1366 x 768 screen resolution

[beefjerkymonster]

I've been looking at a laptop for a while, but the only downside is this very strange screen resolution (1366x768).

Just wondering if anyone's had any experience with monitors of this resolution. I don't want to get it if I will have too much trouble getting it working proporly under ubuntu.

Also, I kind of want to play games on it, such as Quake 4, Quake Wars, UT and others. Will I be able to run them at this resolution (assuming the video card can perform well enough, it's a 9300m) or will it scale to a different res?

[beefjerkymonster]

I apologize if I shouldn't be doing this.

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[Brian88]

Just try first - you could come to the shop and boot off your Ubuntu live-cd.

I suppose Ubuntu could do its job well in this strange resolution.

[MadnessRed]

I too am looking at a laptop in this resolution, don't suppose you got an answer did you?

[kg84]

I have an HP DV6 laptop with this resolution.

I don't really like it, but I tolerate it

I havent played any games under it on Linux, but I have on Win Vista. Whilst the resolution is not ideal, one gets used to it.

It's OK for watching d/l 'ed movies, mind you

[MadnessRed]

im a bit worried about the height, only being 768, I do a lot on the web so height it quite useful.

[kg84]

im a bit worried about the height, only being 768, I do a lot on the web so height it quite useful.

Understood - the height is what i miss too.

[MadnessRed]

Understood - the height is what i miss too.

I'll just keep looking then.


I have about £430 looking for a core 2 laptop, with >2gb RAM and preferably a semi-decent graphics card. Don't need an os to come with it though which should bring down the price a bit.

[beefjerkymonster]

Oh hey, turns out it worked perfectly in 9.04 after installing video card drivers.

On the 9.10 alpha, this crazy resolution worked right out of the box!

Sorry I couldn't respond sooner

[MadnessRed]

Oh hey, turns out it worked perfectly in 9.04 after installing video card drivers.

On the 9.10 alpha, this crazy resolution worked right out of the box!

Sorry I couldn't respond sooner

ok thansk thats good to know, still looking for a laptop though