What I mean is, once you make your choice, you have to live with it.
In general, the larger your resolution on an LCD, the smaller everything will look. You're cramming more pixels in the same amount of space so you shrink everything down.
If you get the WXGA+, your image size will be similar to a 17" square LCD wit 1280x1024 resolution. If you've used one of those, you'll know what I mean.
If you go with the higher one, everything will be 15% smaller on the screen. If you've ever used an SXGA+ screen (a 14 or 15" screen with 1440x1050), it will be like that. For most people (me), it is too small to look at day in and day out.
Now you say, why don't I buy the better one and run it at a lower resolution? My mom did that with her D600 for a long time, but everything was fuzzy and she complained about it. It'd be the same with yours. Everything would be fuzzy.
Hi Guys,
I would need Your input on deciding what LCD screen to buy with my laptop, because I will view and edit a lot of Jpeg images on it.
I have two choices:
1. a 17.0" WXGA+ BrightView Wide Viewing (1440x900 res)
2. or a 17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Wide Viewing (1680x1050 res)
The difference is $ 100 US in price, and I have no idea if the second option will give me better viewing capabilities.
This will be a desktop replacement (I live several months a year in Europe) so a Desktop PC with a classical monitor is not an option.
Thanks in advance, Les

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