Few questions before purchase.

I am ready to but the 1420 for a college notebook. I will be doing very little to no gaming because I have a Desktop for that . So is the higher resolution screen worth the 50 dollars and is it necessary? If not, which produces a better picture, the anti-glare or the glossy?

And since I am not going to be doing that much gaming is the media accelerator okay? Or will the 8400 "really improve windows performance?"

p.s. if i order tonight do you think i will get it by sept 13th?

 

I would NOT get the higher res screen just because it improves the chance of grainy screen. And I would also say get the dedicated GPU it will improve almost everything I think. You might get it by the 13th if you get the Jet Black color.

 

imo i cant agree, i had 3 total of the wxga screens and they all stunk, im trying the wsxga now to see how that is im still waiting for it.. with the displays its a total crap shoot.. there is no way no matter the display you order to be sure what you will recieve will be perfect..

 

So I should or shouldn't lol? It says the regular resolutions might delay your ship date. I don't want the screen issue everyone is having to scare me away from me ordering.......

 

The dedicated graphics will be better on battery life because they can run in 2D mode a lot better then crappie integrated gfx, many people would disagree but I've done the benchmarking with many gfx cards to know the true facts. 3D mode is harder on battery though. Plus way better performance, especially in vista when you got a lot of things running, that 3D flip doesn't run to great if at all on integrated power.

The screen hah..have fun, no matter what laptop you buy besides for Apple's you're likely to run into screen issues. To much demand right now for back to school rush, so manufactures are resorting to run-of-the mill grade products to meet demand. Get what you feel is right.. bigger res, harder it can be on battery life due to more pixels and such to draw. Not to mention more strain to run native resolution in games.

 

WSXGA is known to be the best then WXGA then WXGA+, thats just what I heard, im destined to be wrong once in my life

 

I know you can't get WSXGA+ on the 1420, but on my Vostro 1500 it is absolutely glorious. I have an LPL (LG) display.

If you are buying this lappy for school work, I highly recommend you check out the various screen resolutions available for the 1420 in a big box store and compare them. You may find that more resolution is really nice for working with documents and school-work stuff.

I also have a Dell D810 (15.4" widescreen 1920x1200 display). The 1920x1200 is a bit small for me, given the 15.4" screen...but I cranked up the DPI to 120% and I got used to it....even spoiled by all the real estate.

After getting the WSXGA on my Vostro 1500, I find this resolution to be perfect for this screen. I have have the DPI settings at normal, and don't need to boost it at all, and it works great for office applicatons, MATLAB, etc where I have a lot of info to display at once. (If the only things you plan on reading with it are email/web type stuff, a lower res screen would be fine!).

Again though...go to a store and find some other brand laptops with screen sizes/resolutions that match what you can get on the 1420 and look at them in person. It is the only way to know what you truly can accept from a personal standpoint.