On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 10:17 +0100, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
> This latter one is a a tendency with every manufacturers as what they do is
> cutting off the portion of the screen so it makes it cheaper to produce. So
> for example if the screen was normally 1280x1024 then it will be 1280x768 in
> wxga.

I've long been annoyed with the low resolution of laptop screens. About
5 years ago I purchased a Dell laptop with a 1440x1050 screen, I loved
it! Even today it's hard to find a decent laptop with that many pixels.

Part of the problem is cost, another I believe is demand. Many people
have poor eyesight and simply don't benefit from the higher res (all the
icons are too small).

This has most annoyed me with the netbook market, it took them a long
time to get to 1024x600 (800x480 was a joke, there are cell phones with
that many pixels), and a year later they're still basically stuck there.
There is the odd machine with 1360x768, but it's very rare.

I would LOVE to have a 10" netbook with a ~1440x900 screen, but I don't
think it exists, if it does surely not for a decent price.

TTYL

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