I happen to own an old Lenovo t61, which I bought not more than 6 months ago. Why an old 2nd-hand machine ? It was not because I was on a budget (thank God) but because every laptop coming out after 2006 or thereabout comes with a native screen resolution of 1366 x 768 or thereabout. They are all widescreens. Whither "tallscreens" ?
My old t61 has a native screen res of 1600x1050. I hardly ever have to scroll. Before the t61 I owned a DELL D600 with a native screen res of 1400x1050, the only reason I left her for the Lenovo was her processor speed. She was slow. Otherwise we were headed somewhere ;-) .
Basically, these days, they have assumed that we all buy laptops for the express purpose of watching movies and gaming. How narrow! What about programmers like myself. A scroll height of 768 pixels or even 900 pixels is not ideal for code. I do not know if there is anyone else who shares my sentiments. Screen resolutions, it seems, have gone the way of skirt lengths - shorter, and only so to entertain.
My question, or request, then is to all listers who sell/advertise laptops - is there a laptop freshly out of the production line that could satisfy my quest for a 1600x1050 screen res and is still comfortably light ? Just asking.