Pros/Cons of switching to the Asus G1S

Some more results of my examination of the screen...

Are you using the Magnifier program or an actual magnifying glass? To inspect pixels you need a magnifying glass. The Magnifer program tells you what the software is commanding the screen to do, not how the acutal pixel is responding.

I did the black, red, green, blue desktop background thing. Solid colors produced the best result. Using the black background I found no hot pixels. Using RGB I found 2 or three pixels that did not have the background color.

But use the white background. I suppose this is the most difficult test, because to produce white, the pixels have to be in perfect balance. With white what I found is about 20 pixels that could not produce this perfect balance. Most were gray, some had a color to them. A few were dark.

In total there were no hot pixels and maybe 2 or 3 dark ones. (Dark means the pixel can't produce any color.) What you will find is a lot of pixels in between hot and dark: meaning there are pixels which do not produce the same shade of color as their neighbors. Using the white background, this results in grey pixels or pixels with a color to them.

Go over the screen using the white, red, green, blue and black background. Look at the pixels with a phsyical magnifying glass. Report what you find.

I'd like to know what I should expect from a WSXGA 15.4" produced with todays state of the art.

I'm amazed at how small these pixels are. You need a serious magnifying glass to know how the pixels are working.

 

I'm not understanding the desire on this forum for super conservative looking computers. The G1S has an angular, tech look and has a very attractive appearance for a business setting. The accent colors are very slight and the lights can be turned off.

We've got designer Mac Books, lime green and pink Dells, Dells with leather grain. The G1S is really much more sedate than what is being bought today.

Also has anyone talked about the G1S mouse which I like a lot? It has a rubberized texture on the gripping sides. This texture is rubberized without feeling rubberry. That is, I dont feel like I'm grabbing an eraser. Very good job on the mouse surface texture.

 

i believe the G1S mouse is a logitech mx518 with a different color scheme on it. i use a 518 with my desktop and it is a very good mouse, the best i've ever used.

 

Yeap, Logitech makes great mice. Almost all of them have a matte grainy finish to the sides which not only adds grip, it reduces sweating compared to a plastic sided mouse.