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I say it every time every time one of these threads pop up and I’ll say it again here: if it’s not 16:10 or 3:2 I’m simply not interested. I buy devices like t
by jagger27 5y ago
I say it every time every time one of these threads pop up and I’ll say it again here: if it’s not 16:10 or 3:2 I’m simply not interested.
I buy devices like this for productivity. I don't care about black bars when watching videos because I don't watch videos on it. What I absolutely care about is the extra inch of text in my terminal or text editor.
I didn't think this was a controversial opinion.
- bo1024 5y agoFramework might be for you! I think it's 3:2.
- jagger27 5y agoIndeed it's nearly perfect, but I would only buy it with a considerably better processor. Both Intel and AMD have incredible stuff lined up for the next few years in that space. For now though, since I have to keep a Mac around for work, I'll probably stick with my M1 MacBook Air for my portable needs and keep using Linux on my desktop.
- freedomben 5y agoa great thing about the framework though is the processor is upgradeable! So once the new stuff comes out ...
- jagger27 5y agoYes, if I haven’t just bought this MacBook I’d probably consider it.
- qudat 5y agoYou're still forced into buying an intel chip now. I'm holding out for an AMD with frame.work before purchasing. Hopefully they will come out with one before I purchase a M1 macbook air.
- Aromasin 5y agoIntel's upcoming Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs look to be hugely positive improvements. The Frameworks laptop is 100% on my to-buy list once they come to Europe.
- chrisseaton 5y agoDoesn't a wide aspect ratio let you put two code listings next to each other?
- jagger27 5y agoSure. It works even better with a little extra height.
- chrisseaton 5y agoIsn't that argument circular? Wide screen - great but add a little height so you can see more rows. Now you have a tall screen - great but add a little width so you can see more columns.
- jagger27 5y agoSee layer8’s comment above. Let’s say there’s a sweet spot somewhere between ultrawide and square. Why would 16:9 be ideal? The golden ratio is pretty close to 16:10, which is the basis of A4 (etc.) paper.
- lmm 5y ago> Why would 16:9 be ideal? The golden ratio is pretty close to 16:10, which is the basis of A4 (etc.) paper. No it isn't. A4 paper is roughly 7:5 (actually sqrt-2). The fact that people consistently get this wrong suggests that the golden ratio isn't actually all it's cracked up to be (IME the golden ratio makes for things that are too wide. My laptop has a 3:2 screen that I'm very happy with)
- jagger27 5y agoWhoops, so it is. I agree that 3:2 is close to ideal in a laptop form factor.
- admax88qqq 5y agoYup. In the end, wide vs tall makes less of a difference than total size in inches and total number of pixels. Take your preferred 4:3 and add horizontal pixels under 16:9, or your preferred 16:9 and add vertical pixeks under 4:3, on either case you can fit more on the screen.
- stevenhuang 5y agoWhat makes you think this is controversial? Your antagonistic stance on this is strange.
- jagger27 5y agoImmediately after posting it was downvoted heavily. The last sentence was added then.
- caymanjim 5y agoI miss 16:10 for coding use, but that ship has long since sailed. It's not like laptop manufacturers arbitrarily made the decision. TV display resolutions drive the market, display panel manufacturers target that market, and laptop manufacturers come along for the ride. There's no competitive advantage to fighting that reality. The sooner you come to terms with it the better off you'll be.
- justin66 5y ago> I miss 16:10 for coding use, but that ship has long since sailed. Macbook Air and Macbook Pro have 16:10 resolution.
- caymanjim 5y agoI stand corrected. Fair enough.
- jagger27 5y agoBecause there exist so many counter examples in MacBooks, Surface products, Huawei products, the Framework laptop, Dell XPS laptops, and a couple of ThinkPads I will continue asking for what I want.