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axelhi,
Alright, i see what you're talking about now. yeah, if you've got the money, go for the 1600x1200. you won't be hurting yourself. That's pretty surprising they bumped the laptop resolutions that high. desktop lcd's don't go that high...
About DVD's, you won't notice much better quality from the resolution increase, because a dvd's native resolution is much lower than 1600x1200, but you will see an improvement if the screen does truly have increased brightness and contrast...
The programs and fonts will be pretty small, but you can probably just change the font size in display properties to help that. Try the large fonts. You could also temporarily change the resolution to 800x600 if you really wanted to. I don't know for a fact, but i'd be willing to bet you wouldn't have much loss of quality that you normally get when using lcd's at something other than their native resolution because the dimensions are exactly half. you'd be using four pixels on the screen for every one.
One quick thing to check up on though. i'd be willing to bed a 1600x1200 display draws a decent amount of power. make sure the battery can last for long enough.
Hope this helps.
King of Hearts
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