That’s right. Wide is in this season. Fortunately I’m not talking about waist sizes. I’m referring to display size. Ever since I bought my new notebook and finally got a larger monitor at work, I’ve become a die-hard fan of wide-screen monitors. I’ve been completely spoiled by WSXGA+ (1680×1050). I can’t believe I was even able to use Visual Studio (or even notepad) at 1024×768 without going crazy. I’m actually able to leave open the solution explorer while coding. It may not sound like a big thing, but when I didn’t have to wait for the toolbar to slide out to view the explorer I saw the light. Now I’m able to use the display on my Thinkpad at work as a secondary monitor of sorts. Since its LCD is limited to 1024×768, it’s perfect for email. With this setup, I’ve got a nice dual monitor setup.
Wikipedia has a very good image showing the common video resolutions. Man, I’m drooling just thinking about 2560×1600.
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