There is a great article on cnet, about the introduction of 20 inch laptops. I find it interesting that laptop manufactures are finally releasing these larger laptops. These days, there are plenty of large laptops. These are generally referred to as “Desktop Replacement” laptops. These are generally for the person, like me, who does about 5-10 trips a year, and needs their files with them. When they are at home though, they want a fully useable laptop. These types of people don’t really care if they have to lug around a 15 pound laptop. Also, laptops are getting much more powerful, so playing DVDs and games on them is not unheard of.
So, I think that a 20 inch laptop is genious. I love my big, heavy 15″ laptop that I am currently writing this on, and I don’t mind having to lug it around that 8 trips that I take a year. I am able to take my laptop, and then work on it, as if I was at home becuase I have all of my files and the screen is large enough to actually read something on. Last, these days a 17″ or 19″ monitor is not too expensive. So, people want larger screens, and larger resolutions.
