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my previous (bought in 2005) laptop was a dell inspiron 1440 that had a 1400x900 screen. when i replaced it (in 2009) the best i could do for a similar price an
by zem 14y ago
my previous (bought in 2005) laptop was a dell inspiron 1440 that had a 1400x900 screen. when i replaced it (in 2009) the best i could do for a similar price and cpu performance was an inspiron 15 that had a 1366x768 resolution. it's not a matter of people being cheap, screen resolutions really have retrogressed.
- rsynnott 14y agoI think a lot of manufacturers took the shift to 16:9 as an excuse to sneakily reduce resolutions.
- Zak 14y agoAt the low-end, I think they've actually been going up on laptops: 1024x768 -> 1280x768 -> 1366x768 but the trend reverses at the high-end: 2048x1536 -> 1920x1200 -> 1920x1080 Apple's 2880x1800 display is an exception, but so far the rest of the industry doesn't seem to be trying to imitate it.