I was able to buy a 15" widescreen laptop from Dell with 1060 vertical resolution in mid-2006 for about $700. I only recently upgraded because the wifi card on

I was able to buy a 15" widescreen laptop from Dell with 1060 vertical resolution in mid-2006 for about $700. I only recently upgraded because the wifi card on it started to flake out, but I was sorely disappointed that I couldn't find resolution that matched or exceeded that in today's laptop, without paying a premium. It didn't help that I was searching via the Dell Outlet, where you can't sort by screen resolution (something they're supposed to be fixing in the next couple of months, I've been told) I ended up settling for a 14" w/ 900px vertical resolution, but I definitely miss the 160 pixels I lost.