[Tfug] Laptop options

[Claude Rubinson]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 08:20:35PM -0700, Tyler Kilian wrote:
> Not trying to be contrary, but why not just embrace widescreen?
> The boat has sailed on this one.  4:3 isn't coming back, so why not
> spend your money on a superior machine with widescreen?   I'm also
> curious, why can't you do work on a widescreen?  Millions of people
> are able to work on widescreen just fine.

I'm not sure that this is actually true.  In academia at least, what
you tend to see is people with dual monitor setups, with both monitors
rotated vertically.  The additional vertical space is great for
displaying PDFs of journal articles, but also for editors and word
processors.