Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it?
by rythie on Thursday June 10, 2010 @05:15PM
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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
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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.
Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it?
by rythie on Thursday June 10, 2010 @06:42PM
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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.
Re:Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get it?
by petercooper on Thursday June 10, 2010 @08:14PM
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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..