[juanpacolopez]

I had an interesting thought today...

Everyone assumes that the next 15" PB will be a 15.4" screen, as rumors seem to indicate some company (whose name escapes me) was producing 15.4" screens for Apple...

Take a close look at the tech specs for the 17" PowerBook... the actual width of the display is exactly 15.4". I wonder, perhaps, if the rumors sites producing the 15.4" rumors are in fact mistakenly referring to the horizontal dimensions of the lcd already being produced for the 17"?

I think it's entirely plausible that someone would see 15.4" wide on a whitepaper or something and think... "hey, that must be the screen for an upcoming 15!".

Any thoughts?

[Eug Wanker]

15.4" screens at 1280x800 (WXGA) are already available for other laptops. Dell sells them for example.

I personally would prefer the 15.2" 1280x854 screen like in my TiBook, but I have no reason to dismiss the rumours, which say that Compal will be assembling the new PowerBooks with these 15.4" screens. I can't recall off-hand who actually makes the screens though. Samsung? LG? Others?

[neutrino23]

I think that Chi-Mei makes the screens in Taiwan. If you google 15.4 inch LCDs you find a variety of resolutions. Some quite high. Just have to wait till the new PBs come out to see what they are using.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally posted by neutrino23:
I think that Chi-Mei makes the screens in Taiwan. If you google 15.4 inch LCDs you find a variety of resolutions. Some quite high. Just have to wait till the new PBs come out to see what they are using.

I would expect a 1280x800 screen. That resolution is in line with Apple's (and my) preferred pixel densities.

[phobos]

I prefer the extra 54 lines (854) of the DVI667 powerbook I have. More space for palettes.