Re: looking for a slow laptop with lots of pixels in 15"

From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 07/14/05

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    Duke Robillard wrote:
    > Has anyone come across a laptop with the odd combo of
    > being lowend (slow CPU, slow disk, etc), except for having
    > a display with lots of pixels? I could live with a 4200RPM
    > disk and a 1.3Mhz Pentium M, but even the 1280x800 "Widescreen"
    > LCDs don't have enough pixels for me.
    >
    > I'm after 1280x1024 or 1400x1050 on a 15" display. 17" isn't
    > portable enough for what I want to do, and higher resolutions
    > than that make the pixels too small for me to see. :-)
    >
    > There are a bunch of ThinkPads with the number of pixels
    > I want, but they're expensive and I'm cheap. :-)
    >
    > I've even gone so far as to search for a old, used high-end
    > box (like a PIII) with a good screen, but no luck.
    >
    > Anyone have any pointers?
    >
    > Duke

    Dell Latitude C640 1.6GHz P4m GF4 MX440 mobile graphics, 15"@1600x1200,
    around 600 Euro for a secondhand, done-up-to-the-eyeballs system. Mine's
    got a gig of RAM, a DVD/CDRW, three batteries and a 40GB HD, cost me
    GB£610, and that was six months ago. Hasn't put a foot wrong. 

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