X200s - lowering the screen resolution?

I am thinking of buying the X200s (mainly because of lower weight & brighter screen) but as I can't see one myself, I am bit worried about the higher resolution: if I find the fonts too small and want to lower the res to 1280x800, would the viewing deteriorate in any way because it's not the native resolution? Has anyone else done it or seen it?

Thanks!

 

If you run at a lower resolution the screen will not good. You can increase the DPI to make things better. It works better in Vista than XP.

 

The viewing quality WOULD deteriorate because notebook LCDs do not scale well (unless you run at 1/4 resolution [720x450 for the x200s]).

If you don't want the higher resolution, you should probably just stick with the standard x200. The difference in size, weight, and battery life is not that substantial (the x200 screen is also bright enough for most environments). In my opinion, the main reason to go for the x200s is the high resolution LED screen.

The x200 Tablet is also an option. It has an extremely bright (285 nit) and high quality (AFFS+ with superb angles) WXGA screen. The price should be comparable to the x200s, but you will pay a moderate weight penalty (worth it in my opinion).

 

Found a X200 Tablet in Europe ... with a SATA 250 GB and Lenovo claims it weighs 3.5 pounds (must be a 4 cell battery). Wonder how long that will last. Cost here is roughly U$2,000.

 

The 4 cell has about 45% of the capacity of the 8 cell battery. On my 8 cell, I can push 10 hours with a dim screen (< 6 watts), and around 6 hours with a maximum brightness screen (about 10 watts). This also assumes a throttled down CPU.

For future reference, when comparing batteries and battery life you should compute the WHr rating of the battery (Voltage * AmpHr). Then find out the approximate wattage that your usage will require (ask owners of the laptop). Then divide the WHr rating by the wattage to get a battery run time. This is far more accurate than simply comparing cell counts.