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PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

Dell XPS 1330 -> Acer Aspire One -> Sony Vaio P Smiley

All running (or, in the case of the XPS, in the process of running) Windows 7.

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

GREAAATT!!! Paolo buy Sony Vaio P ? Work fine with Windows 7 ?? Big Smile

UB hans gunsche

i want a mini pc : (

Bass
www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/

Need more laptops IMO

Dovella
Go Microsoft !!!!!!!

In reply to UB hans gunsche

#Feb 16th @ 3:00 PM

Vaio P is super cool , but usability ? screen resolution= DPI 150 % ?

Ion Todirel
buuu

2nd laptop's wallpaper is pretty stylish Tongue Out

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to Ion Todirel

#Feb 16th @ 3:06 PM

I know, it's my next target Smiley

XPS is from work, Aspire is mine, the Vaio P is Brandon's.

PaoloM
Hypermediocrity

In reply to Bass

#Feb 16th @ 3:01 PM

There's a Toshiba M400 just a hair to the right of the picture Smiley

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

In reply to PaoloM

#Feb 16th @ 3:46 PM

Ha!
My laptop is longer & girthier than your laptops! Literally!

ZippyV
Fired Up

I'd like to know if the screens of these netbooks are workable enough if you go beyond a 10 minute browse and e-mail.

Ion Todirel
buuu

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#Feb 16th @ 4:14 PM

the Acer one is pretty good, however Dell Mini 9's display for example is very bad

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#Feb 16th @ 4:14 PM

My Dell Mini 12 (12.1" diagonal at 1280x800) is about the smallest I think I'd be comfortable with for extended use. Might could go a little smaller, but I can't imagine using something like the Sony Vaio P that's even smaller and higher resolution.

rhm

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#Feb 16th @ 5:49 PM

Don't know how it compares in dot pitch, but I noticed dell have an option for 1920x1200 on some of their 15" laptops. I bet that's hard to read! A colleague uses a 17" laptop at that resolution as his desktop at work and I have to squint to read that when he's showing me something. Yes, I should probably get my eyes tested Smiley

ZippyV
Fired Up

In reply to rhm

#Feb 17th @ 3:09 PM

With such high resolutions you have to make the dpi a lot bigger.

W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

In reply to ZippyV

#Feb 17th @ 3:40 PM

Not gonna happen for a while, too many programs don't do high-dpi, and people with good eyesight still prefer larger workspace to one that's more readable. I run my 120dpi laptop in 96dpi mode, and I am tempted at times to run my 190dpi PDA in 96dpi mode too, just to be able to read websites in Pocket IE which has awful page reshaping algorithms.

Red5
Systems Manager Curmudgen

I have an Aspire One, but not with Win7 yet. (still on Xp Home) Not ready to drink that kool-aid..maybe by summer.
It is my favorite device by far.
My only complaint is the keyboard, but I'm used to it now. How's the keyboard usage on the Sony?

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In reply to rhm

#Feb 17th @ 3:09 PM

A friend of mine has a 15" Dell notebook at 1920x1200... it is pretty unreadable.

He's got font sizes cranked up in XP, but XP doesn't handle high-DPI well at all. It's not a particularly fun machine to use (althoug the screen is nice and pretty and sharp).