I've enjoyed 1920x1200 on my laptops since 2003, and I lament this demise, too. I can't match the resolution I had nine years ago.
I'm a hardware engineer, and the more pixels I can pack into my display, the more I can see in my waveform viewer. It makes a real difference to me.
I can't say I fully understand the trend to almost-exclusive 16x9, either. I hear enough people complain about it that I'd have thought there would be a market for a 15.4" 1920x1200, even if you had to pay a premium for it.
I can't say I fully understand the trend to almost-exclusive 16x9, either.
I've read that this is because of the influence of TVs: pretty much every LCD maker is setup to cut panels in this form factor, and there isn't enough demand to make computer makers change this.
A couple years ago I saw a Lenovo blog post about how they could consider making taller laptop screens if, say, they got $20K pre-orders, but even then it would've been very, very expensive for the clients, and I don't think the idea ever went anywhere.
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I've enjoyed 1920x1200 on my laptops since 2003, and I lament this demise, too. I can't match the resolution I had nine years ago.
I'm a hardware engineer, and the more pixels I can pack into my display, the more I can see in my waveform viewer. It makes a real difference to me.
I can't say I fully understand the trend to almost-exclusive 16x9, either. I hear enough people complain about it that I'd have thought there would be a market for a 15.4" 1920x1200, even if you had to pay a premium for it.
I can't say I fully understand the trend to almost-exclusive 16x9, either.
I've read that this is because of the influence of TVs: pretty much every LCD maker is setup to cut panels in this form factor, and there isn't enough demand to make computer makers change this.
A couple years ago I saw a Lenovo blog post about how they could consider making taller laptop screens if, say, they got $20K pre-orders, but even then it would've been very, very expensive for the clients, and I don't think the idea ever went anywhere.