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Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by petecox »

BuildTheRobots wrote: post #4

I've been lamenting similar for years; nearly everything I do on a computer involves long not wide documents. I've mostly made my peace with a 16:10 monitor as it at least allows me to have two documents side by side and this is still findable in a laptop.

My dual monitor setup has an old 19" with a stand that rotates 90º. Custom stands are available for any monitor that has the VESA mounting screws.

Laptops are trickier but I'm hoping in the age of tablet-hybrid detachables that a rotateable tripod comes of age.

Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by sundvor »

bartread wrote: post #65
sundvor wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For when not on the move: 21:9 curved 34" at 3440x1440 is perfect for Visual Studio. I have bought two of those for myself now; home and work (U3415W, X34). 21:9 is as if made for VS. There's even a bigger 38" 3840x1600 (the U3818DW) that I'd love to see. You're talking serious real estate you caon use with no silly scaling, ie 1:1 or 100%.

That sounds like a fantastic setup. I'll have to look into it because it would work great with my MBP. Sadly, thanks to another bugbear of mine with the Surface Book, I'd need to carry the dock around with me rather than leaving it at the office if I wanted to do that at home. This is because the Surface Book itself only has one mini display port connector - you need the dock if you want to connect two monitors. Let…

Ahh... no Thunderbolt / USB Type C would be a major let down in 2017/2018, for sure. My U3415W doesn't have Type C connectors, but the newer models do - including that luscious 38".

I actually surround my home 34" Predator X34 with two U2412Ms (1920x1200) on an Ergotech stand. The sides are similar enough in DPI for it not to be jarring, and they are floating in air over my desk making for a very nice work area. Used to be 3x of the 24s until I upgraded the middle. The GPU has 3x DPs which makes it easy - but with a newer setup you could possibly daisy chain type Cs?

Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by voxadam »

bartread wrote: post #65
sundvor wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For when not on the move: 21:9 curved 34" at 3440x1440 is perfect for Visual Studio. I have bought two of those for myself now; home and work (U3415W, X34). 21:9 is as if made for VS. There's even a bigger 38" 3840x1600 (the U3818DW) that I'd love to see. You're talking serious real estate you caon use with no silly scaling, ie 1:1 or 100%.

That sounds like a fantastic setup. I'll have to look into it because it would work great with my MBP. Sadly, thanks to another bugbear of mine with the Surface Book, I'd need to carry the dock around with me rather than leaving it at the office if I wanted to do that at home. This is because the Surface Book itself only has one mini display port connector - you need the dock if you want to connect two monitors. Let…

Assuming it supports DisplayPort v2.0 or greater you should be able to connect two monitors using a MST (Multi-Stream Transport) hub or monitors that natively support MST daisy chaining.

Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by mancerayder »

rayiner wrote: post #71
Paul_S wrote: post #7

4:3 and matte and a proper keyboard. These no longer exist because Apple and shiny.

Matte screens are a crutch. I’m a big boy I can figure out how to properly light my office. I don’t want to stare at my text through cheese cloth for the sake of those who can’t.

In my experience this is controlled by shutting the blinds over the windows so the naughty sun doesn't make the laptop screen impossible to use. Great, no more sun in the cubicle farm. Thanks guys. :-(

Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by lttlrck »

scarface74 wrote: post #48

I have what I think is one of the last great 1920x1200 laptop displays. Not 4:3 but better than 1920x1080 It's a Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz Dell from 2008. It serves as my Plex Server. At least after 2012 you could get Retina display Macbooks and later PCs that you could use in other modes without looking bad. All that being said. For reading, I much prefer my iPad because it is 4:3.

Yeah I have an old 19” Inspiron with that panel. It’s fantastic - but glossy.

Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by kev009 »

bringtheaction wrote: post #53
kev009 wrote: post #12

On the other hand resolution has gotten to be AMAZING with 4k so I almost don't care anymore. That might be eye sight dependent as I am able to use fairly minimal scaling. I've had over the years ThinkPad 760, 600X (600 was one of the best laptop ever designed given the constraints in available tech, not sure anything can ever top it), T42, T61p, T420s and now P50 and it is a worthy family member as good as any of th…

The P50 seems very nice. Does anyone know if Linux or FreeBSD would be able to make use of all its features so that it makes sense to buy it, or is it too new? How about macOS? I currently run macOS on one of my ThinkPads (x220 Tablet). Would macOS be as simple to install on the P50 as it was on the x220 Tablet? [0] Would macOS be able to take advantage of the P50 hardware, including the 4K display? What’s the batter…

I use FreeBSD on mine. iwm(4) handles wifi generally ok but not as well as Windows. You can set either intel or nvidia graphics in the BIOS, both work on FreeBSD with the same about tradeoffs as Linux using open source intel drivers (graphics/drm-next-kmod port on FreeBSD) or the FreeBSD nvidia blob driver.

Re: Professionals need our 4:3 screens

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Post by DerekL »

Another reason why laptops are usually widescreen is airplanes. The seat in front is often reclined, leaving little room for a tall screen.

Also, keyboards are more wide than tall, so an extra wide case allows wider keys or more space between keys.

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