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ATIV Book 5
Samsung Launches New ATIV Book 5 and Book 6 Laptops






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By retrospooty on 4/26/2013 11:56:35 AM , Rating: 2
Ya, I cant explain the pricing, but at least there are 1080p options... I certainly wouldn't buy any 1366x768 laptop at any price, but that Asus looks like a sweet deal.

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By BillyBatson on 4/26/2013 12:13:35 PM , Rating: 1
What's the big deal about 1920x1080 on a 14" laptop screen? It has nothing to do with being uneducated and has everything to do with price and use. I need something portable for work now and I am leaning towards a Surface Pro which actually has the highest resolution of any laptop I'm looking at all the rest have 1366x768 and I'm not complaining. I don't plan on watching HD video on my device (at 1366x video still looks amazing) and since all the ones I'm looking at have intel 4000 graphics they can't game at 1920x any way so again why would I want it on 14"?
Not saying there aren't people out there who do but realistically not many of us need it and for many of those "uneducated" people if you sat there and educated them which would basically be pointing out that resolution doesn't mean picture or screen quality that all they're doing is shrinking their desktops those now educated people would still pick majority 1366x.

How come 1680x1050 never became popular on laptops?

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By retrospooty on 4/26/2013 12:25:52 PM , Rating: 1
"What's the big deal about 1920x1080 on a 14" laptop screen?"

Hey, if you arent bothered by the huge pixels, then good for you. You can save a few $$$. If you dont notice the lack of screen real-estate on 1366x768 then I would guess you really dont use it much at all, or dont do alot of different things with it.

"How come 1680x1050 never became popular on laptops?"

I agree and miss that option. I still have an old Lenovo T61 with 1680x1050. That whole step seems to have gone away when they moved from 16x10 to 16x9.
Low: 1280x800 became 1366x768
Med: 1440x900 became 1600x900
Med high: 1680x1050 became ... extinct.
high: 1920x1200 became 1920x1080

RE: .
By BillyBatson on 4/26/2013 2:39:46 PM , Rating: 1
Yeah I'm not bothered by larger pixels as long as I'm not planning on watching video. And correct I normally don't multitask while on a computer beyond multiple tabs in my browser lol.

Me too it was a good resolution before HD became standard and I like it for laptops. We have an old ThinkPad a31p with a 15" 4:3 screen and 1600x1200, impressive with an old machine. I've never been a fan of 1440x though

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By Solandri on 4/26/2013 4:31:34 PM , Rating: 2

What can I say, some of us actually work on our computers. When I got my current laptop, I had a choice between a 1600x900 and 1920x1080 screen. It's only a 13.3" screen so I figured 1600x900 was good enough.

Big mistake. 1366x768 is roughly enough to work on one app at a time. 1600x900 is big enough to work on 1.5 apps at a time (one of the windows is always overlapped). 1920x1080 (which is what my external monitor has) is enough to work on 2 apps at a time side-by-side. I'm firmly in the 1080p camp now.

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By retrospooty on 4/26/2013 5:58:55 PM , Rating: 2
Yup... Its not even about image quality, especially at work... It simply boils down to real estate. It's amazing how much a little makes a difference. Even 1920x1200 is way easier to work with than 1920x1080 to me. That extra bit at the bottom makes a big difference.

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By BillyBatson on 4/26/2013 10:03:41 PM , Rating: 2
I believe I said my computer will be for work... And we don't run apps there is nothing for me to run side by side. I know what 1366 and 1080 both look like on the same size monitor, 1366 works for me. Anything bigger and I have to drop resolution down any way to read at a distance when I'm going between multiple computers. No one is arguing both don't have their places. It's like buying a MacBook Pro 13", some need the retina display, some don't of need to save money. There should definitely always be the option.

