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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 17:18 on Sunday 05 September 2010, Grant |
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> Edwards did opine thusly: |
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>> On 2010-09-05, John Blinka <john.blinka@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > Hi, all, |
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>> > My trusty Inspiron 8200 is on death's door and so I'm looking for a |
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>> > new laptop - one that will run Gentoo straightforwardly, of course. |
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>> > I really liked the 1600x1200 display on this machine, which I greatly |
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>> > prefer to the 1600x900 display on the more modern Inspiron 1545 I own. |
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>> > Most of what I do now is through a web browser, and I can see much |
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>> > more of a web page with 1200 lines of display than I can with 900. |
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>> > And I dislike the massive width of the 1545 which makes it much less |
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>> > portable than the old 8200. I'd love to replace my 8200 with a |
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>> > machine of similar dimensions, but thinner and lighter. However, I |
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>> > cannot find any machine on Dell's website with a 4x3 aspect ratio - |
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>> > they all seem to be approximately 16x9 now. |
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>> > So, is 16x9 all that's available now in laptops? |
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>> Yup, and 16x9 sucks -- it's just an excuse to ship smaller, |
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>> lower-resolution displays labelled with bigger numbers. |
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> If you have 16:9 at 1280*720, then yes, it is going to suck. There is nothing |
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> inherently wrong with the aspect ratio, please desist from trying to make it |
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> so. |
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> There are good reasons for it. It most easily fits the overall dimensions of |
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> the machine, you have a wide and not very deep keyboard plus space for a |
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> touchpad and palm rests. It's all approximately 16:9. I paid the extra to get |
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> 16:9 @ 1920x1200. Best thing I ever did laptop-wise - I can get two webpages |
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> side by side on the screen looking very natural. |
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I agree with the thrust of Alan's reply, but his numbers require |
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nonsquare pixels. |
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With square pixels 16x9 is 1920x1080 (so called full HD is 1080p). This |
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is my laptop's display. |
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My big (30") monitor is 16x10 (2560x1600) and is a joy to use. I prefer |
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the current wide aspect ratio better then the previous 4x3 standard. |
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allan |