On 12/28/2010 09:40 AM, Klistvud wrote:
It's also horrible for web browsing, and for many other tasks. It actually only has two uses I can think of: widescreen movies and side-by-side document viewing. Given that movies are best viewed on large TV sets anyway, the usefulness of widescreen computer monitors is further reduced to just side-by-side document viewing. Arguably, even for that task, dual-head setups are better.
On the other hand, there are those of us who must use portable systems for side-by-side document reading and/or tiled terminal window use while traveling and are, thus, limited to a single screen. Widescreen works better for us. My portable systems have 1920x1200 LCDs. I'm so accustomed to them that I don't bother with multi-monitor setups at home or at the office any more. Just one widescreen setup suffices, and I don't have to fiddle around switching between multi-monitor and single monitor setups any more.
My totally unbiased and scientific $.02. ;-)