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The old Dell Latitude D models had 16:10 displays (albeit at 1280x800 pixels) so for Dell they are bringing it back. 16:9 is just too shallow to do any meaning
by Jaruzel 6y ago
The old Dell Latitude D models had 16:10 displays (albeit at 1280x800 pixels) so for Dell they are bringing it back.
16:9 is just too shallow to do any meaningful work on.
- jbverschoor 6y agoIt was never meant for work..
- lmilcin 6y agoYeah... exactly. If I remember there were two drivers. One was entertainment (movies look good on 16:9 although I prefer to have the black bar for subtitles) and another was keyboard. Wider screen meant more space for keyboard with full sized keys which meant smaller laptops possible at the same diagonal. Also worth mentioning that shallower screen at the same diagonal has less area.
- pqb 6y agoOh c'mon, many laptops in last decade had 1366x768 display and many people still downscale theirs 1920x1080 into 1600x900 or 1440x810, because they have problems to comfortable see and read text from screen :) Dell D-series are at least twelve years old [0] (example model with 16:10 display [1]). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Latitude#Latitude_D8x0_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Latitude#Latitude_D8x0_se... [1]: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitude-D830-Notebook.4305.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitude-D830-Note... Edit: I would love to have same resolution (1680x 1050) available from linked D830 (2007) in mine HP Probook 4340s (2012), which I used at university and Unity3D course. It had scrumpy 1366x768.
- sidpatil 6y agoIt kills me when I see people downscale their displays to be able to read their text. But I blame the OS developers for this: the display settings should allow you to scale the graphical elements according to your preference.
- floatboth 6y agoWindows 10 is good at this, you can set 125% or 150% UI scale no problem.
- jbverschoor 6y agoThe 16:9 is for videos