Looking at the specs, the R15 looks more desirable to me:
1) 14 inch screen vs a 12 inch screen
2) cheaper
3) firewire port
4) built in optical drive
Sure the M200 has a slightly faster processor and the screen resolution is
1400 by 1000 as opposed to 1024 by 768. Is the screen resolution a big factor?
Am I missing something?
Thanks
Doug Lazenby

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:59:05 -0700, "dlazenby"
<dlazenby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Sure the M200 has a slightly faster processor and the screen resolution is
>1400 by 1000 as opposed to 1024 by 768. Is the screen resolution a big factor?

It may be, depending on the particular user's needs. For a person who
needs to be able to see more than one window at a time, or switch back
and forth quickly, screen size is critical.

My home computer's 1280x1024 display is just barely big enough --
except when it's not big enough. When I buy a tablet PC it will be an
M200 or something else with a comparable screen, if something else is
available by then.

My email address is llm040903 at earthlink dot net.

If you do a lot of stand-up computing, you're looking at slightly less than
twice the weight on the R15 versus the M200. I much prefer being able to go
at least 1280x1024 on the M200, rather than 1024x768 at the best a machine
can do.
--
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In memory of a true friend, Windows MVP Alex Nichol

Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
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"dlazenby" <dlazenby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DCBA1A50-74B2-4EAC-B2B5-C14CAFCD8061@microsoft.com...
> Looking at the specs, the R15 looks more desirable to me:
> 1) 14 inch screen vs a 12 inch screen
> 2) cheaper
> 3) firewire port
> 4) built in optical drive
> Sure the M200 has a slightly faster processor and the screen resolution is
> 1400 by 1000 as opposed to 1024 by 768. Is the screen resolution a big
> factor?
> Am I missing something?
> Thanks
> Doug Lazenby
>

I guess there are a lot of us M200 users that like lots of real-estate. Irregardless of the screen size, 1024 by 768 would just tie my hands, especially since my previous notebook was 1600 by 1200.
Christine