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wide screen vs "regular" Mahlon Wagner 11-22-2007
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Posted by Mahlon Wagner on November 22, 2007, 12:03 pm
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 Which screen has the greater surface area:
        for example the 14.1 inch regular vs 14.1 wide screen?

The same question re the 15.4 inch screen.

Thanks
Mahl

Posted by Fred on November 22, 2007, 12:30 pm
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 Mahlon Wagner wrote:
> Which screen has the greater surface area:
> for example the 14.1 inch regular vs 14.1 wide screen?
>
> The same question re the 15.4 inch screen.
>
> Thanks
> Mahl

Regular.

See http://www.screenmath.com/

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"Just because you're smart doesn't mean you're wise."

Posted by Dave Martindale on November 22, 2007, 8:47 pm
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>Which screen has the greater surface area:
>        for example the 14.1 inch regular vs 14.1 wide screen?

To get maximum area of a rectangle with fixed diagonal, the rectangle
should be a square. As the aspect ratio increases above 1:1, area
decreases. Consider the limiting case: the width can increase until it
equals the diagonal, at which point the height is zero, the aspect ratio
is infinite, and area is zero.

>The same question re the 15.4 inch screen.

Same answer.

        Dave

Posted by Mahlon Wagner on November 23, 2007, 1:49 pm
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Dave Martindale wrote:
>> Which screen has the greater surface area:
>>         for example the 14.1 inch regular vs 14.1 wide screen?
>
> To get maximum area of a rectangle with fixed diagonal, the rectangle
> should be a square. As the aspect ratio increases above 1:1, area
> decreases. Consider the limiting case: the width can increase until it
> equals the diagonal, at which point the height is zero, the aspect ratio
> is infinite, and area is zero.
>
>> The same question re the 15.4 inch screen.
>
> Same answer.
>
>         Dave

Thank you. I appreciate the clarity of your answer.
Suggestions of measuring the height and width are not quite as useful
since I was looking online at the different Thinkpads where measurement
isn't easily possible.
Mahl

Posted by Salvador Freemanson on November 23, 2007, 5:42 am
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Mahlon Wagner wrote:
> Which screen has the greater surface area:
> for example the 14.1 inch regular vs 14.1 wide screen?
>
> The same question re the 15.4 inch screen.
>
> Thanks
> Mahl


To get the surface area you have to multiply the width by the height.
So, just measure them and multiply.

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