Looking for a NON-widescreen laptop

In Nov. of 2007, I bought a Dell Latitude D520 that is 4:3 (non-widescreen). I hope to make it last as long as humanly possible. I thought at the time it might be the last model that was not widescreen, but I think I saw a 530 or 620 or 630 or something that was also 4:3. Good luck.

I just checked newegg, they do not sell ANY non-widescreen laptops
you should try ripping the screen off of a laptop and bolting on a desktop screen, but 4:3 desktop screens are getting rare too

Dell Outlet has refurb and "scratch & dent" Latitude D520s and D530s for sale. Filter on screen size = 15" (not 15-point-something) to find them. I have a 520 and the 530s tempt me since it is probably the last 4:3 laptop out there, but it's just not enough of an improvement over my 520.

Dell Vostro's make two models that are non-widescreen. The 1010 and 1015, Hope this helps.
I'm actually researchind this for a customer as well

The last commenter is an idiot: Vostro 1010 and 1015 are both 16:10 widescreen. As far as I can tell there are no non-widescreen (4:3) laptops in production anymore. Your choices are 16:10 or 16:9. My lappy is 16:10 with 800 pix of vertical space. It's enough for me if get rid of as many menu bars as possible.

My main use is reading code/webpages but I use my laptop for watching movies, too, so for me 16:10 is a good compromise. I think you'll get used to it after a while and your only other choice is to buy an old laptop.

I've used fujitsu Lifebook S-series for 6 years now, and while they haven't updated their range in 2 years, they remain the place to go for professional business laptops.

I'm now looking to replace my old one, and to my great surprise find that they're the only ones offering 4:3 laptops. Not only that, but they are lightweight, and very much business oriented. That the range is a couple years old just means that the price is far lower than it used to be (they were top-range laptops when released).

Please, if you hate widescreens like I do, don't give in... the more non-widescreens we buy, the more that companies will take note, and hopefully a new competition of 4:3s will happen again.

... rotten, garbage, annoying wide-screens... what do they think, that ALL users watch DVDs on their laptops? And even if you do from time to time, is a black bar above/below going to hurt more than the lack of productivity widescreens give?

I have a dell inspiron 1720

It's a 17 inch 4:3 laptop with a matte screen.

It's dying.

I'm besides myself with grief that I can't find a similar set up again. It's hard to even find 17 inch laptops with matte screens, and the 4:3 is just right out.

I presently have a 1440x900 resolution, but the 17 inch vostro (matte screen) only has a 1366x768 resolution. I'm going to lose 132 pixels of vertical space to switch, and it's going to suck. The other choice is to go with the glossy screen and get a 1600x900 resolution notebook which I won't lose any vertical space with.

However, I think the matte is more important than the vertical space to me since I use my notebook in natural light all the time.

It blows my mind that somehow people all think glossy widescreens, particularly with notebooks, are where it's at. I mean to me they are so obviously inferior that it simply blows my mind that anyone would think otherwise.

Oh well, I guess I'm screwed.

no-widescreens aren't made anymore, everyone has switched to 16:10

however, HP might have a couple on their website, probably small laptops or tablets though

Seems that other people want to get 4:3 laptops back, too: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/BringBack43Laptop...

I have an old DELL Inspiron 2200, and have always been happy with the screen, although I had been told how wonderful modern screens are. My DELL is a 15 inch 4.3 screen, and I recently bought an HP 6910p 14.1 inch laptop, because my old one runs slowly sometimes. I got a good deal on the HP. It is a very powerful machine, and the screen is very bright and clear ... but, like many others, I just couldn't get on with the display, which was 7.5 inches high and 12 inches long, versus 9 inches high and 12 inches long. The loss of that height is really noticeable and I had to return the machine. I agree with everyone else here: the old layout is far more suitable for anyone who uses his computer for business. I didn't realise it would matter so much!

Yes, seconding the petition to return to the 4:3 display aspect ratio standard for laptops:
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/BringBack43Laptop...