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Hi, all, |
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My trusty Inspiron 8200 is on death's door and so I'm looking for a |
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new laptop - one that will run Gentoo straightforwardly, of course. |
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I really liked the 1600x1200 display on this machine, which I greatly |
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prefer to the 1600x900 display on the more modern Inspiron 1545 I own. |
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Most of what I do now is through a web browser, and I can see much |
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more of a web page with 1200 lines of display than I can with 900. |
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And I dislike the massive width of the 1545 which makes it much less |
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portable than the old 8200. I'd love to replace my 8200 with a |
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machine of similar dimensions, but thinner and lighter. However, I |
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cannot find any machine on Dell's website with a 4x3 aspect ratio - |
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they all seem to be approximately 16x9 now. |
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So, is 16x9 all that's available now in laptops? |
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If I'm stuck with a 16x9 aspect ratio, then I'd like to get something |
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significantly narrower and more portable than my 1545 (14.75", 37.5 cm |
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wide) and with as many horizontal lines in the display as possible. |
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Any suggestions? |
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(And, yes, I'm open to a non-Dell solution.) |
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Thanks for your suggestions, |
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John Blinka |
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