Thinkpads Forum

i would still prefer standard screen instead of widescreen.

DVormann wrote:

donzoomik wrote:... simple VGA is IMHO unable to properly drive displays past 1280x1024. My 22" widescreen looks just awful, even with shielded cables.

Beg to differ.

I too disagree. My Dell desktop computer is driving two LCDs, namely a 2407WFP (1920x1200) via VGA, and a 2007WFP (1680x1050) via DVI. There's absolutely no difference in quality.

I have only one wish for the next X6*: SXGA+ for a non-tablet that weighs under 3.0 lbs.

any idea when the X62 is going to be announced? Im figuring spring '09.

Other ideas for thinkpad:

Get rid of LCD...I've seen displays built into glasses on engadget about a month ago. They look geeky now, but if it takes a year or so for the next Xpad to come out, and IBM *cough Lenovo actually does research on the technology involved, and make the glasses output work on wireless power and data (possible, check Wikipedia) along with less dorky, I'd much rather have that than a LCD display. LCD's eat up annoying amounts of power, and 'm a little paranoid about broken LCDs, but then again, I've had to replace mine twice...(annoying, even if you do have the expertise to replace it at home)

If thats not possible/doesnt catch on (highly doubt it will) I would like to see a boom on the top of the lid, right above the LCD that extends and has an elbow so that you could clip papers to your thinkpad without the hassle of making/buying your own paper stand.

pianowizard wrote:I too disagree. My Dell desktop computer is driving two LCDs, namely a 2407WFP (1920x1200) via VGA, and a 2007WFP (1680x1050) via DVI. There's absolutely no difference in quality.

In my personal experience, there's a gigantic difference between vga and dvi quality (I haven't however used a vga-cable that's extremely short).

As to resolutions, a widescreen WXGA(+) might be an ideal resolution inbetween XGA and SXGA+ for a lot of people as there's no other 4:3 resolution that I know of inbetween them.

I dont want a widescreen...the only use I see for them is watching movies, and I don't watch movies that often. So for me, the widescreen would be a waste of space, eats more power, and looks more awkward. I think that if Lenovo wants to release a widescreen model, they should subclass it, as an X70w or somethng, just like the tablet.

bobdsmith wrote:widescreen would be a waste of space, eats more power

"waste of space": If you view two windows side by side (or at least partially overlap them), no space is wasted. That's what I always do, on both widescreens and 4:3 screens.

"eats more power": The surface area of a 12.1" widescreen is actually smaller than that of a 12.1" 4:3 screen. So if these screens have the same number of pixels, the widescreen actually uses less power.

Why is it that Apple always comes out with coolest products? After seeing Macbook Air, Xpads suddently look like from the last decade. As soon as I find out that I can put Ubuntu on Macbook Air, I will get that instead.

hyperq wrote:Why is it that Apple always comes out with coolest products? After seeing Macbook Air, Xpads suddently look like from the last decade. As soon as I find out that I can put Ubuntu on Macbook Air, I will get that instead.

Today's hip is tomorrow's hype... Personally, I go for durable and unpretentious - something Apple seems to be gradually abandoning.