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Is the W500 1920x1200 screen recognized as being really poor?

I currently use a T60p 1600x1200 on a daily basis which has the fantastic flexview screen. I didn't expect the W500 to be as good, but after a few hours I'm considering giving up on the employer supplied W500.

I've played with colours, fonts, and am running at native resolution, but the main issue is any slight movement of one's head (I do tend to move a lot?? !) results in changes in brightness uniformity. The screen also has a shimmery/shiney effect & is very pale. I also wear glasses.

We've got 2 dell laptops at home - studio 15 and studio 17. The former also has a wonderful 1900 screen which whilst small has great viewing angles and brightness. I also have a myriad of desktop monitors and NONE have screens like the W500. It reminds me of an old 760EL with STN screen

Is the W510 any better? I know IPSs are sparse these days, but our home-purchased Dells aren't IPS, and are just fine.

After a few hours working with this machine am seriously feeling far more eye strain than normal

I got my kids to take a look and they had similar feelings.

Am I unreasonable? Or is it really bad? And if so what's better?

I am considering to trade-in my T500 to a W500 with 1920x1200 screen as well. Thank you very much for raising this issue. Anyway, I doubt if veteran W500 users would visit this T4x0/T5x0 Series section.

Oops. thanks for pointing out I'd added to the wrong forum. I've reposted in the correct forum

For those interested, please visit this thread of the same subject at

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=85027

It's getting longer and more interesting!