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All the other ultrabooks are 16:9, right? It's so hard losing that extra screen real estate, you really get used to it after a while. I'd rather even go 3:2, bu

All the other ultrabooks are 16:9, right? It's so hard losing that extra screen real estate, you really get used to it after a while. I'd rather even go 3:2, but the options there are only the Surface Pro or Pixelbook.

sushisource 9y ago
3:2 is the best. It drives me fucking insane that all the laptop manufacturers have capitulated to the idea that everyone's spending time watching movies on their laptops more than anything else, which strikes me a complete nonsense but I suppose it must be true, otherwise they wouldn't make that decision... I hope.
- jmagoon 9y ago
  I'm buying a new computer and keep seeing hints of crosvm (real containers!) for the Pixelbook. If they could even say 'yes, this will be released at some point' I would just buy one, but instead they stay tightlipped and I'll have to buy another MBP.
- JonathonW 9y ago
  A wider screen on a laptop has the advantage of allowing a wider keyboard-- so smaller laptops (12"-13" and below) can have full size (or closer to full-size) keyboards, and larger laptops (15" or so) can fit things like a full numeric keypad (15-inch 16:10 doesn't even quite leave room for one, but 15-inch 16:9 does without inflating the screen bezel too much). It's also probably not coincidental that a wider screen ratio allows the manufacturer to sell less screen (in terms of area or total pixels) at the same diagonal size.
  - sushisource 9y ago
    Never thought about the diagonal thing. That's probably the best explanation.
- hamandcheese 9y ago
  I bought my sister a surface laptop to use for school, and the very first thing she said was “How do I watch Netflix?”
Viper007Bond 9y ago
The Surface Laptop is also 3:2 [1] and I absolutely love it. Proper laptop unlike the Pro (tablet). [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-laptop/p/90fc23dv6snz?ocid=pmp&activetab=pivot:techspecstab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-laptop/p/90f...

sushisource 9y ago

3:2 is the best. It drives me fucking insane that all the laptop manufacturers have capitulated to the idea that everyone's spending time watching movies on their laptops more than anything else, which strikes me a complete nonsense but I suppose it must be true, otherwise they wouldn't make that decision... I hope.

jmagoon 9y ago
I'm buying a new computer and keep seeing hints of crosvm (real containers!) for the Pixelbook. If they could even say 'yes, this will be released at some point' I would just buy one, but instead they stay tightlipped and I'll have to buy another MBP.
JonathonW 9y ago
A wider screen on a laptop has the advantage of allowing a wider keyboard-- so smaller laptops (12"-13" and below) can have full size (or closer to full-size) keyboards, and larger laptops (15" or so) can fit things like a full numeric keypad (15-inch 16:10 doesn't even quite leave room for one, but 15-inch 16:9 does without inflating the screen bezel too much). It's also probably not coincidental that a wider screen ratio allows the manufacturer to sell less screen (in terms of area or total pixels) at the same diagonal size.
- sushisource 9y ago
  Never thought about the diagonal thing. That's probably the best explanation.
hamandcheese 9y ago
I bought my sister a surface laptop to use for school, and the very first thing she said was “How do I watch Netflix?”

Viper007Bond 9y ago

The Surface Laptop is also 3:2 [1] and I absolutely love it. Proper laptop unlike the Pro (tablet). [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-laptop/p/90fc23dv6snz?ocid=pmp&activetab=pivot:techspecstab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-laptop/p/90f...