[Tfug] Lenovo Laptops

[Claude Rubinson]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 07:22:51PM -0700, christopher floess wrote:
> > On a related note, I was recently looking at the price list for a new
> > thinkpad and I was disappointed to see only widescreen models. That
> > frustrates me because the 4:3 is more pixels (and area) for the same
> > diagonal. I feel like the move to widescreen was largely a ploy by the
> > laptop manufacturers to sell cheaper screens with the same 14" spec
> > when in fact they have less area and fewer pixels (at the same dpi).
> > I knew 4:3 was getting scarce at HP and Dell, but now it looks like
> > lenovo has also given up on them. Bummer.
> >
> 
> I have to say, I like wide screen better. It does something for my
> work flow that I like better. Maybe I just like my work to spread out
> horizontally more than vertically. So even if I lose some space, a
> bigger horizontal spread makes it worthwhile.

I think that it's indisputable that LCD manufacturers are using the
shift in real estate to their financial advantage.  But has anybody
run the numbers to calculate cost per pixel for traditional vs
widescreen?  Are we actually getting fewer pixels for the money?

Claude