HP Pavillion HD2 (Concept)

I've never really been happy with current laptops. I love having multiple applications opened side by side. Yet, in smaller 15.6 notebooks, the typical aspect ratio just isn't enough to feel comfortable with programs side to side. Yet, if you go with a higher resolution, you're forced to the same or similar aspect ratio, which really doesn't help.

I want widescreen! I want, SUPER widescreen! I wanted to show the world my design, practical or not, here it is:

The image I used as a base for this project: IMAGE
The final result, after 1 hour and 2 cups of coffee: IMAGE

The idea is, take a typical 15.6 HP Pavillion laptop, and stretch it sideways more. The image may give the illusion that this is a 'big' laptop, but it's the same as a 15.6 just wider.

It may not be optimal for HD videos, even particular games (causing the black bars on the sides), but when it comes to desktop applications, just pure MmmmMmmm.

What do you think? Oh, I also made it look like an ad for the fun of it, and added some design on it like lots of HP laptops. I stuck this in the Pavillion section because my dream laptop shouldn't cost an arm and a leg like the Envy.

 

Unless that keyboard and touchpad are very small, it's impossible for a 15.6" laptop to look like that. And I can see that "dv7" in the corner.

Also, prepare to be assaulted by 16:9 protesters.

 

It's just a 15.6 but wider. No impossibility. Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion.

An example, imagine the computer on the right is a 15.6. My variation would simply be making it wider. Think, scaling wider rather than scaling down.

 

If the current trend (from wide to wider screens) keeps up, that would end in 1920x600 or something similar resolution instead. For some reason the wider they make screen, less vertical resolution we get...

 

I just noticed that that was supposed to be an 18-inch laptop. You made the wording of your post extremely confusing.

Still, you used the dv7 as your base, so you actually widened a 17-inch laptop. Moreover, you merely stretched the sides without any size scaling. The resultIs that the keyboard is smaller than it should be (which ban clearly be seen) and about 1-1.5 inches has been added to each side. The screen is actually 19-20 inches with that scaling. Also, since the screen would be shorter than your typical 18.4 inch laptop, the keyboard should probably be slightly closer to the screen in order to maintain size. I don't know, I could be wrong about that part. If it's supposed to represent a stretched 15.6 inch laptop, however, the keyboard and trackpad should be the same size and in the same positions in both photos.

@KLF: You're exaggerating. It went from 1024x768, to 1200x800, to 1366x768. They want to be able to claim 720p, so it won't be going down to 600. Besides, there are no 18.4 inch laptops with a resolution lower than 1600x900.

 

@CityPig

If I was able to find a proper 15.6 image to modify, I would have. However, most are low resolution. I guess the idea is to use your imagination. The idea is what really counts here, to have a super widescreen display with mobility.

 

True. Though, no 18-inch laptop could possibly be very mobile. I think that a high-res 16:9 screen works well enough, personally. Also, such an aspect ratio would be terrible for a small laptop.