I second that motion of having a computer function as a computer. I had the opportunity when buying my latest laptop to go with something older and less capable, but having a decent screen resolution of 1920x1200 or a newer, more capable model with LESS resolution. Unfortunately, the FAD a television-like computer was far more important to the bean-counters than the stability of decent resolution. Not that I'm bitter, either! In the end I went with the higher-end newer model laptop. My Dell Alienware M18x is an excellent machine with the only real flaw was the loss of meaningfully invaluable screen real-estate. Sadly, it was done by Dell in the name of
fashion and silly (in)conveinence, vice common-sense.
From: Fulko Hew <fulko.hew@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:If I want a TV... I'll buy a TV. I want a computer!"
On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution
> available yet. Confirms what I have also found.
Apple is printing money selling high-end laptops with 16:10 screens.
Meanwhile, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. would kill their firstborn children
for an additional 1/2% of margin.
IMO the story is that most laptop manufacturers are run by bean counters
who can't look past the extra $5 per unit that a 16:10 screen would cost
to the extra $100 they could charge for it.
(Not that I'm bitter or anything.)
I always content that:
"I want my computer to be optimized to be a computer,
NOT optimized to be a TV.
It's sad that its very hard today, to find a computer that is
as capable... as high a resolution... as something that _was_
readily available and cheaply, five (or more!) years ago.
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