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3:2 screen ratio is a killer feature. The size (800g, 9.1 mm) is quite unbelievable as well.
by sz4kerto 12y ago
3:2 screen ratio is a killer feature. The size (800g, 9.1 mm) is quite unbelievable as well.
- higherpurpose 12y agoExcept there's not much point to a 12" portrait tablet. How often do you think you'd be using such a tablet in portrait mode?
- grayclhn 12y agoI use my ipad in portrait mode for reading pdfs and because it's easier to hold; I don't think that changing the aspect ratio would make much of a difference for either of those tasks, but it would make typing in landscape mode much better
- rayiner 12y ago12" portrait is the right size for working with Word documents and PDFs.
- dragonwriter 12y agoWell, 14" would be better for letter-sized documents, but 12" is tolerably close to right.
- sliverstorm 12y agoDo you print your letters on US Legal or something like that?
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Do you print your letters on US Legal or something like that? No, "letter size" was a reference to US Letter, which is 8.5"x11", which has a 13.9" diagonal, so a 14" screen would be about right (a little small for a 100% display if it is 3:2, because US Letter has a 1.29:1 aspect ratio rather than 1.5:1.) US Legal is 8.5"x14" which is closer to 3:2 (1.65:1) but also 16.4" diagonal.
- sliverstorm 12y agoWhoops, forgot about the difference was of measuring screens & paper...
- anigbrowl 12y agoI have a huge library of PDFs that I prefer to read on a fast tablet (where I can annotate and so on). This is a big plus for me.
- LeafyGreenbriar 12y agoIt will be interesting to see how that aspect ratio feels. I definitely like the 4:3 ratio on the iPad, and hate the fact that Android devices are all 16:9 or 16:10, which is a terrible tablet ratio for anything other than watching widescreen video content. I would also prefer a laptop with a taller display. 3:2 might be a really good sweet spot.