Laptop screen size for people with presbyopia (age related long sightedness)?

[woody1]

I'm getting my wife a new laptop for her birthday. She wears quite strong reading glasses and currently has a 15.6" screen. I'm wondering whether 17.3" would be better for her. Obviously it's not worth the extra cost if it won't make much difference.

Anyone found a bigger screen helps?

Thanks

[sadkingbilly]

what does she use it for? - if it's always in a fixed location (desk,kitchen table), use an external monitor rather than a bigger laptop?

[woody1]

what does she use it for? - if it's always in a fixed location (desk,kitchen table), use an external monitor rather than a bigger laptop?

Yes it's in a fixed location; she doesn't take it anywhere. I did think about an external monitor but then she'd need an external keyboard as well, which starts to get a bit cumbersome.

[WTFH]

Yes it's in a fixed location; she doesn't take it anywhere. I did think about an external monitor but then she'd need an external keyboard as well, which starts to get a bit cumbersome.

Why not just get her a desktop, or re-purpose your old server that you are decommissioning?

[ladymuck]

Why not just get her a desktop, or re-purpose your old server that you are decommissioning?

Agreed. Desktops are no longer huge things. I have a Dell Micro that sits nicely under my TV and takes up very little room. Wireless keyboard means it's fully controllable from the sofa.

[sadkingbilly]

Yes it's in a fixed location; she doesn't take it anywhere. I did think about an external monitor but then she'd need an external keyboard as well, which starts to get a bit cumbersome.

why? just connect external monitor and use two screens from laptop.

[woody1]

Yes perhaps a desktop might be better but that still leaves the question of what screen size to go for?

She only uses it to browse the web, on-line shopping etc, so the rest of the spec is not important. Whatever it is will be better than the 8 year-old laptop she's currently using.

[woody1]

Did a quick search. Didn't know you could get all-in-one desktops.

[WTFH]

re-purpose your old server that you are decommissioning?

Sorry, woody1 for some reason I mistook you for Willendure. I realise that is unforgivable.

My current setup:
27" "all-in-one" desktop, mostly for photo/video editing.
24" monitor connected to client laptop.

Plenty of options for all-in-one, and they don't need to take up a lot of desk space
https://www.apple.com/uk/imac/

[woody1]

Reckon 21" desktop might be big enough. Certainly an improvement over 15.6" laptop, and looks to be cheaper than a 17.3" laptop.