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Obviously it's subjective, but I'd prefer a machine with a 4:3 display, because when I'm coding or reading I need vertical real estate much more than horizontal

Obviously it's subjective, but I'd prefer a machine with a 4:3 display, because when I'm coding or reading I need vertical real estate much more than horizontal. I always assumed that the move to 16:9 for computers was driven mostly by either manufacturing economies of scale or the coolness factor of HDTV's.

pkamb 12y ago
Lots of good info about ThinkPad's switch to 16:9 here: http://web.archive.org/web/20111030050311/http://www.lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/2009/04/display-ratio-change-again/ http://web.archive.org/web/20111030050311/http://www.lenovob...