Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

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Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#1 Post by thinkpadcollection » Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:32 pm

https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/8 ... 8370141184. One guy who checked it out is part of anandtech website. I like anandtech for their expertise in hardware.

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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#2 Post by Ibthink » Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:37 pm

Its not a Notebook, its a tablet with an attachable keyboard, so essentially a Surface clone. There are many surface clones with 3:2 displays, so its not really something special.
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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#3 Post by pianowizard » Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:44 pm

If you want a 3:2 laptop, get the Microsoft Surface Laptop, which is a traditional laptop with a 13.5" 2256x1504 screen:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d ... 04214151:s

As far as I know, this is the first 3:2 Windows laptop. (Though Windows 10 S is preinstalled, it can be easily replaced with Windows 10). The first 3:2 laptop ever was Apple's PowerBook G4, while the first 3:2 Chromebook was Google's Pixel.
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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#4 Post by Ibthink » Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:19 pm

pianowizard wrote:
Sun Jun 04, 2017 4:44 pm
As far as I know, this is the first 3:2 Windows laptop.
Not quite true, I think this one was the first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huxW9ypPcTQ But the Surface Laptop is the first from a major manufacturer, no doubt.

Huawei also introduced a 3:2 Windows laptop shortly after the Surface Laptop announcement, the Matebook X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbNR2byyVM

So we will see. I am not too optimistic until manufacturers like Dell, HP or Lenovo jump in as well, because the display-industry doesn´t want to give up 16:9. I think these new 3:2 laptops would have to be very successful to prove that there is a demand.
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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#5 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:10 pm

When is the laptop industry finally coming to its senses, in that a (business) laptop is for WORK, and NOT for watching movies?
OUT with this stupid 16:9 pronto!
Revert back to 16:10 or 4:3 screens!

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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#6 Post by Omineca » Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:38 pm

RealBlackStuff wrote:When is the laptop industry finally coming to its senses, in that a (business) laptop is for WORK, and NOT for watching movies?
OUT with this stupid 16:9 pronto!
Revert back to 16:10 or 4:3 screens!
Since they're making 3:2 panels, it would be nice to see a 14" or 15" ThinkPad with one. I liked 16:10 a lot. I still use one as my main machine, and a new 15:10 IPS display would suit me fine. Now if they'd just pair it with a decent ThinkPad keyboard.

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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#7 Post by Puppy » Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:45 am

Omineca wrote:
Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:38 pm
Since they're making 3:2 panels, it would be nice to see a 14" or 15" ThinkPad with one.
There must be a secret deal among big laptop vendors to not do that. The only 3:2 laptops are made by Microsoft and Huawei right now but both have terrible keyboards.
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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#8 Post by jdk » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:52 am

RealBlackStuff wrote:When is the laptop industry finally coming to its senses, in that a (business) laptop is for WORK, and NOT for watching movies?
OUT with this stupid 16:9 pronto!
Revert back to 16:10 or 4:3 screens!
But...but...they gave us number pads on our keyboards now! Because thats what businesses wanted. Or at least that's what they tell us.

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Re: Prototype notebook with 3:2 LCD

#9 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:49 am

For many years I have programmed on a TKL (TenKeyLess) keyboard like this:

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Who needs a numpad, other than a bean counter?

You can still get similar, more modern ones, like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/292099136203

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