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[blahflowers]

OK, I need someone to explain to me what possible reason there could be for computer companies to make it possible for users to rotate the screen through the full 360 degrees. What use does this serve? Did Hewlett-Packard have lots of customer complaints from people saying "I would have bought one of your lovely computers but have decided against it because you do not offer me the option of being able to read the screen whilst standing on my head"?

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[fridgemagnet.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to have a monitor hanging from the ceiling. Or, alternatively, if I'm standing on the ceiling and the monitor is on the desk, I'd need to rotate it then too.

[maytricks.livejournal.com]

The only situation this seems even remotely useful is if it is used for design. Sometimes my Design class instructor would tell us to look at our work upside down to get a different perspective on the design. Other than that, it seems like a useless feature.

[iliadawry.livejournal.com]

Possibly they wanted the option to rotate it 90 degrees, so you could have a tall skinny monitor if you wanted (or of you read a lot of pdfs), and once they could do that they figured "Hey, why not let 'em do whatever they want?"

[syllopsium.livejournal.com]

Think A4 page layouts...

[blahflowers.livejournal.com]

Surely though with a PC that's more trouble than it's worth? Would that really be simpler than scrolling up and down on a normally oriented screen?