Which notebook to buy?

[Spiffor]

Well, I can't see too well from afar, and as such I highly recommand the 1024*768 resolution. I can't bear having to close up to my screen to precisely read what is going on : bad for your eyes and uncomfortable position.

I use the 1024 on every screen I have, from 14" to 19". It's great to work 80cm away from the screen while being able to read everything

[Atahualpa]

TFTs are not bad for your eyes. It is much more comfortable to look into the cristalsharp display of a notebook than the blurry thing of a cheap desktop CRT.

And yes higher resolutions require of course greater display sizes.
The nbook of my gf has 15" and 1400x1050. Thats okay!
I would be satisfied with 1280x1024 though.
If you have lots of windows and stuff 1024x768 is just too little.

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