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Netbooks: Higher than 1024×600 resolution?

One of my more nagging problems with a lot of locally available netbooks is the low resolution screen. While 1024 x 600 pixels is fine for regular web browsing, there are important softwares out there that require higher resolution and just wouldn’t work with most netbooks.

A reader sent in an email question asking for netbooks that support at least 1024×768 pixel resolution. Imaging softwares like Canon Digital Photo Professional (I use this one to process raw images), Adobe Camera Raw and ULead PhotoImpact needs at least 1024×768 pixels (preferably 1024×800) in order to work.

Here is a very short list of netbooks that are capable of such resolution or better:

Acer Aspire One AO751h : 11.6″ @ 1366×768 pixels

Gateway LT 3102i : 11.6″ @ 1366×768 pixels

Sony Vaio P : 8″ @ 1600×768 pixels

Sony Vaio W: 10.1″ @ 1366Ã—768 pixels (available by 1st week of August)

Gigabyte M912 : 8.9″ at 1280×768 pixels

HP Mini 2133 : 8.9″ at 1280×800 pixels

Here are some netbooks that also support that resolution but are still not available in the Philippines:

HP Mini 2140 HD : 10.1″ @ 1366×768 pixels

Dell Mini 10 : 10″ @ 1366×768 pixels

Dell Mini 12: 12.1″ @ 1200×800 pixels

Samsung NC20: 12.1″ @ 1280×800 pixels

There are also netbooks, like the MSI Wind U100, that have a native resolution of 1024×600 but is capable of displaying 1024×768 on extended display mode. Only problem is that you get a scrolling desktop.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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21 Comments

sherwin says:

16 years ago

different strokes for different folks.

it’s gonna be hard din to edit photos using those little screens. no one thing could satisfy all naman eh, like netbooks, they all have some “design functions”.
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Jam. says:

16 years ago

How about HP 5101?.
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Bon says:

16 years ago

Even the 1024×576 HP Mini 2140 will support 1024×768 extended mode, via a scrolling desktop. I think any XP-powered netbook with 1024 pixels across can do this – all you have to do is enter Control Panel -> Display -> Settings -> Advanced -> Adapter and click on the “List All Modes” button – every display iteration supported by the video card – whether or not it is supported by the built-in LCD display – will be selectable. Choose 1024×768 and you’re good to go with a vertical scrolling display.
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Marc says:

16 years ago

Yeah, I agree that 1024×600 is too small. I own an Asus EEPC 1000H and there are some programs I can’t run well because I need to set the screen to 1024×768 Scrolling Mode to see everything… apparently the graphics takes a bad performance hit when you do that so the applications become almost unusable.

It’s too bad that the Acer and the Gateway all come packaged with Vista. Maybe I’ll wait a few months until they’re sold with Windows 7 installed natively.
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Mike says:

16 years ago

Thanks for answering my email question, Abe. You’re the best!!!
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joe says:

16 years ago

That is why we called it netbook – less powerful. ;)
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designnatin says:

16 years ago

wait for the next apple netbook…

http://tinyurl.com/applenetbookdesign

looking forward for its release early next year.
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cebucuber says:

16 years ago

Dell Mini 12 is already available at the Dell Store at SM Northwing here in Cebu…
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Darren says:

16 years ago

shouldn’t we emphasize focus mostly on web-surfing and easy documentation and quick-email-checking for a netbook?

using a photo-editing program on a netbook, the lousy CPU performance will drive you crazy and not to mention to expect a better resolution of LCD

let netbooks be netbooks!
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Calvin says:

16 years ago

i agree with Darren. Although I have photoshop in my Asus but only to resize my pics and save for web. but yeah, netbooks should only be used mainly for browsing, writing and maybe watching downloaded vids. if you want to use it for graphics software then hook it up on an external monitor.
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