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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by amarshall on Saturday June 27, 2020 @08:58AM (#23661558)
I applaud the change to a 16:10 screen (the ratio used in all Apple laptops and sadly few others for years). The extra vertical space for the same area is very welcome; 16:9 feels very cramped at laptop sizes once you add a few menu bars and headers and banners. I hope more laptop manufacturers decide to go this direction.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by fartcannon on Saturday June 27, 2020 @09:27AM (#23661729)
Agreed. And Id prefer they return to 5x4 for all tablets and tablet PCs. I had a tablet PC back in 04 that was a 5x4 ratio Toshiba R10 and it was marvelous. I ran Linux on it! 16 years ago!
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by emiliovesprini on Saturday June 27, 2020 @10:47AM (#23662151)
No half measures! let's go 1:1 baby.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by RandomBacon on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:05PM (#23664258)
They exist! (Well as a freestanding monitor.) I have one, and it's glorious!

https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by amarshall on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:06PM (#23665054)
I don’t know why, but those proportions rather perturb me. Being so used to having displays be wider than tall, that almost looks taller than wide. I think it’s fantastic that it exists, though.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:48PM (#23664575)
More expensive for a 1:1 16in than a 16:9 16in. Also 16in is usually 15.6.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by woofie11 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @02:16PM (#23663521)
Not all Apple computers.

iPads are growing up into computers, and have a 4:3.

It's odd, but it's really hard to find high-quality computers these days. Everyone skimps corners by giving things like 16:9 instead of 4:3. That makes sense on the low-end, but the top-of-the-line just doesn't seem to exist much anymore.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by pyrophane on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:01AM (#23662242)
Oh, I know. I would love to see even taller displays make their way to workstation computers.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-i... by propter_hoc on Saturday June 27, 2020 @11:11AM (#23662322)
I have a Surface Laptop 3 with a 3:2 display. It's excellent.
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