topic Re: 15" or 15,4"?! in PCs & Accessories

15" or 15,4"?!

CarlJanssen — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:19:25 GMT

Tomorrow is the big the day. I'm gonna order my new Vaio: the A115S or A115Z. I would like to order the A115Z because it's based on the Dothan core, but I saw this model this afternoon in the store... oh my, what a screen! Is has such a weird shape with that 15,4" screen.

Strange thing is that the A115S (which is an 'older' model with a 15" screen) is more expensive than the A115Z here in Belgium.

Otherwise, I would buy the A115S immediately, because I don't think I need that 15,4" screen. But now I'm doubting. If I buy the A115S I pay more for less (it doesn't have a Dothan based processor and it has a 15" screen). If I buy the A115Z, I don't know if that's the right one for me.

Does anyone of you have such a 15,4" screen? How is it working with? Doesn't it feel strange if you were used to have a 15" or 17" screen with 'normal' resolutions like 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768?

I need to make a decission very quick, so thanks for your advice in advance!

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:23:18 GMT

Test them out in the store.
I'm not really keen on widescreen because of the non-standard screen resolutions.

It's all a matter of taste.

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

Kei — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:41:01 GMT

Yea same here. Is the A115Z widescreen ratio?
I'd go for the usual 4:3 ratio screen notebooks. Usually nowadays people use 1024x768 or 1280x960 resolutions, which are 4:3 aspect.

If you buy a widescreen aspect notebook, then for me it's just for watching widescreen 16:9 / 1.85:1 movies on your notebook.

If I'm talking about something else, then I'm sorry.

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

CarlJanssen — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:07:51 GMT

No, you're both talking 'bout the right thing and I share your opinion. I guess I'll buy the A115S, but it's so weird that I will pay more for it.

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

TygerTyger — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 22:10:59 GMT

Try finding somewhere you will pay less for it?

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

viran — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 00:28:40 GMT

I've had my A115M for a day over a week now and am loving the 'odd' shaped screen lol. I too had a similar choice to yours, either the old core CPU and 4:3 screen or this model with the new core with 1280x800 resolution. I chose the latter mainly for the cpu and screen, besides there wasnt much else on offer for the budget that i had 😞

Having used the standard looking LCDs for some time, its refreshing but may seem somewhat of a novely, the x-black widescreen is impressive when watching wide aspect ratio movies. When looking at webpages however, I find that because of the reduced height of the screen that I have to scroll down more, but i can live with that

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

CarlJanssen — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 15:04:04 GMT

Okay, I ordered the A115S voor a 'good' price.

Thanks for the replies!

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

kee-lo_ — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 15:05:48 GMT

Great, hope you enjoy it Carl.

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

CarlJanssen — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 15:23:22 GMT

Thanks!

Although I have to wait a couple of days. Delivery will happen next week.

Re: 15" or 15,4"?!

kee-lo_ — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 15:26:10 GMT

Ah well, it's not big issue.
Have fun.