laptops with 1200 vertical resolution

[Joe Wulf]

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.




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>To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2013 1:36 PM
>Subject: Re: laptops with 1200 vertical resolution
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>On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Pilcher <arequipeno at gmail.com> wrote:
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>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>(Not that I'm bitter or anything.)
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>I always content that:
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>"I want my computer to be optimized to be a computer,
>NOT optimized to be a TV.
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>If I want a TV... I'll buy a TV.  I want a computer!"
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>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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