iPad raises questions about laptop display options
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Re: iPad raises questions about laptop display options
#2I love 4:3 screens, but they are very hard to get as the article states.
I thought we were few, but it seems there are enough 4:3 lovers out there :) (Apple included?)
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#3I understand the move to 16x10, but why the change from there to 16x9? That doesn't seem to do anything but lose more vertical space.
I also don't understand why there doesn't seem to be enough demand to continue offering 4x3 models. Maybe not in every size range, but it seems like there should be enough demand in a couple popular sizes.
Re: iPad raises questions about laptop display options
#4I love 4:3 screens, but they are very hard to get as the article states. I thought we were few, but it seems there are enough 4:3 lovers out there :) (Apple included?)
Ditto. 3:2 is ok, 16:10 is pushing it, and 16:9 is getting into the absurd. Especially since most windowing UIs have fixed-size vertical elements, so eliminating 10% of the vertical pixels actually loses more than 10% of the usable space.
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#5The missing/sacrificed vertical resolution could be solved if more laptops would offer better, higher resolutions than 1280x800 / 1366x768 on laptops as large as 15.6". High resolution 12/13/14/15 inch laptops are ridiculously niche.
Re: iPad raises questions about laptop display options
#6I understand the move to 16x10, but why the change from there to 16x9? That doesn't seem to do anything but lose more vertical space. I also don't understand why there doesn't seem to be enough demand to continue offering 4x3 models. Maybe not in every size range, but it seems like there should be enough demand in a couple popular sizes.
I've heard (no article link) that the panel makers are pushing to standardize on 16:9 formats. They don't want to have two manufacturing processes for tvs and computer display screens.
It seems like a weak argument though, because there are more computer screen resolutions than there are "HD" resolutions.
edit: grammar.
Re: iPad raises questions about laptop display options
#7The missing/sacrificed vertical resolution could be solved if more laptops would offer better, higher resolutions than 1280x800 / 1366x768 on laptops as large as 15.6". High resolution 12/13/14/15 inch laptops are ridiculously niche.
My last 2 work laptops have lost vertical pixels from the previous model. It's very frustrating when at least 80% of what I work on is in a vertical format.
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#8I figured the iPad wasn't widescreen because it doesn't work well vertically.
Re: iPad raises questions about laptop display options
#9The missing/sacrificed vertical resolution could be solved if more laptops would offer better, higher resolutions than 1280x800 / 1366x768 on laptops as large as 15.6". High resolution 12/13/14/15 inch laptops are ridiculously niche.
I've gone to Dell custom screens and MacBooks to fight this trend. I feel some distress that all the reasonable priced retail laptops seem impossible to use for real work anymore.
Re: iPad raises questions about laptop display options
#10The missing/sacrificed vertical resolution could be solved if more laptops would offer better, higher resolutions than 1280x800 / 1366x768 on laptops as large as 15.6". High resolution 12/13/14/15 inch laptops are ridiculously niche.
butbutbut people will complain that everything is too small!
I am not one of those people. And I wish OSes would get off their asses and do resolution independent rendering so we could move on.