Laptop Aspect Ratio Preferences

Comments debate the superiority of taller aspect ratios like 16:10, 3:2, or 4:3 over 16:9 for laptops and monitors, emphasizing more vertical real estate for coding and productivity to reduce scrolling.

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disiplus Sep 22, 2021 View on HN

power consumption, other then that i also dont see it. i have laptops with 16:9 16:10 and 3:2. I find the 16:9 worse.

dijit May 9, 2018 View on HN

Cool, so buy something else; literally every laptop on the market is catering for you, and I'm genuinely happy for you-- but those of us who prefer taller aspect ratios have nothing.. please let us have this.

mixmastamyk Jan 24, 2019 View on HN

Anything taller than 16:9. Unless you like scrolling, or use the professional developer laptop for watching movies all day.

Zak Feb 19, 2013 View on HN

Great. Now, when can I get one with a screen taller/squarer than 16:9? I really dislike TV aspect ratios for code.

cybwraith Jul 23, 2021 View on HN

Same! Not even on an ultrawide, but 16:9 laptops make usable vertical real estate a priority

a012 Sep 4, 2021 View on HN

yada yada ... It's still a 16:9 screen ratio, why not betting on 16:10 instead?

mixmastamyk Dec 23, 2021 View on HN

Kinda weird, remember my 4:3 in portrait mode fondly. 16:10 might be decent.

greyw Jan 12, 2023 View on HN

Interesting. For me the screen needs to be 16:9 or 16:10 to be even considered.

atlgator Feb 26, 2024 View on HN

I hope the display is 16:10 or taller. Really need more vertical real estate than 16:9.

mackrevinack Jan 20, 2021 View on HN

yea doesn't make sense. maybe they are using a small sized screen and are getting confused by that.personally on a laptop i prefer 3:2 for most things but on a larger monitor i like 16:9 since you can have two programs side by side.on a 16:9 smaller laptop screen, having things like two file browsers side by side works ok, but having programs with lots of ui, adobe premier or photoshop, not so much