I have a Dell Precision M50 laptop, which is a mobile workstation. It's native resolution is 1600x1200. P4PP works just fine.

But...

it sounds like your problem may have had less to do with any inherent limitations of the laptop and more to do with the screen settings for your laptop's display and the configuration of the default PZ3 loading into P4PP. If I create a preferredstate PZ3 using 1600x1200 then change my screen resolution to something less --like 800x600-- and then load P4PP, everything outside a 800x600 portion of the P4PP screen is inaccessible (i.e., like your situation of seeing only the document window).

I suggest setting your screen resolution at its maximum setting before loading P4PP to see if the original default PZ3 file shows everything. If you were looking at a Dell Inspiron, I'm not sure why you had a problem since I think those have pretty large maximum screen resolutions (i.e., like my 1600x1200?).

If you set your display settings at maximum resolution and still can't see enough of the P4PP screen when you load the program, you might try getting someone to send you a preferredstate PZ3 file created at a lower screen resolution. Then you load that from the file menu, move things around the way you want, then save your preferred state. It should load properly next time.

Good luck...