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ThinkPad T61 models changed from 1400x1050 (SXGA+) to 1440x900 (WXGA+) when they went widescreen.

They literally just lopped off 150 vertical pixels. There wasn’t some corresponding gain in horizontal space. You could fit the same number of xterms side-by-side on either laptop.

I had one of the lovely T61s models that did 1600x1200. That machine had a long, long lifespan for a 3+g memory it could support. Miss the 4:3

Probably still worth something to the right person!

But it's not one or the other. The screen is just as wide, but taller. So your xterms can be just as wide but you can fit more rows into them.

Yea, seriously. When did the whole taller windows are for productivity vs wider for media folks, decide this as obvious and undeniable?

It's just a preference!

The most workflow obessesed tiling window manager people tend to expect a two column, (one with a tall window, with a 2 or 3 rows in the other) approach by default. Often 3 columns.

I can see where taller might be better for documents- so maybe better for LaTex, Word, etc. productivity. But not for programming IMHO.