[ardfie]

The display in the images looks quite sharp - resolution of 1280x1024! Not too awful by today’s standards. Lenovo’s thinkpad x280, currently available with a retail price above 1000 euro, comes with a 1366x768 display as the default option.

[ken]

The display looks quite nice, but according to the manual I found [1], it's only 800x600 in the "ST", or 1024x768 in the "XT" variant.

[1]: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1454949/Tadpole-Sparcbook-...

[newnewpdro]

Judging from the photos that display is obviously not 1280x1024.

[jandrese]

I don't think 1280x1024 flatscreens existed in 1997. A 1024x768 display was pretty extravagant on a laptop.

[newnewpdro]

The ThinkPad 770X had a 1280x1024 display option.

https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:770X

[wazoox]

It's not from 1997. Pentium II mobile was introduced in 1998.

[pinewurst]

I had a Thinkpad A20p in 2000 with an awesome 15" 1400x1050 display. That was a great laptop.

[jasoneckert]

Yup - the default is 800x600 on the LCD, but I changed it to 1024x768 fine (you just have to ensure that you select the option that outputs video simultaneously to the LCD and external VGA port to get it to work). I've since riced the desktop quite nicely and it's pretty spiffy. DOOM runs very well on it too.

[gonzo]

I run FreeBSD on a used ($620 on eBay) x270, g6 i7, 16GB DDR4, 512 GB NVMe drive, and a 1920×1080 screen.