[ltp] New thinkpad models....just when you thought all the bugs had been worked out

[Chris Penn]

Those resolutions are far from revolutionary.  My T61p has
1920x1200...........am I missing something, or is Lenovo
downgrading.......

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> wrot=
e:
> On mer, 2008-07-23 at 11:00 -0500, Chris Penn wrote:
>> Other then internals, does anyone know if there are differences
>> regarding the case or monitor size?  Will these differences be
>> noticeable?
>
> Only widescreen, 14.1 for T400 and 15.4 for T500. Nothing really new I
> guess. But 1680=D71050 on a 14.1" may be enough for standard screen users=
.
>
> But when I see the resolution choice I'm a bit puzzle:
>
> T400 display:
> WXGA(1280x800,98dpi,185+nit)
> WXGA+(1440x900,129dpi,200+nit)
> WXGA+W/lEDBacklight(1680x1050,129dpi,200+nit)
>
> Except 1280=D7800, this is nice, especially 1680=D71050.
>
> T500 display:
> WXGA(1280x800,98dpi,185+nit)
> WSXGA+resolution(1680x1050,129dpi,200+nit)
> WXGAw/lEDBacklight(1280x800,98dpi,185+nit)
>
> This is kind of ridiculous. 12800=D7800 on a 15" laptop?? This is ok for
> low end laptops, not for thinkpads :)
>
>
> And I wonder how will be managed the "dual display card" thingy,
> especially in Linux.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Yves-Alexis
>



--=20
"As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to
be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity."
 -Roger Penrose