Thread: Laptop's Screen Size

When you choose a notebook one of the first considerations is what screen size do you need. A bigger screen may seem like the obvious choice, but notebooks are supposed to be portable right? Imagine the horror oflugging around a 17-inch laptop. However, there may be those who do not need to carry their notebook with them everywhere and for such people a large notebook is definitely better. Such large-screen, blitky notebooks are called desktop replacements; mainly because they sit still on your desktop. Such notebooks are usually of a screen size of 16-inches and above. 17-inch notebooks are the most common. A screen size of 15.4-inches is considered a de facto size for notebooks although some people regard this size to be a little too large for enabling true portability. 14.1-inch notebooks are soon becoming the new de facto size category for what strikes a good balance between flexibility in performance and size and weight. The compact segment (aside from netbooks) is generally the hottest category because. such notebooks bring extreme portability along with good performance. Notebooks with screen sizes of 11.1-inches, 12inches and 13.3-inches are the most common ones. Generally the smaller the screen gets, the costlier" the notebook tends to become since shrinking of size means more attention to other factors such as heat dissipation and actual fitmentof components. Netbooks are even more compact; although the tradeoff is on component performance and of course'a smaller keypad; w)1ich may not suit everybody.