I completely disagree. I'm sorry, but I find it impossible to believe that enterprise IT departments and businesses were jumping up and down for 16:9 displays.

I completely disagree. I'm sorry, but I find it impossible to believe that enterprise IT departments and businesses were jumping up and down for 16:9 displays. Maybe all the stupid consumers wanted them, but consumers are not the target customer for enterprise laptops. I think it's much more likely that the laptop makers saw an opportunity to save money by going to 16:9 because of the massive growth in 16:9 LCD screens thanks to TVs, because the LCD factories were pushing them for economies of scale.