Help me pick a CPU/Mobo

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (Dan Ritter)]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 11:51:00PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> I'm not sure of the distinction you're making.  Both of those laptops 
> have the same size screens (well, +/- .5"), according to Google.  The HP 
> is about 2 pounds heavier though.

...

> Well, what are you calling wide screen?  The Levono site is calling 
> 15.4" "wide screen".  To me, wide screen is anything bigger than that, 
> usually 17", which means your laptop can double as a surfboard.

Widescreen: 16x9 or 16x10 aspect ratio such as 1280x768
Standard: 4x3 aspect ratio such as 1280x1024

Some people can't think of a 1280x768 as being a 1024x768 with
extra width; they intuitively grasp it as a 1280x1024 with the
bottom 256 pixels cut off.

-dsr-

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