2015-04-28 9:58 GMT+02:00 Russell Standish <[email protected]>: > 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. >
In the end what he misses is the 16:10 or 5:4 aspect ratio, not the screen size per se or resolution. It's true that now, every screens are 16:9. I suppose there aren't much demand for it, or the demand is not as high as the supplemental cost to manufacture them... But I can't agree that because of that you can say no innovations are done... that's ignoring everything else that make up a computer... a computer is not a screen... personnaly I have three displays on my PC (two external and the laptop one), and I find it more important and useful than a single 16:10/5:4 screen. Quentin > > 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. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) -- 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.
