On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:26 PM, John Abreau<j...@blu.org> wrote: > I just bought a couple Thinkpads for a couple of our engineers, > and one thing I ran into was a difference in supported screen > resolutions. The T500 is 1680x1050, with no other options, > whereas the W500 is available as either 1680x1050 or 1900x1200. > > My engineers explicitly asked for 1900x1200, so we went with > W500's.
Thanks. I was frustrated by that (lack of finer resolution) on my prior T500. I'd constantly be > For your requirements, if you'll be using it both at home and at > the office, I'd suggest getting two docking stations, one for > each location. That will save you the trouble of fiddling with a > bunch of cables when arriving at or departing from each location. Agreed, it's much less hassle to use a docking station. Another option, if I have my home office already setup, is that I use synergy to at least sit in my normal position and control the laptop. On a related note, do you have people using multiple heads and the W500? I lost the capability to drive a notebook screen and external monitor __as one large desktop__ on the "upgrade" to Ubuntu Ibex or Jaunty -- Greg Rundlett nbpt 978-225-8302 m. 978-764-4424 -skype/aim/irc/twitter freephile http://profiles.aim.com/freephile _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/