[slapyousilly]

http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/4764

I don't know if I can wait for the G5 laptops! This looks too enticing.

[EdipisReks]

meh.

[bighead]

You think people complain about dead pixels on a 1280x854 laptop, just imagine the number of people complaining about dead pixels on 1920x1200 on a laptop.

Higher density screens == higher likelihood of dead pixels.

[arekkusu]

Dell has been selling laptops with 15.4" 1920x1200 displays for quite a while.

[Michel_80]

Originally posted by bighead:
You think people complain about dead pixels on a 1280x854 laptop, just imagine the number of people complaining about dead pixels on 1920x1200 on a laptop.

Higher density screens == higher likelihood of dead pixels.

By that logic we should use VGA screens. Less dead pixels you know.

[rag on a muffin]

Originally posted by Michel_80:
By that logic we should use VGA screens. Less dead pixels you know.

only if they run at a better megahertz than 60 cycles per second. the ones at my school run like that and give me the worst headache.

[striker100]

You better have bionic eyes to view a 1900x1200 resolution 17" display comfortably.

[raferx]

A Sony still runs XP... which is CRAP!

I know, I sold all my gear, and bought all PC (for numerous reasons... none involving happiness...)

And lemme tell ya, I am selling all my PC's, and going back to all Mac.

The long term stability of X over XP is unreal. XP just stops working with any reliability after 3 months.

They all warned me... I paid the price of not listening.

Stick with a PBook... they are the only Pro laptop period.

[Michel_80]

Pro laptop should not be made by some crappy Compal company and have a G4 in it.
But, it does have the best OS at the moment.

Regards.

[riotge@r]

Originally posted by raferx:
A Sony still runs XP... which is CRAP!

I know, I sold all my gear, and bought all PC (for numerous reasons... none involving happiness...)

And lemme tell ya, I am selling all my PC's, and going back to all Mac.

The long term stability of X over XP is unreal. XP just stops working with any reliability after 3 months.

They all warned me... I paid the price of not listening.

Stick with a PBook... they are the only Pro laptop period.

I don't know who you can jack your computer up that much in 3 months. I have an XP machine that hasn't had one issue in the 1.5 years since I installed XP. I use my XP box for gaming, 3D modeling, programming, and even some music editing.

[rambo47]

I keep an IBM ThinkPad around running WinXP Pro, mostly just to keep an eye on what Gates and those båstards in Redmond are up to. Plus, I have a second hard drive with Linux on it, mostly out of curiosity. All in all, I must admit, however grudgingly, that WinXP is not the steaming pile of horse dung that was Windows95/98/Me. While definitley not my first choice, XP is definitely "usable".

[Ryan1524]

i haven't reformatted my XP Pro in almost 3 years. but i do have the latest and greatest Antivirus all the time, and three (3) firewalls up, and adware scans every now and then. XP Pro has been quite okay so far, but i must note that during the first 3-5 months, it can have an uptime of weeks, or months. but then it usually decreases until it froze every 3-4 days. i installed SP1 about 3 months ago and it helped a bit. now it can last up to 2-3 weeks if i'm lucky.

i haven't used OS X, but i know it takes some work to get XP to be acceptably reliable.

[spatterson]

I don't like the hinges. Apart from that its ok except for the buttons on the front, and the lights... [HUG] 15" PB [/HUG]

[Michel_80]

Hinges. These break all the time on Apple laptops, I wonder whether the design is right.