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  3. August 2007

Re: New laptop ideas, answers, and recommendations

With my previous laptop (Inspiron 800m, which was almost identical to
the 8600 except for the screen) the aspect ratio was square. It worked
really well when I was using an external monitor. Things tended to stay
in the same place.

With this laptop I haven't really used the external monitor much. I'll
have to drag it from the basement to see how it works out.


My D620 has a wide screen. The majority of the time I've got it hooked up
to a square monitor on my desk at work. It adjusts the aspect ratio for
whichever monitor is in use. If I open it up so that I can view both
monitors at the same time it keeps both screens functioning as you would
expect simultaneously.


Dave Parnin

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