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Originally Posted by Kris777
Yes, but why the optimal size of notebook screen depends on personal preferences? Many companies produduce 10", 12",13",14",15" and 17" screen notebooks and customers choose the right one based on personal preferences...
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The larger screen sizes are reasonable for the "usual" computing tasks people perform, and the smaller screen-sizes are not quite going to be used the same way.
i.e.: Few would torture themselves by doing any meaningful amount of word processing on a 10" screen, if they have any halfway reasonable alternative. It's good enough for watching a movie or a TV show on the subway or surfing the net (or even doing last-minute/emergency word processing) in similar scenarios.
Although, it is worth noting, that computers seek to replace neither books nor televisions... making the comparison questionable in my eyes.
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Indeed Ahi (he) meant the differences in the fonts.
On "devices" (offset printed paper pages included in the broad term) with sufficient resolution, the human eye deals better with serif fonts (e.g.: Times New Roman, Palatino, Garamond), and on poorer resolution devices it deals better with sans-serif fonts (e.g.: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana).
The apparent choice of a sans-serif font on the smaller device suggests to me that perhaps the manufacturer had no faith in (or plan of) being able to match the resolution of 6" display devices... and opted for a default font that would less blatantly show this shortcoming.
Sorry... I just realized the pictures are of your jetbook, and not a new 5" device. I think my font question/comment is mostly off-topic as a result.
- Ahi