Desktop Configuration

Roel Schroeven rschroev_nospam_ml at fastmail.fm
Mon Jan 10 19:32:04 UTC 2005


Ari Torhamo wrote:
> It would be interesting to know, by the way, why on earth the resolution
> of 1280 x 1024 was ever invented. Anyone knows if there are any monitors
> with the aspect ratio of 5:4?

17" LCD's use 1280x1024 and indeed have aspect ratio 5:4. Don't ask me 
why, since both smaller (1024x786) and larger LCD's (1600x1200 for 
examle) have aspect ratio 4:3 AFAIK.

-- 
"Codito ergo sum"
Roel Schroeven





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