SXGA vs. UXGA 15 inch screens

[jordi32]

I was wondering what you guys think about the Uxga 15 inch screen in T42p's. Is the quality difference noticeable? Does the print look too small? Any drawback of the higher resolution screen? What do you guys prefer? I guess that higher resolution screens are more likely to have dead/stuck pixels but if I purchase from Bill, I should be fine.
I need to return my fourth defective computer first though.
Would you please advise?
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Jordi

[Kenn]

I had a 15" SXGA+ briefly along with my current thinkpads. I use the 15" UXGA mostly, and I love the extra space. The pixel pitch of the UXGA on 15" is smaller than SXGA+ on 14, but I still find myself decreasing icon and font sizes so I can fit more on screen.

IMO UXGA on 15" is getting very close to a "resolution independent" display. It's almost hard to see individual pixels, so you can start playing around more with customizable cleartype settings and font settings. I think the real benefit of high resolution will be best seen on Avalon (and here I would have said the current OS X, but for the fact that Apple insists on slapping woefully low-resolution screens onto their notebooks).

[jordi32]

Thank you for your post, Ken.

Do you see any quality inprovement with the UXGA versus the SXGA or it's just a question of real estate? Are the fonts really small on IE to read or is it comfortable enough?

Thank you, Ken.

Best regards,

Jordi