I am so glad that there's been a 16:9 backlash. It makes no sense on smaller screens the you have to work from. It's ok for phones, since you need to hold them in your hand in portrait so some narrowness makes sense, and for smaller tablets that are designed just for watching video. But I love that iPads are still (mostly) 4:3, and 16:10 is an ok balance for laptops and desktop monitors (though I'd probably prefer 4:3 there as well).

As a programmer I would really like to have more choices of 3:2 or even 4:3 aspect ratio laptops (because of the added vertical space, which is really much more valuable when working mostly with text on fairly small displays). For 3:2 I'm only aware of the MS Surface and Huaewei MateBook laptops, and Thinkpads were probably the last 4:3 laptops(?).

The MateBook really is a nice looking laptop. The folks I've known that have purchased them have all run into reliability issues within a year (non-booting machines, spacebar stops working, other weird things) I looked into them before I bought my Thinkpad X1C. I still like that screen though.

The Google Pixelbook is 3:2 also, it's pretty great except for the big-ass bezels.

Sometimes I feel like the only one who likes bezels. They provide a nice, distraction-free buffer between the screen and the background. You can also pick up sturdier laptops by the bezel, without worrying about getting fingerprints on the screen.

Of course, I also like more screen space, so it's a wash in the end. And I prefer small bezels in multi-monitor setups. So I guess I understand why they're going out of style.

Definitely. Check out Bang & Olufsen TVs. You’ll like them.

Isn't already a thing (or almost)? For example Dell Latitude E7470 14" (16:9) [0] and Dell Precision 5550 15.6" (16:10) [1]:

Dell Precision 5550:

> Front Height: 7.70 mm (0.30 in.)

> Rear Height: 11.65 mm (0.45 in.)

> Width: 344.40 mm (13.56 in.)

> Depth: 230.30 mm (9.07 in.)

Dell Latitude E7470:

> Front Height: 17.2 mm (0.68 inch)

> Back Height: 19.4 mm (0.76 inch)

> Width 334.00 mm (13.14 inches)

> Depth: 232.0 mm (9.13 inches)

Precision is bulkier (cooling and dedicated GPU) and by about 10mm is larger (in width) but it is close to mimic 14".

[0]: https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/latitude-e7470-ultrabook_own...

[1]: https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/precision-15-5550-laptop_own...

I have a Huawei matebook x pro, which is 3:2 and has a 91% STB ratio in a 14" form factor. Unless you want the bezels to disappear completely, I don't see things getting much better.