Latitude D630 - wxga or wxga+ ??

Ok, I know this has been discussed a bunch but I thought I'd asked again.
I'm looking at getting a D630 and just need to know what screen to choose. My dad has a D820 and his screen is the WSXGA+ (1680x1050). It is small, but very sharp, and I think I like it. My question is, would the WXGA+ (1440 x900) look similar since it is on a smaller (14.1) screen?
I have seen 1280x800 screens on other laptops, but I've never seen a WXGA+ on a 14.1" screen and would like to know what I"m getting into before I purchase.
Thanks,
Corey

 

Are you asking how big the pixels are?

A little math helps here. You can calculate the diagonal length in "pixels" (using the pythagorean theorem), and divide by the number of inches to get pixels per inch (a.k.a. dots per inch, or DPI).

15.4" WXGA 1200 x 800: 98 DPI
14.1" WXGA 1200 x 800: 107 DPI
14.1" WXGA+ 1440 x 900: 120.4 DPI
15.4" WSXGA+ 1680 x 1050: 128.6 DPI

So on the 14.1" WXGA+, the pixels are almost but not quite as small as they are on the 15.4" WSXGA+.

 

Ok, so with that info, the res on the WXGA+ (14.1 1440x900) will look close if not slightly bigger when compared to a WSXGA+ (15.4 1680x1050)
Please, anyone else who has a WXGA+ chime in with your opinions. Do you like it, is it too small, just right, very sharp, etc.
Thanks

 

Nobody else??

 

I would prefer WSXGA+ resolution on a 14.1" laptop.

 

I hope you mean WXGA+ Homer, unless your using 1680 x 1050 on a 14.1 inch screen

I'm also wondering on how WXGA+ looks, I've seen WSXGA+ on a T60p at bestbuy. But I'm still curious on how it feels working at such a high res.

Taking notes, web browsing, some programing, all has me wonder how well Vista can scale the dpi along with web page content.

Kinda makes me wish there is some kinda rent-a-laptop service.../sigh

 

Vista DPI scaling:
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061211/vista-dpi-scaling/

 

ofcourse dpi scaling has its own problems since it does not scale the space in which the links and taps fit. observe the screen shot below.

[img=http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4880/140dpionwxgacd6.th.jpg]

 

WXGA+ is 20 nits brighter then WXGA - 220 and 200. Can be important for outside

 

Lenovo thought about making 14.1" laptops with WSXGA+ (1680x1050) resolution. Unfortunately, Lenovo wimped out at the last second. Dell and HP business series laptops offer WUXGA (1920x1200) resolution on 15.4" laptops.

 

With WXGA+ you can view more data on your screen, if that's not important to you then still get it for brightness.

 

Thanks for all the replies guys. WXGA+ it is!

 

Where do you get this information about the brightness difference?

 

I remember seeing someone post that the WXGA+ and WXGA both had 220nits. So they are the same on the new ones.

 

Woh thats pretty bad, this stuff is what I'm worried about on WXGA+. But if I remember right on a WXGA+ laptop someone should only need to go up 120 dpi so it might not be that bad.

Wouldn't lowering the front size on help any though?

 

You can set custom dpi so if 120 is too big, you can set to a smaller value. I find that 120 is fine for most websites. Some websites have their font size as absolute, so when you visit those sites, the font size won't change.