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The End of Non-Widescreen Laptops?
Santi Onta writes "Today Lenovo retired the last NON-widescreen laptop they offered (the T61 14.1) from the market, and Lenovo is just an example (Apple, Sony, HP, etc. are the same). I understand the motivation behind all the laptop manufacturers to move to widescreen: they can still advertise that they offer 14.1 or 15.4 screens, but the screen area is smaller, and thus they save more money. Some people might like widescreens (they are useful for some tasks), but any developer knows that vertical space matters! Less vertical space = less lines of code in the screen = more scrolling = less productivity. How can laptop manufacturers still claim that they look after their customers when the move to widescreens is clearly a selfish one? I just wish they offered non-widescreen laptops, even if it were for a plus (that I'd be more than happy to pay)." I've always preferred the widescreen aspect ratio -- vertical matters, but having two nice wide columns always mattered more to me. Until this reader's submission, I hadn't realized that it was such a contested issue. Does this matter?
We could all learn to use laptops sideways for coding:
Boss: Why are you lying down?
You: To be more productive!
Mind the frickin' laser...
I want a Unicorn. They won't give it to me. Instead I get a horse with a candle stuck to its head. What's your point?
if($laptopAspectRatio eq 'Widescreen') { print "all your code on one line!\n"; }
These laptops should make Perl one-liners at least a little easier to read.
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I'd rather have a widescreen display, but one more vertical height than you can currently buy these days. Leave the width the same, just change to height.
Sorry guys, ever since I started putting my homemade porn online, wide screens have become necessary.
If you know what I mean.
Thanks. I'll try to make that mistake fewer.
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Why does Bose spend their R&D budget on better speakers?
Woah, when did Bose start doing that?
This guy's the limit!
I just ditched my 8:5 laptop for a 16:10. It's four times as good.
Yeah, that "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor" is a fairly tricky checkbox. You have to click it just right.
Put the laptop on it's side. Now you've got the tallest laptop screen in the coffee shop man. Everyone will be all "Ohhh is that the new Mac laptop I heard about?"
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