The earliest instance of the widescreen display being installed inside a notebook
computer can be traced back to the Sony C1 which displayed a resolution of just 800 x
480. Widescreens made their official entrance in PC notebooks in 2003, although Apple
preceded this by offering the 15” widescreen Power Mac. In 2005, the popularity of
widescreen notebooks reached a new high with the unveiling of the Thinkpad widescreen
Z60 series notebooks.

The question is: Is the widescreen format for everybody? A big part of the answer will
depend on what a widescreen notebook or monitor is used to do. Here are some
considerations that might help with your decision:

1. Widescreen Notebooks
The length and width of a widescreen notebook’s screen set it apart from the standard
notebook. The average notebook uses an aspect ratio of 4:3 and a resolution of 1024 x
768 pixels. The widescreen notebook breaks with tradition and increases screen size 25%
lengthwise for proportions equal to that of the cinema screen or a widescreen LCD TV.

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