Laptop screen guide and graphic cards reviews
I am in the process of buying a new laptop and was a bit confused while choosing the screen resolution, specially as Dell do not show pixels resolution but abbreviations like XGA, SXGA, WXGA, WUXGA, ... which don't make any sense.
So I was happy to find this Notebook Screen Guide:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2549
Here is the interesting part:
"Standard" Screens
Abbreviation / Resolution / Aspect Ratio
XGA / 1024x768 / 4:3
SXGA / 1280x1024 / 5:4
SXGA+ / 1400x1050 / 4:3
UXGA / 1600x1200 / 4:3
"Widescreen" Screens
Abbreviation / Resolution / Aspect Ratio
WXGA / 1280x768 / 5:3
WXGA / 1280x800 / 8:5 (16:10)
WXGA+ / 1440x900 / 8:5 (16:10)
WSXGA+ / 1680x1050 / 8:5 (16:10)
WUXGA / 1920x1200 / 8:5 (16:10)
Another point was the choice of the
graphic card, as
mentioned by Guy, Notebookcheck provides a great comparison of graphic cards for notebooks.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Comparison-of-Grafic-Cards.130.0.html