[wlesieutre]

Don't forget the 1366x768 screen! They were selling those as standard on 15.6" laptops with the good old "It's a good screen because it has more inches" line.

Only in the last year or two has anything better than that become remotely common.

[Narishma]

"Were"? As far as I'm aware that's still the case for the vast majority of cheap mainstream laptops all the way up to 17" ones.

[wlesieutre]

I really thought this had gotten better with all the high DPI convertibles and Windows + 3rd party software finally being pretty reliable with it. But you're right, Best Buy's most popular 15" laptop today is this:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-15-6-laptop-intel-celeron-4...

Specs claim '15.6" display, HD resolution.' with no actual screen resolution listed.

Digging around on Asus's website I see it's available with 1080p, but I'm guessing the 1336x768 base model is the common one. Since 720p is technically "HD", they can claim that in advertising and then dodge around admitting how crappy it is. If BestBuy's product listing were for the 1080p version, they'd be advertising as either 1080p or Full HD.

https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X540SA/specifications/

[Spooky23]

In computer spec alternate reality "HD" is 1366x768, HD+ 1600x900 and True HD 1920x1080.