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when 3:2 displays coming? 120hz? micro-LED?
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That comment amuses me given that the original Mac was 3:2 back in 1984
oh it always was. 16:9 was a mistake. the market mindlessly shifted towards that. i miss my 3:2 thinkpad t60 from the 2000s... =/That comment amuses me given that the original Mac was 3:2 back in 1984
There was a 3:2 thinkpad from the 2000s? T60 in 2006 was 4:3 except for the 15.4" model with 16:10 WSXGA+ display. I like 3:2 (15:10) but isn't different enough from 16:10 except maybe in a tablet form factor. And even then 4:3 is way nicer.
4:3 is not 3:2. 4:3 is the ratio of the old TV. I don’t think it suits to computers now.
It looks like laptop makers are abandoning the 3:2 aspect ratio. All the new ones that were announced at CES, even if the prior one was 3:2 (e.g. HP Spectre, and Acer Zenbook), are now 16:10. The only ones that I can find now are the Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.5 & 15, Microsoft Surface Laptop Go, and Framework 13 (the Framework 16 is 16:10). The options available are quite dated which makes me think that they too will move away from 3:2 when they are refreshed.
3:2 is the perfect aspect ratio for computers; coding, viewing websites, PDF's, Office Documents (maybe excluding spreadsheets). 16:9 only served to please the spreadsheet and media consumption users, and while 16:10 is a middle ground, 3:2 is far far far better IMO for most computer work. I only see 3 use cases for 16:9; media editing and viewing, and excel. Microsoft got it right with 3:2, and 16:10 isn't enough.
I like 3:2 the best as well. I’d like 4:3 even more. But it appears that 3:2 is either not flying with customers and/or is not economically viable as most laptop makers seem to be abandoning it.
I think they are preferred for productivity, not because you can have multiple windows side by side but because you can see more of the document or spreadsheet that you're working on.
I find 16:9 less convenient when browsing as well.
16:9 just requires a whole lot more scrolling.
Yeah, if video is your thing, then 16:9 is where it's at.
