Those are very good upgrades for $150. These items are very expensive to upgrade later, unlike ram or hard drives. Spend the extra money and get some more usable life span out of it. No brainer, go for it.
If you are happy with your current XGA screen appearance then moving up to SXGA+ will probably be more frustrating because the icons and text shrink in size. How much memory do you currently have, and what programs are you using primarily? The latter will give the best answer as to whether you are going to notice much difference.
I think you will see little, if any, difference. For the most part those applications are not graphic intensive. With your memory and hard drive you have already added significantly to the performance.
I think you are right, although I planned to put the 7200 RPM hard drive on the new machine. Sounds like the SXGA screen would be worse, rather than better to me than the XGA.
That is true but running an LCD at anything other than it's native resolution tends to blur the text and other stuff. Buying a UXGA laptop screen for your word processing is just like buying a 400 horsepower car for your grandmother who only drives to the store.
what are the benefits to an SXGA or a UXGA over an XGA? Why would one need them?
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As has been explained, going from a XGA to an SXGA means higher resolution (i.e. smaller type, more on the screen). Going to an UXGA is even smaller. The BENEFIT is more info on the screen at once.
From the online manual:
1024 x 768 at 16.8 million colors (XGA) 1400 x 1050 at 16.8 million colors (SXGA+) 1600 x 1200 at 16.8 million colors (UXGA)
I suggest that you take your current monitor and try these higher resolutions, or if it is unable to display those you try a desktop CRT that can change to them.
You will most likely DISLIKE the 1600 x 1200 resolution tremendously after using 1024 x 765.
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Do you think I will notice the difference? What about the SXVA screen. What is the advantage of it to me?
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If you are happy with your current XGA screen appearance then moving up to SXGA+ will probably be more frustrating because the icons and text shrink in size. How much memory do you currently have, and what programs are you using primarily? The latter will give the best answer as to whether you are going to notice much difference.
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I think you will see little, if any, difference. For the most part those applications are not graphic intensive. With your memory and hard drive you have already added significantly to the performance.
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That is true but running an LCD at anything other than it's native resolution tends to blur the text and other stuff. Buying a UXGA laptop screen for your word processing is just like buying a 400 horsepower car for your grandmother who only drives to the store.
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what are the benefits to an SXGA or a UXGA over an XGA? Why would one need them?
Thanks,
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Message Edited by rickmktg on 05-20-2005 09:47 AM
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