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Why Are We Losing Vertical Pixels?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-you-uriah dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Switching from 1600x1200 to wide 1680x1050 to HD 1600x900, we are losing more and more vertical space, thus it is becoming less and less simple to read a full A4 page or a web page or a function call. What's the solution for retaining the screen height we need to be productive?"

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  1. Re:Public transport by pla · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now figure out how to carry a portrait monitor and power supply on the bus. I thought the whole point of having a laptop was to be able to work in a vehicle or in a restaurant.

    Life: Get one. ;)

    Yes, I do primarily use my laptop (a netbook, actually, with an even smaller screen than TFA mentions) in vehicles or coffee shops or the like - But I sure as hell don't use it to work. I use it to waste a few hours on a trip; to check my email while away from home; To play emulated SNES games while sitting in a doctor's waiting room.

    I do my work... At work. Sometimes I'll VPN in from home, under extreme circumstances and for a very short period of time. But basically, work=work and home=home and life=life, and I take great pains to keep the first separated from the rest.

  2. Re:incorrect by belphegore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Let me flip that on you: find me ANY tv which has a 1920x1080 panel.