Dio wrote:For a sub-notebook, widescreen formats are superior as they more closely match the aspect ratio of the keyboard.
Is there any technical reason for this, or is it just nicer to look at?
Do you want a keyboard with a 4:3 aspect ratio?
You've used a non widescreen laptop PC, right?
I don't get the correlation, keyboards have nothing to do with screens.
It's a design thing, isn't it?
If you want to make a sub-notebook you want to build a small computer
where as much of the lower half as possible is keyboard. Keyboards are
rectangular so it makes sense to use a screen that matches that ratio or
is close to it.
For the same area using a small 4:3 screen would have a cramped
keyboard and a lot of wasted space or a keyboard with a very odd layout.
piku wrote:I don't get the correlation, keyboards have nothing to do with screens.
There's two things on a lappy where size really matters for usability - the screen and the keyboard. The closer they are to the same size, the less dead space you have on the thing.
A couple of days back (whilst in PC world) i had the chance
to actual play with a Eee Pc. I was astounded at how uncheap
it actually felt.The keys had a positive feel (no wobble),
the case didn't creak or flex and the screen was very clear,
not what i was expecting for a £200 notebook.It also looked
nicer in the flesh than internet pictures had suggested.
If it was not for the fact that they only had the the 2g for
sale, rather than the 4g i would like, i would of bought it
right there and then.
Also while there i happened to speak to someone who is a 2g
owner(who had bought their machine a couple of days previously).
He was quite pleased to show off his own Eee PC to me.
I asked him about the rumour i had heard about the 2g
having an underclocked 800mhz CPU rather than the underclocked
900mhz CPU the 4g had.Though i didn't press him to prove this
he did say this was the case and that not only was the actual
CPU speed for these machines lower than the advertised speed.
both the 2g and 4g where underclocked by the same FSB speed.He
said his 2g was running at 570mhz or thereabouts.
Though this was only a chat with a stranger in a shop, he did
score a lot of geek points with me to lead me to think what he
was saying was likely to be the truth.
ASUS seem to be chopping and changing the specs of the Eee PCs
too often for comfort, coupled with the difference between the
stated CPU speeds and the actual CPU speeds i find it
disconcerting that i'm actually seeking some truth from a fellow
shopper (but stranger) in a shop!
I recently got hold of one of these. The screen dimensions and the underclocked processor are weird, but I liked it enough that I'm trying to hack DROD into fitting on the screen.
I installed UAE under xubuntu (with "apt-get install uae") and loaded lemmings with very few problems (the sound only seems to work in 8-bit "accurate" mode, and I had to change the game port to have the mouse on port 0, but it runs Lemmings no problem.
It slows down a little with the sound enabled, but it's about twice normal speed with the sound off
Dom
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