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On 2010-09-06, Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote: |
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> Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> writes: |
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>> For a given height, a 16:9 display is 30% wider. I want nice tall |
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>> display (prefereably at least 9-10") without having to increase the |
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>> width beyond what a standard "laptop" style keyboard takes up (about |
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>> 12-13 inches). |
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> It is certainly true that, if the height of the display is the key |
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> factor and hence fixed, a wider screen will add more inches (I again |
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> assume square pixels). |
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> However, those extra inches and resulting extra pixels are far from |
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> useless. |
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I'm not saying that a wide display is useless. When it comes to |
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desktop displays bigger is always better (in either axis). |
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I'm saying I don't want to have to haul around a laptop thats 18" wide |
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so that I can have a display that's tall enough to comfortably edit |
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code on. |
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> I believe you are selling "two up" short. |
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No, I'm not. Two up is great on a desktop, where the extra width and |
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weight aren't a penalty. |
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> When I am preparing a course, I have the html up in one (emacs) |
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> window and the resulting web page in another (firefox) window |
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> immediately to its right. Heck I very much use and enjoy 3-up on my |
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> large (30" 2560x1600) monitor. |
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We're talking about laptops. How would you like hauling around a 30" |
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wide laptop? |
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