We've been validating very high resolution laptops for our CAE products. I work at Altair. A bunch of laptops are coming out that can do 3840x2160. Would that resolution meet your requirements? I realize the aspect ratio is still off. On Dec 15, 2014 7:51 PM, "Keith Lofstrom" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:46:29PM +0100, Karel Lang AFD wrote: > > The laptops you talk about are 6+ yrs old now ... will be 12yrs then. > > After that its museum piece :]. > > Again - the reason for 32 bit is not that I cherish old CPUs with > inadequate RAM - but that I am currently looking at a 15 inch diagonal > (12x9 inch) 2048x1536 matt finish screen on a laptop, and such useful > screens are no longer made. Indeed, I start with 1600x1200 production > laptops and replace the displays with ultra-high resolution NEC > prototypes that some friends and I bought when Microsoft refused to > support them. They just happen to fit the T60 after some firmware > hacking. Production laptops are now made for watching movies and > playing games when the boss isn't looking. > > I do crazy stuff like write A or A4 size papers, construct high > resolution graphs, and fill screens with lots of xterms with > beautifully rendered text. Chromebook is interesting, but the > screen is small and my visual acuity is decreasing. I guess that > makes me a museum piece, too. :-) > > There is a promising local startup that hopes to custom build laptops, > using a kit of plug-together boards fit into a 3D-printed case (!!!). > But I don't understand how they will survive, much less where I will > find more 12x9 inch LCDs in the future. That is why I stockpiled > what I have, and accept reduced rendering speed. > > And that is why I ask here; if anybody runs old machines for > compatibility reasons, it would be experimental scientists running > multi-year data collections. Perhaps scientists doing very high > resolution imaging. There appear to be Thinkpad T60s deployed all > over the International Space Station in the pictures I've seen. > Yet another museum piece ... > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] >
