Dell XPS 15 1080p Screen no longer available

[AlPey]

I believe the 720p resolution on the XPS 15 is 1366 x 768, which is actually the standard when it comes to 720p res these days.

As to why your older notebook as a 'better' resolution, I believe it has got to do with aspect ratio.

Newer notebooks are moving away from the 16:10 aspect ratio, and towards the 16:9 one instead, which explains the 'lousier' resolution. The next best resolution that you can get would be the 1600x900 I think.

So will the graphics card/screen actually support more lines than the 768? Similar to how a 720p plasma TV will support 1080i resolution?

[Darkstone]

Newer notebooks are moving away from the 16:10 aspect ratio

notebooks are moving from 1440*900 and 1680*1050 (standard on many notebooks above €900) to 1388*768 (standard on.. almost everything), i can hardly believe this.

So will the graphics card/screen actually support more lines than the 768? Similar to how a 720p plasma TV will support 1080i resolution?

of course, the graphics card supports a minimum of 2x 2560*1600

[shinji257]

The laptop supports 1366x768 as it's maximum resolution. My last 17" was 1440x900 for it's max.

[AlPey]

The laptop supports 1366x768 as it's maximum resolution. My last 17" was 1440x900 for it's max.

But my last 15" (the 1525) was 1440x900 and I don't remember upgrading the monitor, so why have less resolution now with a higher end laptop?

[y3kesprit]

But my last 15" (the 1525) was 1440x900 and I don't remember upgrading the monitor, so why have less resolution now with a higher end laptop?

I guess we all have to do away with the idea that higher-end notebooks must come with high resolutions... We have seen far too many powerful notebooks coming with the 1388x768 resolution, the Asus' notebooks especially.

[C4P1T4L1ST]

Does it really make much difference?

I'm a programmer myself, so yes I really do appreciate more vertical real-estate however at the same time I hate my code wrapping all the time when I have property panes on both sides of my IDE eating up lots of horizontal real estate.

It seems the amount gained on the sides is more than what's lost from the top and bottom? I'm not an expert on displays but the way I see it is that:

1200x800 - 1366x768 = +166 Pixels gained horizontally, 32 Pixels lost vertically.

[TuxDude]

I'm a coder myself, unlike IDEs I use VIM a lot under linux and have at least 10 to 15 such windows open simultaneously and many a times open two to three side by side or some times 4 of em in each corner while coding... I have a 1440x900 resolution since mine is a 3yr old laptop and I have felt the resolution to be acceptable thought I could use a higher resolution....

I tried to code on my friend's laptop couple of times who has a 1366x768 and I felt the resolution to be way too small for this purpose.... So vertical screen real-estate also matters... It matters when you have some taskbar or dock in the bottom of your screen as well - on today's 720p screens if you have a dock and if you do not see the auto-hide you feel like you've alreay filled up 25% of your screen (which I guess is true)....

1440x900 resolution is a far better resolution and shouldn't have been abandoned that easily.... Apple still uses it for their displays in MacBooks....

[shinji257]

I do see a valid argument. I would of preferred the 1440x900 resolution myself but I had a need to get a smaller laptop and I didn't want to wait for the availability of the 1080p display or pay the extra cost involved in it. If I must I'll upgrade it to a 1080p screen later or use an external. I used a netbook that had a 1024x600 display and try coding on that sometime. It's kinda painful. I can do with the 1366x768 and the lacking power in the netbook was troublesome for me.

[jdsteele]

Friggin wide pic

I suppose it's irony or something, but your image was too wide for my screen for me to visualize your point.

[ushtang]

After getting my XPS 17 delayed numerous times after ordering it on Dec. 7, I ended up cancelling the order and ordering an XPS 15 ShipsFast system on Dec. 30.

There were no options to choose in terms of processor, memory, hd, etc. I bought it knowing it came with 720p display. It's listed in the tech specs on the site. When it arrived today, I was surprised to find that I have 1080p display.