3/5     I meant to follow up on someone's comment from 3/2 but forgot:
        quote:   Don't get the Inspirons.  My co-worker has a D800 which
                 stopped working.  Whatever you do, get the 1024x768
                 XGA screen (not 1400x1050 or higher).  I believe all 14"
                 notebooks you find will weigh at least 4.5 lbs. (unless
                 it's a Mac notebook).
        So... what's with that screen comment? Why not the high res? If it's
        because things get tiny, you can just change the DPI setting in Windows
        I think. Eh?
        \_ Even if you change the DPI setting, certain things (balloon tips
           for one I believe) stay at the original pixel size.  Images in
           the browser look terrible when interpolated, and you need to mod
           the registry to keep them at the original size.  Then the pictures
           look too small.  Summary:  having the 1400x1050 screen isn't as
           terrible as I made it sound, but it's annoying at least.
           \_ i liked it. 1600x1200 was bad, but 1400x1050 was fine by me
              (a lot more useful than 1024x768 anyway). otoh, the inspiron
              i had felt shoddily constructed (and was!).
           \_ I have a D600 from work and I like the 1400x1050 screen.
              Some of my friends like 1400x1050, some hate it.  Seems
              like its a matter of preference.
        \_ How can anyone stand looking at 14x10 on a 14" screen?  I set my
           21" crt to 12x10.  Do you guys have enhanced vision or what?
           \_ have you gotten an eye exam anytime recently? or maybe you're
              just firmly entrenched in the brian harvey camp of font sizes.
              \_ 20/20.  So how far back do you sit from your screen?  I'm
                 pretty far back.  Is your screen 18 inches away?
           \_ How can you stand small desktop space when you can have big
              desktop space?  I use 1600x1200 on a 19" crt.
              \_ small is relative.  it's the largest desktop that doesn't
                 make weird fonts and I can read without leaning forward.
                 i play games in whatever looks best for each game, though.
        \_ most Laptop's LCD is optimized to ONE single resolution, and I
           usually don't bother with tinkering with other resolution than
           the default one.  (1024x768 on 12")
            \_ I believe LCD's have only one native resolution.
               all other resilutions look like crap.