On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Pilcher <arequip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/03/2013 10:58 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I guess the story is that there is no high-vertical resolution > > available yet. Confirms what I have also found. > > Apple is printing money selling high-end laptops with 16:10 screens. > Meanwhile, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. would kill their firstborn children > for an additional 1/2% of margin. > > IMO the story is that most laptop manufacturers are run by bean counters > who can't look past the extra $5 per unit that a 16:10 screen would cost > to the extra $100 they could charge for it. > > (Not that I'm bitter or anything.) > I always content that: "I want my computer to be optimized to be a computer, NOT optimized to be a TV. If I want a TV... I'll buy a TV. I want a computer!" It's sad that its very hard today, to find a computer that is as capable... as high a resolution... as something that _was_ readily available and cheaply, five (or more!) years ago.
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