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Comments: 3 +- The end of non-widescreen laptops? on Sunday April 20 2008, @07:53PM Santi Ontañ&#
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Santi Ontañ&# writes "Today Lenovo made me (and most developers out there) misserable...
They just retired the last NON-widescreen laptop they offered (the T61 14.1) from the market, and Lenovo is just an example (Apple, Sony, HP, etc. are the same). I understand the motivation behind all the laptop manufacturers to move to widescreen: they can still advertise that they offer 14.1 or 15.4 screens, but the screen area is smaller, and thus they save more money. Some people might like widescreens (they are useful for some tasks), but any developer knows that vertical space matters! Less vertical space = less lines of code in the screen = more scrolling = less productivity. How can laptop manufacturers still claim that they look after their customers when the move to widescreens is clearly a selfish one? I just wish they offered non-widescreen laptops, even if it were for a plus (that I'd be more than happy to pay)."
They just retired the last NON-widescreen laptop they offered (the T61 14.1) from the market, and Lenovo is just an example (Apple, Sony, HP, etc. are the same). I understand the motivation behind all the laptop manufacturers to move to widescreen: they can still advertise that they offer 14.1 or 15.4 screens, but the screen area is smaller, and thus they save more money. Some people might like widescreens (they are useful for some tasks), but any developer knows that vertical space matters! Less vertical space = less lines of code in the screen = more scrolling = less productivity. How can laptop manufacturers still claim that they look after their customers when the move to widescreens is clearly a selfish one? I just wish they offered non-widescreen laptops, even if it were for a plus (that I'd be more than happy to pay)."
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bogdan (Score:1)
There's the Dell Latitude D530, you can only find it on the Small Business website so be sure to choose that first. NOTE that the SXGA+ doesn't work so well with the intel X3100 card, the image is kind of blurry and even more so in linux. You should choose XGA. I've seen some discussion about this issue too... no solution given. And you can't choose a proper video card either.
Of course it has a Dell battery... so don't expec
Grammar alert! (Score:1)
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would you think it's wrong?
would you think it's alright?
would you buy it?
No doubt one can drive such a car, but if 99% of the new cars all the sudden had this configuration, are we supposed to accept it?