On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:59:33PM -0700, meekerdb wrote: > > No, I'm just saying they aren't available; and I think the in terms > of screen real estate, a 17" 3840x2160 is actually a step down in > functionality from a 17" 1920x1200. Sure it's got more resolution, > but my eye isn't good enough to benefit much from the higher > resolution. But I will miss that loss of 17% of screen area. So > returning to the original point I think that supports my case that > laptops have peaked in functionality and now they're just adding > bells and whistles.
Manufacturers will be driven to approximate the 9:5 aspect ratio of the movie screen, because for some reason, the number one use of a laptop is as an expensive television set. Probably Pirate Bay has something to do with this. Unfortunately, the rest of us who'd prefer a much more square 5:4 aspect ratio will just have to put up. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
