ThinkPenguin question regarding laptop monitors' resolutions
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I just visited the ThinkPenguin site and noticed that all the laptop monitors had the same low resolution (1366x768). My previous laptop which I bought 6 years ago had a much nicer resolution (1680x1050 and a 16:10 aspect ratio). I was wondering if a higher resolution (and an aspect ratio better suited to working and browsing than 16;9, e.g. 4:3 or 16:10) could be offered. A 15 inch screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio and 1600x1200 resolution would be very nice (and in fact a product differentiation for ThinkPenguin). I assume that producing such a laptop would be more expensive as 4:3 monitors are rarer today so a price bump would probably be expected.
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I'm guessing better resolution monitors aren't available then?
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If there was more demand we could offer a 15.6" model with a 1920x1080 screen. It would be a 16:9 ratio and not 16:10 or 4:3. The entertainment industry killed 16:10 and 4:3 ratios so we can't do them now. We are limited by what others in the industry are also demanding to some degree. There are only a handful of actual manufacturers for any given part and while we can change a design and select the technologies/chipsets/design to a degree it's still limited by the screens being manufactured and other technology. We can't force Intel for instance to remove Intel Insider from some of its CPUs so that we can ship a design that is freedom friendly. If more manufacturers demanded it then maybe we could.. but they aren't.
While we can definitely do this 1920x1080 configuration today there isn't enough demand for it. So we aren't.
There is good news though in regards to getting a laptop with a middle of the roads higher resolution screen. We are able to produce a 15.6" model with a 1600x900 screen and Intel HD graphics today (we think- we are talking with the manufacturing guys). At the moment the reference design includes a fingerprint reader that we aren't prepared to support and are having it removed. That'll take some time as it is a standard feature and need a different part in our design that doesn't exist (even though there is a reference for the other part). We have to wait 1-3 months for this modification/testing. The model is also a newer model that the technology isn't yet available for. And we can't do something sooner because the old tech is being discontinued. The new model though is similar to the old model (again- its just a reference design, not something we actually have).
A guesstimate as to its availability is August/September time frame if everything goes smoothly.
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