I'm looking for a high resolution 17"+ laptop for the missus

[ledtech3]

I found some listed on USA sites but they were like 1200 + USD And you are right they are hard to find, most are lower grade system for email, light games and facebook viewing. I guess that is all people do with them any more.

[BillWoodruff]

Hi Espen, I was just "window-shopping" today, looking at reviews of large-screen note-books on EnGadget: [^]. I am definitely not to going to buy a laptop, but if somebody else paid for it !, I'd like something like this: [^].

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[RaviBee]

Espen Harlinn wrote:

17"+ laptop ... better resolution than 1920x1080

I think that's going to be difficult requirement to meet, Espen.  IIRC, Dell is one of the few vendors that still sell 1920x1200 laptops. /ravi

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[pt1401]

I've got one :) Twin Solid-state drives, 32GB ram. Awesome :)

[PIEBALDconsult]

You haven't described the missus; if I'm going to trade a laptop for her, I'll need more information. :cool:

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[Jorgen Andersson]

If you would consider going down to 15.6" you could have a look at Dell Precision M3800[^]. It has a resolution of 3200x1800. Oddly enough, their 17" computers are limited to 1920x1080. :doh:

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[Jorgen Andersson]

I think his last sentence "Weight is not an issue ..." says it all. :)

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

[BillWoodruff]

pt1401 wrote:

Twin Solid-state drives, 32GB ram.

... mmmmm ... drool ... mmmmm

“The best hope is that one of these days the Ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away ~ leaving people with nothing more to stand ON than what they have so bloody well stood FOR up to now.” Kenneth Patchen, Poet

[Espen Harlinn]

ledtech3 wrote:

And you are right they are hard to find

I may have to go for an external screen, but I have trouble convincing the missus that this is a good idea ...

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[Espen Harlinn]

BillWoodruff wrote:

I'd like something like this: [^].

Looks nice, apart from the screen resolution - 1920x1080 :doh:

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[Espen Harlinn]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

I think that's going to be difficult requirement to meet,

Which is why I was hoping somebody here on the forum could find something I'm strugling to locate ...

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[Espen Harlinn]

Jörgen Andersson wrote:

Weight is not an issue

I obviously meant that I wouldn't mind if the laptop weighs > 4kg. And, no, I will not try to post a description of the missus - it would only come across as shameless bragging :-O

Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

[Espen Harlinn]

Jörgen Andersson wrote:

you could have a look at Dell Precision M3800[^].

Looks promising - I think I'll have another go at convincing the missus that an external screen isn't such a bad idea ...

Jörgen Andersson wrote:

Oddly enough, their 17" computers are limited to 1920x1080

Right, it looks like I'm going to have some real problems the next time I need a new laptop ...

Espen Harlinn Principal Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services AS Projects promoting programming in "natural language" are intrinsically doomed to fail. Edsger W.Dijkstra

[ledtech3]

if you use an external screen then you may as well go for a desktop and save allot of money and get more in the system.

[Jorgen Andersson]

:)

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

[Erudite_Eric]

Espen Harlinn wrote:

Weight is not an issue ...

Bit butch is she, the misses?

[PIEBALDconsult]

I read that as "Weight is not the issue ..." , i.e. not reason he wants to part with her. :~ It could be the small floppies though.

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