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  • E Espen Harlinn

    I'm looking for a high resolution 17"+ laptop for the missus, and finding something that has a touch display with better resolution than 1920x1080 and a 4th generation i7 is surprisingly hard. Weight is not an issue ... Any ideas?

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

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    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

    My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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      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: [^].

      “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

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

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      • E Espen Harlinn

        I'm looking for a high resolution 17"+ laptop for the missus, and finding something that has a touch display with better resolution than 1920x1080 and a 4th generation i7 is surprisingly hard. Weight is not an issue ... Any ideas?

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

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        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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        • E Espen Harlinn

          I'm looking for a high resolution 17"+ laptop for the missus, and finding something that has a touch display with better resolution than 1920x1080 and a 4th generation i7 is surprisingly hard. Weight is not an issue ... Any ideas?

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

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          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:

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

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

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

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

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              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

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              • L 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.

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                Espen Harlinn
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                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 ...

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

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                  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: [^].

                  “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

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                  Espen Harlinn
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                  BillWoodruff wrote:

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

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

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

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                    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

                    My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                    Espen Harlinn
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                    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 ...

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

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

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

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                      Espen Harlinn
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                      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

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                        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:

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

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                        Espen Harlinn
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                        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

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                        • E 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 ...

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

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                          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.

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                          • E 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

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                            Jorgen Andersson
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                            :)

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                            • E Espen Harlinn

                              I'm looking for a high resolution 17"+ laptop for the missus, and finding something that has a touch display with better resolution than 1920x1080 and a 4th generation i7 is surprisingly hard. Weight is not an issue ... Any ideas?

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

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                              Erudite_Eric
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                              Espen Harlinn wrote:

                              Weight is not an issue ...

                              Bit butch is she, the misses?

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                              • J Jorgen Andersson

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

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

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                                PIEBALDconsult
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                                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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