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Why do so many netbooks have a base resolution of 1024 x 600

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I'm running a piece of software the requires a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768. I was thinking about getting a netbook, but many of the netbooks I have looked at have a resolution of 1024 x 600. Why would they drop the below such a standard resolution?

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Fix for: Why do so many netbooks have a base resolution of 1024 x 600

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Because Intel (until recently) restricted the size of the display that they would allow manufacturers to use with N-series Atom chips. This is the reason the Dell Mini 10, for example, uses a Z-series chip for the higher resolution version. See here…

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