I recently purchased a dell 8600 (which I am now selling b/c it's too much to lug around to school) but I read a lot of pdf's and wanted a good screen also. beyond graphics and specific screen quality there are two factors that effect lcd's. One is getting either a sxga or uxga screen. There are more pixels and consequently they are smaller, giving better resolution. The other thing you want to do for text specifically, is adjust clear type, which you can do by googling "clear type" and walking through the steps on the microsoft site.
Well I had thought I was close to a decision on a laptop just from doing research. Then I got an LCD monitor for my PC and I hate it! It was well rated but I can barely use it for a short period of time before I feel sick and have a headache. I went to the store today and saw the high rated Samsung SyncMasters and hated those too. The LG and Viewsonics were nice. Then I saw a Sony Xbrite. It was gorgeous. So now I'm on a mission to get a laptop with a wonderful screen. Any suggestions? I know the Sonys have a poor rep. The Toshibas are so-so rep. Those are the ones I have read that have the best screen. I have heard the Fujistu screens aren't bad. Suggestions? Thanks.

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