[Tfug] Swapping out a notebook's LCD?

[Claude Rubinson]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:59:52AM -0700, Bexley Hall wrote:
> --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Malcolm Schmerl <mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:25:24AM -0700, Claude
> > Rubinson wrote:
> > >   
> > > Quick update: None of the refurbished IBM laptops in my price range
> > > are 1400x1050.  So I'll either be swapping or learning to live with
> > > it.
> >   
> > Just curious, why do you need such a high resolution, anyway?
> 
> He enjoys squinting?  :-/  (I hesitate running 1600x1280 on 21"
> monitors!  But, then again, I deal with a lot of *text*...)

Higher resolution means (a) more real estate and (b) clearer
rendering, which means that you can more easily see smaller fonts,
widgets, etc.  And you can always increase font sizes (and widgets,
etc) to something more comfortable.

Claude