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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by Qz on Thursday June 10, 2010 @02:04PM (#1421009)
Having a bad math day? A square gives the best number of pixels per diagonal inch. The farther you get from a square (aka the wider the screen), the less pixels you get, even if the diagonal length stays the same. You can advertise a 22 inch monitor but if it's only 1 inch tall then it's worthless.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by petercooper on Thursday June 10, 2010 @04:54PM (#1421634)
A 40 inch monitor that's 1 inch tall would also be useless.

Besides, 4:3 screens aren't square either. Why not demand 1:1 screens? Wide screens are more aesthetically pleasing (for most, not all).

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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by rythie on Thursday June 10, 2010 @05:15PM (#1421722)
most non-wide screen 17 and 19inch monitors were 1280x1024 which was 5:4 which is even more square. I'd happily buy two 1:1 monitors (no one makes an affordable monitor with more than 2048 pixels wide).
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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by petercooper on Thursday June 10, 2010 @05:40PM (#1421826)
It seems impractical to me. I'd rather just have one screen that's wide but not too tall. It's a lot easier to look across wider things than up and down tall things.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by rythie on Thursday June 10, 2010 @06:42PM (#1422021)
1920 widescreens are not really wide enough for a webpage and a code window. A 2560 widescreen is the obvious answer but they cost 3 to 4 times as much.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by petercooper on Thursday June 10, 2010 @08:14PM (#1422256)
You're right. I guess your other suggestion was really still making a "wide screen" but a super high res one out of two squarer ones :-) That seems a reasonable solution.

I have 2560 pixels wide but I have a 27" iMac and sorta consider the screen almost a "freebie" with the computer (considering how little extra the 27" costs). A similar stand alone screen is crazy money though..

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Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it? by Qz on Thursday June 10, 2010 @10:39PM (#1422574)
Simple solution: buy two monitors. Only costs twice as much.
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