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A comment on Microsoft's new laptops for schools to be repairable.

Re:Microsoft's new laptops for schools to be repairable by rdtwo on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @12:14PM (#29177224)
Why would They go 16:9? Isn’t 16:9 mostly for watching movies
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Re:Microsoft's new laptops for schools to be repairable by culopatin on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:45PM (#29180508)
Well 16:9 has been the format in laptops for a long time. Why wouldn’t they conform to that?

Or better yet, why didn’t we ask this question 15 years ago?

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Re:Microsoft's new laptops for schools to be repairable by selfhoster11 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @02:21PM (#29179236)
It's cheaper to get 16:9 screens, would be my guess.
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