New Sandy Bridge models leak

Better than 1600x900 which is what the consumer market has gone to (bleh). They still need to offer WUXGA on 15" notebooks, but I guess it is inevitable that 16:10 will get phased out eventually..

 

My eyes can just handle 1440 x 900 @ 14.1" (= 120 pixels per inch). 1600 x 900 @ 14" is 131 ppi. Those pixels are smaller than 1680 x 1050 @ 15.4" (129 ppi) which my eyes couldn't handle (although, I would admit, that the screen was a bit dim). The alternative of 1366 x 768 @ 14" means losing 15% of my current vertical space.

I wonder how Dell will handle the 14" 16:9 display being 0.6" less in height and 0.24" wider than 16:10 14.1"? It might put the panel in the current lid with big top / bottom bezels and slightly narrower side bezels. This would keep the current chassis size. Making the lid less high will squeeze the front-to-back distance on the chassis which gives less space for the keyboard, buttons and touchpad.

John