You may be seeing why 1366x768 is popular at this point - you can now cut your lots by 768 stage into a mix of 1024x768 4:3 and 1366x768 16:9 screens, and can therefore get more usable screens from the same vertical cut.
Well, in the laptop world, they're popular because you get 16:9 and still have the Exact Same Height as VGA, just giving more horizontal room.
You don't want to be, say ,1024x600 like a Netbook, because that sucks.
And if your screen is small (11" MBA) or cheap (any number of 15" generics) you don't want more pixels very much.
It's a very practical size for non-"video"-related, and non-sheet-cutting reasons as well.
Re: 1366x768 makes sense - it's manufacturers cheaping out. Again.
Well, in the laptop world, they're popular because you get 16:9 and still have the Exact Same Height as VGA, just giving more horizontal room.
You don't want to be, say ,1024x600 like a Netbook, because that sucks.
And if your screen is small (11" MBA) or cheap (any number of 15" generics) you don't want more pixels very much.
It's a very practical size for non-"video"-related, and non-sheet-cutting reasons as well.