you can show it off to your friends. So I think I would go with the 17". __________________ I'm a 15 year old that is intrested in computers in general. I want to build my first barebones kit and I thought a site like this would be helpful. I'm not much of a "forum junkie", so don't expect me to be a top poster. I hope you guys can help, and I hope I can help later in my computer career.

02-28-2007, 04:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
CPTMuller Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Not there. Posts: 641	17" is gonna be able to offer more performance if you want it because it can house more... 15.4 is the sort of mid-way point as far as cost/performance to portability/battery... I dont know much about smaller laptops but they seem to work better for school and jobs where you travel alot or are in need of a basic machine on the go... any ultraportable with good performance will cost through the roof(relative to a larger 15.4/17" notebook).... Muller

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