SXGA or XGA for a 14" T42?

[ating]

Hello guys,

I am looking to buy a new laptop for grad school, but I can't decide to go with SXGA or XGA. I am not a gamer, so I really don't know if SXGA's worth the extra money. What about Blue tooth? Do you guys find it useful? Hope you guys can help me out.

[snife]

Bluetooth IMHO is a waste of time - its one of those features you want but probably cant think of a valid reason. Unless you intend to use WAN connections (mobile phone) for the internet or want to use a bluetooth headset then there is no point. I think bluetooth will die soon anyway and be replaced with wireless USB.

I'm a big fan of SXGA+ but it really depends on what you do with the machine - anything where a lot of stuff must be viewed on screen (like databases/spreadsheets/cad/programming and anything from adobe/macromedia) you will benefit from having more space to fit stuff on the screen. If your just word processing and browsing the web then XGA is fine

[mdarnton]

My T41 is XGA, and I have access to another laptop with 15" SXGA. For me, everthing is too small on that one, and I'm always, upping font size one size on virtually every webpage I see. I know a lot of people here like SXGA, but they're the younger ones. So I guess that decision rests with the state of your eyesight.

If you buy SXGA and can't live with it, changing the screen resolution to non-native XGA really doesn't work well. You should spend some time with friend's computers, and see what *you* can handle, rather than just wing it on the advice of other people.