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4:3 Aspect come on Apple!
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It's 16:10, not 4:3. Besides, it's a lot better than 16:9, which would give you around 10% less pixels.
How did you come up to that conclusion? If 13" MBP had 16:9 screen, it would most likely be 1280x720 or 1366x768 which is worse than 1280x800. 16:9 screens are cheaper to manufacture but that does not imply that they are better.
11.6" MBA has 1366x768, which is approximately 16:9.
Air : 1366x768 (native)
Pro : 1280x800 (native)
The Air has widescreen the MBP doesn't the screen seems far more box like than the Air.
On the Air your windows have far more space on screen on the MBP with the same windows it's boxed in and the same things don't fit.
1366/768 = 1.77
1280/800 = 1.6
4/3 = 1.33
Both 1.6 and 1.77 would be considered wide screen in this context. Anything significantly larger than 1.33 would. Your basic premise does not make any sense.
Smaller resolution does not mean it isn't widescreen. And 16:10 will have more height than 16:9, making it slightly more "box like".
The Air has the wider native screen resolution and with that you can fit more apps on screen and they also look less box like. I can load the twitter client on both and it looks thiner and better on the air if I load it on the MBP, if I try to re size it to be as thin as on the Air the content is squashed.
I was comparing the 13" version of both laptops. Didn't notice the 11.6" in your original post. 16:10 is still considered widescreen.
Yes that doesn't look good next to the Air.
I admit making an initial error on the term widescreen and typing 4:3 when I meant 16:10 but the issue I was trying to bring up is apps look better on that 16:9 aspect ration next to the MBP, the content is box like and squashed.
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That doesn't make any sense. What does the aspect ratio of the display have to do with the shape and content in your apps?
I'm just going to have to start to use spaces...a feature I've never gotten into the habit of using...
I do want things side by side.
I have a 24" iMac and I purchased a 13" MBP. I definitely had to change my style of computing between the two.