W500 WUXGA display

I have another question about the W500 with the WUXGA display. I was going
To order a WUXGA display but was worried about the font size so I decided to
Order a WSXGA+, and now it is on back order 3-4 weeks, and really need it by the
Middle of September. So now, I am back to the possibility of the WUXGA display
I know it has been mentioned in past post that you can change the size of the font.
My question is that accomplished by changing the DPI. I really wish I could see
The display before I bought it


Thanks,

Al

 

Look in the outlet. There's probably some WSXGA+ in there. DPI adjustments work better in Vista/Seven. I suppose it will depend on which OS you're using.

 

Yes, I would suggest looking at the redistributed machines in the outlet. They're generally brand new and ship fast (since they're already built), only downside is that you cannot customize them.

 

The 15.4" WUXGA (147.02 PPI) is incrementally finer-pixeled than the WSXGA+ (128.65 PPI) - about 15% finer; so tuning it to your needs is very similar; you just have to go a little further. Adjusting the overall OS PPI to a higher PPI (at around 20% less than the hardware PPI) is a good base position, but I find that other font sizes, both in the OS and in individual programs also need tweaking. I imagine it is the same with WSXGA+. (Note that I chose WUXGA not so much for small fonts and huge real estate but for clearest and darkest text and the best photographic results. If your eyes are amazing and like small fonts then you use lower levels of software/OS PPI.).

 

Thanks for the help. I am not sure what I will end up doing

 

I have the same dilemma...but I will probably go with WXGA on my 15" T500 considering for mobile use this res is adequate. When docked, I'll have it hooked to a +20" monitor so no worries there with higher res.

 

I'm running Windows 7 on my WUXGA screen and have the 125% option (Medium) selected under "Resolution - Make text items smaller or larger". Everything is perfect for me. The only issue I run into is that not all applications behave correctly. I have a couple where the fonts become too large and the text is truncated, but it's not really enough to be a big deal. I can always just change it back to 100% (which forces a logout / login) and I'm back to normal.

I do really like the the WUXGA screen however, it's very nice.

The other thing you can do is drop the WUXGA resolution down to that of the WXSGA+. It's not quite as sharp, but I find it more than usable and have used that several times as well.

Kevin