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October 3rd, 2010 03:00
4:3 Screen Ratio for Laptops?
I'm ready to get a new laptop but have zero interest in a widescreen. Does Dell (or anyone) make 4:3 laptops anymore? Widescreens are AWFUL for doing actual work on a laptop, especially if you do word processing. They are fine for the occasional movie, but I have a television for that. I want my laptop to be useful for the other 95% of my programs, which need more vertical space, not less! It seems like widescreens just allow a distributor to claim a similar diagonal size with fewer actual pixels. Seems shady. Anyway, the iPad screen has a 4:3 ratio, so I know at least some manufacturers are willing to make them!
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RD980
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October 3rd, 2010 04:00
Yes, it's weird indeed.
I do like to have a wide screen, but even in that part the resolution get's bad.
My old Precision M65 had 1920x1200, but that's almost disappeared.
Now it's maximum 1920x1080, but weird enough the Dell's 17" are only 1600x900
ejn63
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October 3rd, 2010 04:00
It's not that unusual -- consumers have demanded lower and lower prices and it's a fact that it's cheaper to produce widescreen displays because it is possible to cut more of them from a single piece of glass substrate than it is with the 4:3 screens. Since all LCDs are basically produced in a few, large, multibillion dollar/yen/yuan fabrication plants, that's what the manufacturers are doing.
Even the Thinkpad line, which held out longer than others, is all widescreen these days.
bluesky557
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October 3rd, 2010 13:00
Yeah, I know it's cheaper to cut more of the widescreens, but I'd honestly pay several hundred dollars more to get a laptop with a screen that is actually useful for work! Take a note, Dell!
sgoode1
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July 4th, 2012 19:00
Dell and NEC have 5:4 and 4:3 monitors for the desk. They should offer the 4:3 option for laptops again. As monitors get smaller, an efficient display becomes more important. That is the point of a portable computer. The 17" widescreen is less efficient than a 15" 4:3 (size, weight, display height, area).