E1405 Matte or Glossy in Resolution

Im going to buy e1405. but i have some troubles in looking in high resolution , getting tired and strain my eyes all the time. Can any owner of e1405 tell me if the TrueLife screen with 1440 x 900 pixels has too little icons and is it hard to read a document compared to 1280 x 800 pixels matte screen.
It will be more obvious if you post the screen resolutions by hitting the Print Screen Button and attach the images.
Please dont involve any leackages.

 

I find the resolution of the WXGA+ TrueLife is perfect for the 14.1" screen. With that being said, things are small, but not as small as I would have thought. I don't have my E1405 with me at the moment, but I will post a screenshot later today for you. If you're at all worried about eye strain with a higher resolution screen I probably wouldn't consider it.

 

Speedking, if you have problems with your eyes you should also consider the reflections you will get with a glossy screen. Look through this forum and you will find numerous posts from people who are bothered by the reflections. A matte screen is much better in that respect. Of course there are others who don't mind at all, but it's all a matter of personal preference. I was at a Dell Direct store just yesterday and I can tell you that I personally would never get a computer with a glossy screen. As for the resolution, I think you will be fine with 1280 x 800. Consider that a 14.1" widescreen display has a smaller width than a 14.1" screen with 1024 x 768 resolution. This means that you get more pixels per inch than on a 14.1" 1024 x 768 screen and that everything is therefore smaller. Again, it would be best if you could go to a computer store and compare screens with different resolutions yourself. If you asked me, I would suggest that you select a 1280 x 800 matte display.

 

l have the WXGA+ Trulife on my E1405 and its perfect. l was expecting everything to be extremely small but its not. At first everything seemed small but after an hour or so it felt perfect.

Everything is very sharp as well.

 

Fred from NYC:
I watch the forum all the time and i know many people complain about it. But i think they are not used to use it and of course at first time it will be scary to see your refflection.
My point is that i used to have Sony Vaio which was glossy screen and now i have a desktop machine with Sony screen wich is matte.
I dont like the matte screen really.
DELL doesnt have showroom where i live in europe.

So the best way to say which resolution is better is to post some screen shots.
Im going to use the notebook mostly for AutoCAD and I nternet. I need to make a balance.

Thanks

 

I personally don't think looking at a screenshot will help much, but if you think it will...

 

Thats Matte screen right?

 

Not that it should matter, but no, it's a Truelife screen. The only thing that matters is the resolution, 1440x900. Like I said, I don't think it'll help much

Someone could take the same screenshot, at the same resolution on a 24" screen and it would look the same.

 

you can't tell the difference between matte and glossy from a screenshot because it's on the outside of the LCD

screenshots only work for resolution comparison

 

When I got my 1440x900 640m, I actually went to the system properties - I thought "Is this really WXGA+? It looks more like WXGA!"

WXGA+ is the perfect resolution for a 14" screen and you'll love it.

 

I was worried about the same thing with the 1705 so I went to the Dell Direct store and checked it out for myself. What I found was that on the 1705 things were really small in the native resolution with docs at 100% (though I was able to fit two spreadsheet side by side at 100%). Though it did seem too small for my eyes (and I figured my wife would complain too). However, by changing the size within the Office app from 100% to 200% it was perfect, very sharp and very clear. So you can have the best of both worlds depending on the app you are using.