On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@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.