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I keep my main screen centered and the second is slightly wrapped around.
M]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
i think they do that just to point out out that its a teensy bit taller that standard 16:9. but lol its funny you should point that out i never thought of that.]]>Apr 21st 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/ Because 16:9 was a common widescreen format before 16:10 came around. Most computer LCDs are 16:10 and all widescreen TVs are 16:9.

Doesn't make any sense to reduce the fraction when lots of people wouldn't be able to figure out how to compare 16:9 and 8:5]]>Apr 21st 2008 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
Since I very rarely watch movies on my computer, I pick 4:3 every time.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
hmm... I always thought there weren't enough 13 inch laptops. Sony Vaio SZ, Apple MacBook, Dell XPS 1330 were the only laptops I considered getting. I felt 13.3 inches was perfect for me.

My vote goes for widescreen, just like movies. I figured, logically, eyes were meant to move left and right more often than up and down.]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
eyes aren't made to moe vertically as much as horizontally. good point.]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
The other place i miss the vertical space is for audio editing. Sometimes you want to see more tracks at once than a widescreen display can show, though it is nice to have the horizontal space.

GAH! Tradeoffs! When's somebody going to just release a big ass square display? That'd make me happy....]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/]]>Apr 22nd 2008 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
Any thoughts or recomendations for a good 22in monitor?]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
Also, on topic, I used to be a big 4:3 fan but I've since realized how much more natural widescreen is since your field of vision is actually much wider than tall. Also, widescreen monitors often have more pixels (1920x1200 vs 1600x1200 for example) although sometimes they skimp on pixels in laptops, which sucks. But for me it's really all about the pixels, and the price, and this monitor was too good to give up ($200 for 20"Viewsonic widescreen).]]>Apr 22nd 2008 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/I highly recommend the Samsung 204B. It's only 20", but you get a very sweet 1600x1200 native resolution and a nice low response time too (less motion blur).

@iofthestorm
The Nvidia drivers have the same feature. And since we're talking about Crysis, I think everyone who has the hardware to play has either Nvidia or ATI.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
Gimme a Toshiba M700 with a *high* resolution screen and I will be happy.... unfortunately even Toshiba has gone lackuster on their displays... you have no choice anymore.
]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
I hated the glossy screens until my work-issued laptop had one, and now I'll never buy an LCD with the anti-glare filter again. It's an HP-Compaq 6710b if anyone cares. ]]>Apr 22nd 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
The "Golden Ratio" has been around for ages. Artistically, it's always been highly prized. That ratio is 1.6180339887 which is very close to 16:10. As long as displays are rendered in pixels, this is probably about as close as you can get.
I also wish they'd quit making movies in wider and wider formats. Does it have to get as ridiculous as Seagal-Vision before they stop?]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/I'm glad you know this! I was searching to see if anyone mentioned Phi but then you mentioned golden ratio the golden ratio. It works in a funny way. The more precise you go, the further from 2:1 till you get to some naturally pleasing proportion found in nature.

1:1.6
10:16.2
100:161.6

Someone also told me you can do simple math and get close to the golden ratio by adding the in this progression: (1:2)1+1=2, (2:3)1+2=3, (3:5)2+3=5, (5:8)3+5=8, (8:13)5+8=13, (13:21)8+13=21... etc... ]]>Apr 22nd 2008 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Ratio
]]>Apr 22nd 2008 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence It's sort of where all of this stuff got started. :P Though, I do admit that this is quite an interesting point. My personal favorite resolution is 1920x1200 pixels. Its vertical count is slightly above 1920x1080 (1080p HD), its horizontal count is slightly above 1600x1200 (a VERY nice 4:3 resolution), and the spec was originally created because it allows two full documents to be placed side by side. Plus, one could throw in the ability to rotate most of these wonderful 16:10 monitors. Overall, I find that 1920x1200 offers the most advantages. It's also the highest common resolution that a single DVI port can handle. :D I seriously wonder what the deal is with this slew of 1680x1050 monitors. It's only a little extra for that oh-so-wonderful 1920x1200 resolution.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
Honestly I could really care less either way as long as the resolutions nice and high for the size.]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
WIDESCREEN - FOR THE WIN!]]>Apr 21st 2008 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 22nd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/Apr 21st 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Mo-ratio,
Than are dreamt of in your pixosophy..."

Ramlet, Hact I, Screen 5

~]]>Apr 21st 2008 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/lenovo-joins-the-all-widescreen-club-axes-the-4-3-thinkpad-t61/1. All the web pages are spanning horizontally aren't they!?
2. Every document you type is on landscape-oriented paper, yeah?
3. Computers and laptops are the best devices for watching movies, right?
4. 15-inch wide-screen laptop has a lot of pretty useful space on both sides of keyboard - you can put pen and pencil there (or better fork and knife).
5. My vision is so wide that I can look at both ends of 22" ws at the same time.

The only thing WS is better - it's cheaper, so it's much more profitable.
I can sell 15" notebook for a hundred less than your ugly near-square 14", hohoho! (and my nice 10-megapixel tiny p&s is sure better that your ugly big 6mp SLR). Blondies rulez 4eva.
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