Yep, IDTech made it between 2001 and 2005. Samsung has one, too, of lower quality (it's a TN display instead of IPS.)
Three or four models of NEC laptop (at least one in Japan in 2002, one there in 2004, and one in Europe in 2004, and maybe another,) and the ThinkPad R50p had such a panel as an option.
Myself, I actually used a 10.1" Aspire One as my main machine for about a month, until I could get a replacement motherboard for my main machine.
My main machine is a 15" ThinkPad T60p with a 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2.5 gigs of RAM, an ATI FireGL V5200 (now V5250, the replacement motherboard was an unexpected graphics upgrade,) and a 2048x1536 display.
The Aspire One wasn't pretty when it came to multiple Flash apps running at once, but for everything else, it was more than acceptable. Except for the screen real estate.
This thing, with 1366x768 or better panels (they exist,) would be excellent for my uses that way.
I don't think laptops or most desktop monitors do it right, but my IBM T221 does just that - scales only evenly to the largest resolution that will fit without requiring interpolation.
And, 640x480 evenly scales to 3200x2400. (Native is 3840x2400, so you get the largest possible image for a 4:3 perfectly scaled resolution.)
That said, EGA, CGA, and MCGA all get horribly screwy, as they're 4:3 resolutions with non-square pixels.
EGA (640x350) cannot evenly scale into a T221 while maintaining proper aspect ratio, and as the T221 is the highest resolution LCD available to consumers, you will need a CRT to do this perfectly, although you can get close on the aspect ratio by multiplying horizontal by 3, and vertical by 4 - the aspect ratio is 48:35. You'll use a 1920x1400 box in the middle of the display. (This isn't much better than 1/4 of the display.)
CGA and MCGA are better, they're 320x200. Scale horizontally x10, scale vertically x12. (For the 640x200 CGA mode, scale horizontally x5 instead.) They'll scale evenly to the same 3200x2400 that VGA will scale to.
Of course, for the EGA, CGA, and MCGA examples, you'll have to do some scaling in software - to scale evenly, EGA must be scaled directly to that 1920x1400 mode in software, and CGA and MCGA must be scaled to either 320x240 or 640x480 in software (or by the graphics card.)
Sun's opened the UltraSPARC T1 and T2, although nobody's spun an ASIC from that.
Alternately, Gaisler Research has the LEON, which is dual-licensed under the GPL and a closed license. Want to use it non-commercially, it's GPL for that, want to use it commercially without giving up the source, you have to pay. And, there's a few SoCs here and there based on it.
Except, on the desktop and most laptops, maximum PPI has actually gone down over the years. The best non-medical LCDs are 120 PPI or so. Just a few years ago, that was 204. (Granted, said 204 PPI screen was expensive, but it was "general" purpose. All the high PPI stuff left is specialized for either medical imaging or air traffic control.)
I really should make a graph of all of this some time - screen size vs. min/mode/mean/max PPI vs. time.
Anyway, there's the IBM T221, if you know someone in Japan that regularly makes bulk shipments to the US, you can get one for around $400. 3840x2400, 22.2". It's the Bugatti Veyron of computer monitors.
Another option is the IDTech IAQX10 family. You can find IAQX10Ns for under $130, and then put them in a 15" 4:3 ThinkPad R60, R60e, R61, R61i, T60, or T60p, using the SXGA+/UXGA inverter, and a reflashed EDID ROM. (You can also swap a 14.1" 4:3 T61 or T61p motherboard into the T60/p chassis to build a 15" 4:3 T61/p machine. Or, if you're on an extreme budget, it will also work in an R50p (IBM actually sold that as a supported configuration,) although it requires a different LCD cable, and at least the UXGA inverter and hinges, with the QXGA parts recommended.) That'll give you 2048x1536 at 15".
Except that's not what left and right wing mean at all. They have nothing to do with "rates of change."
Left wing (in theory) means greater personal freedoms, but more government control of the market.
Right wing (in theory) means lesser personal freedoms, but more private control of the market.
Now, using a two-axis chart, where the top of the chart means greater freedoms and private market, and the bottom means lesser freedoms and government market, you'd get the modern Republican party on the right side of the chart, but near the bottom. The modern Democratic party would actually be on the horizontal center, but right next to the Republican party, near the bottom.
And trust me, they're both trying to take personal freedoms from us as quickly as possible.
And, two party systems aren't prevalent in countries that have voting systems that promote voting for candidates rather than against candidates. You even have successful single-issue parties in Europe, like the Pirate Party.
Democracy can work, but the political spectrum isn't one-dimensional, it's AT LEAST two-dimensional, and due to collusion between the Republican and Democratic parties, only one dimension is represented, and that entire dimension is moving downwards (in a libertarian-biased graph) or upwards (in a statist-biased graph,) at a rather scary pace (unless, of course, you're a statist.)
Problem is, when it's child porn, due process and presumption of innocence are thrown out the window.
And, even if the courts do treat the suspect fairly, the suspect will always have the brand of having been charged with possession or distribution of child porn, and will be an unemployable outcast of society.
Granted, that's like saying "Windows apps that are incompatible with WINE are supported on Linux by way of running Windows in a VM," but slightly more valid than that.;)
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Yep, IDTech made it between 2001 and 2005. Samsung has one, too, of lower quality (it's a TN display instead of IPS.)
Three or four models of NEC laptop (at least one in Japan in 2002, one there in 2004, and one in Europe in 2004, and maybe another,) and the ThinkPad R50p had such a panel as an option.
1280x1024 = 5:4 = never happening.
However, there are off-the-shelf 1366x768 10.1" panels they could've shoved in there.
That said, my main machine is a ThinkPad T60p 15.0" with a 2048x1536 panel retrofitted.
Myself, I actually used a 10.1" Aspire One as my main machine for about a month, until I could get a replacement motherboard for my main machine.
My main machine is a 15" ThinkPad T60p with a 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 2.5 gigs of RAM, an ATI FireGL V5200 (now V5250, the replacement motherboard was an unexpected graphics upgrade,) and a 2048x1536 display.
The Aspire One wasn't pretty when it came to multiple Flash apps running at once, but for everything else, it was more than acceptable. Except for the screen real estate.
This thing, with 1366x768 or better panels (they exist,) would be excellent for my uses that way.
I thought they used lithium for mental health, not nickel metal hydride. ;)
Or just get a monitor that only scales evenly.
I don't think laptops or most desktop monitors do it right, but my IBM T221 does just that - scales only evenly to the largest resolution that will fit without requiring interpolation.
And, 640x480 evenly scales to 3200x2400. (Native is 3840x2400, so you get the largest possible image for a 4:3 perfectly scaled resolution.)
That said, EGA, CGA, and MCGA all get horribly screwy, as they're 4:3 resolutions with non-square pixels.
EGA (640x350) cannot evenly scale into a T221 while maintaining proper aspect ratio, and as the T221 is the highest resolution LCD available to consumers, you will need a CRT to do this perfectly, although you can get close on the aspect ratio by multiplying horizontal by 3, and vertical by 4 - the aspect ratio is 48:35. You'll use a 1920x1400 box in the middle of the display. (This isn't much better than 1/4 of the display.)
CGA and MCGA are better, they're 320x200. Scale horizontally x10, scale vertically x12. (For the 640x200 CGA mode, scale horizontally x5 instead.) They'll scale evenly to the same 3200x2400 that VGA will scale to.
Of course, for the EGA, CGA, and MCGA examples, you'll have to do some scaling in software - to scale evenly, EGA must be scaled directly to that 1920x1400 mode in software, and CGA and MCGA must be scaled to either 320x240 or 640x480 in software (or by the graphics card.)
Sun's opened the UltraSPARC T1 and T2, although nobody's spun an ASIC from that.
Alternately, Gaisler Research has the LEON, which is dual-licensed under the GPL and a closed license. Want to use it non-commercially, it's GPL for that, want to use it commercially without giving up the source, you have to pay. And, there's a few SoCs here and there based on it.
Except most netbooks are 1024x600, and many are 1366x768.
Except, on the desktop and most laptops, maximum PPI has actually gone down over the years. The best non-medical LCDs are 120 PPI or so. Just a few years ago, that was 204. (Granted, said 204 PPI screen was expensive, but it was "general" purpose. All the high PPI stuff left is specialized for either medical imaging or air traffic control.)
I really should make a graph of all of this some time - screen size vs. min/mode/mean/max PPI vs. time.
1400x1050 at 10"? What laptop?
Anyway, there's the IBM T221, if you know someone in Japan that regularly makes bulk shipments to the US, you can get one for around $400. 3840x2400, 22.2". It's the Bugatti Veyron of computer monitors.
Another option is the IDTech IAQX10 family. You can find IAQX10Ns for under $130, and then put them in a 15" 4:3 ThinkPad R60, R60e, R61, R61i, T60, or T60p, using the SXGA+/UXGA inverter, and a reflashed EDID ROM. (You can also swap a 14.1" 4:3 T61 or T61p motherboard into the T60/p chassis to build a 15" 4:3 T61/p machine. Or, if you're on an extreme budget, it will also work in an R50p (IBM actually sold that as a supported configuration,) although it requires a different LCD cable, and at least the UXGA inverter and hinges, with the QXGA parts recommended.) That'll give you 2048x1536 at 15".
Great. Now point me to some modern software (or hardware, for that matter) that can run with IRIX.
30", not cheap, but... in theory, that'll perfectly scale.
However, in a jury system, if juries are given power to interpret the laws, then you get interesting consequences.
Intentionally vague laws can be abused, yes, but they're also flexible in the other direction.
It even doesn't have much to do with data bandwidth.
It has to do with human processing ability.
If you don't filter the spam out, then you'll miss quite a lot of legitimate e-mails, and may not even check your e-mail at all.
Learn to read. He said he was going to get his wife's netbook and put OSx86 on THAT.
They're already doing that... Problem is, there are EFI simulators out there that simulate the correct firmware.
Exactly like that.
Except that's not what left and right wing mean at all. They have nothing to do with "rates of change."
Left wing (in theory) means greater personal freedoms, but more government control of the market.
Right wing (in theory) means lesser personal freedoms, but more private control of the market.
Now, using a two-axis chart, where the top of the chart means greater freedoms and private market, and the bottom means lesser freedoms and government market, you'd get the modern Republican party on the right side of the chart, but near the bottom. The modern Democratic party would actually be on the horizontal center, but right next to the Republican party, near the bottom.
And trust me, they're both trying to take personal freedoms from us as quickly as possible.
And, two party systems aren't prevalent in countries that have voting systems that promote voting for candidates rather than against candidates. You even have successful single-issue parties in Europe, like the Pirate Party.
Democracy can work, but the political spectrum isn't one-dimensional, it's AT LEAST two-dimensional, and due to collusion between the Republican and Democratic parties, only one dimension is represented, and that entire dimension is moving downwards (in a libertarian-biased graph) or upwards (in a statist-biased graph,) at a rather scary pace (unless, of course, you're a statist.)
Problem is, when it's child porn, due process and presumption of innocence are thrown out the window.
And, even if the courts do treat the suspect fairly, the suspect will always have the brand of having been charged with possession or distribution of child porn, and will be an unemployable outcast of society.
For unsigned apps or for root?
Unsigned apps are encouraged, but I was under the impression that root was another story.
How did you obtain root, though?
Did you install an ADP ROM, did you install some hacked ROM (read: jailbreak,) or did you jailbreak it yourself?
However, IIRC, you don't get to use paid Android Market apps if you get a ROM that allows root.
Therefore, it becomes a catch-22 - to have root, you either jailbreak, or you don't get paid apps.
I keep forgetting about that Nextel thing.
OK, so phones that anyone here would actually buy, you get root out of the box.
OK, the malware then starts sharing the files.
Actually, IIRC, that's happened before.
IE is supported by way of Chrome Frame...
Granted, that's like saying "Windows apps that are incompatible with WINE are supported on Linux by way of running Windows in a VM," but slightly more valid than that. ;)