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I was super excited about this until I saw it was another 13" screen. Does anyone enjoy using a screen that small (honest question)? To me anything under 15" ju

I was super excited about this until I saw it was another 13" screen. Does anyone enjoy using a screen that small (honest question)? To me anything under 15" just doesn't make sense, especially if 50% of my time is spent without an external monitor.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
I prefer it for mobile, it's a nice balance. Even though I use a 27" monitor at home, I adjust easily enough.
bsharitt 10y ago
For me anything bigger that 13" is anchored to the desktop and I don't consider it mobile. 11"-13" is mobile for me or 20+" for desktop. In between are useless screen sizes for me because I'm not going to lug around a 15" or 17" laptop and if it's going to be on my desk, I'm going bigger.
makmanalp 10y ago
I suspect this is a different strokes for different folks thing. 13" is just ideal for me. Also I've adjusted my workflow so that with multiple desktops, having one screen is not that big an issue. 15 means it's heavy enough that I can't just forget that it's even in my bag.
azakai 10y ago
Yes, the small screen is great on flights and other cramped conditions. When at a desk, I sometimes connect to a large screen, but honestly I often just don't bother.
khedoros1 10y ago
I've got an 11.6" netbook-class computer to use in really cramped situations, but it always feels cramped to me. 17" feels like an unwieldy beast of a machine, so I've never had one. 15" is what I consider the minimum for anything beyond e-mail and internet, and simultaneously the maximum that I'd actually like to carry around with me. That doesn't seem like the most popular opinion, though. 13" seems like it's considered the portability+productivity sweet spot for most of the people I've talked to.
astine 10y ago
I don't mind a small screen when I'm using Linux, but that's mostly because I spend most of my time in a full screen terminal with Linux. I don't use KDE, but xmonad and quickly page between mostly fullscreen applications so I don't need as much screen real estate. When I'm using Windows it's a different story, however and I find the a laptop screen really cramped a lot of the time. That's because I'm inevitably using a lot of GUI applications on Windows and they tend not to be as efficient with screen real estate. I haven't used KDE in a long while, but I know that it places a lot of emphasis on visuals and I suspect that it might be in the same place as Windows.
I_am_tiberius 10y ago
I bought a 13" because of it's mobility advantages. I don't have any issues with the size but if I needed to work on it as my main machine most of the time, I would buy a 15".
AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
13" is just fine for me, personally. I value portability. In fact, the newer line of laptops following in the vein of the bezel-less XPS13's that can fit 13" of screen into an 11" chassis is even better.
aphextron 10y ago
>I was super excited about this until I saw it was another 13" screen. Same. Anything less than 15" is completely unusable to me.
ajdlinux 10y ago
15" is way too big to actually be portable. My work machine is 15" and I find it almost unusable away from my desk. 13" is just perfect. Of course, at my desk, I have an external monitor...
- NTripleOne 10y ago
  Personally I don't see how people could even stand using a laptop smaller than 15", but maybe that's just because every laptop I've ever owned has been 15". ...that said, I do own a 10" tabtop, and that's... good for web browsing I guess, wouldn't dream of coding on it.
zoom6628 10y ago
After owning and using a loadvof machines over the years i find 10-11" is great for travelling and office work but need at least 13" to be able to code. Note sure why but this has held true across all the OS so its not a software thing. I thinks is visual and ergonomics. End result is Mac Air for me home projects coding while sitting on the lounge floor, 10" Pioneer W10 tablet with BT keyboard on Win10 for travel ans work Lenovo T440p with a 22" external at home and 28" external at work. To put in context, i build stuff, code, design and read, use a lot of VMs. I dont do gaming or watch movies/tv on computers.
danbolt 10y ago
I find every extra inch past "13 feels clunkier and clunkier to me. Being able to carry around a smaller bag is nice too.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

I prefer it for mobile, it's a nice balance. Even though I use a 27" monitor at home, I adjust easily enough.

bsharitt 10y ago

For me anything bigger that 13" is anchored to the desktop and I don't consider it mobile. 11"-13" is mobile for me or 20+" for desktop. In between are useless screen sizes for me because I'm not going to lug around a 15" or 17" laptop and if it's going to be on my desk, I'm going bigger.

makmanalp 10y ago

I suspect this is a different strokes for different folks thing. 13" is just ideal for me. Also I've adjusted my workflow so that with multiple desktops, having one screen is not that big an issue. 15 means it's heavy enough that I can't just forget that it's even in my bag.

azakai 10y ago

Yes, the small screen is great on flights and other cramped conditions. When at a desk, I sometimes connect to a large screen, but honestly I often just don't bother.

khedoros1 10y ago

I've got an 11.6" netbook-class computer to use in really cramped situations, but it always feels cramped to me. 17" feels like an unwieldy beast of a machine, so I've never had one. 15" is what I consider the minimum for anything beyond e-mail and internet, and simultaneously the maximum that I'd actually like to carry around with me. That doesn't seem like the most popular opinion, though. 13" seems like it's considered the portability+productivity sweet spot for most of the people I've talked to.

astine 10y ago

I don't mind a small screen when I'm using Linux, but that's mostly because I spend most of my time in a full screen terminal with Linux. I don't use KDE, but xmonad and quickly page between mostly fullscreen applications so I don't need as much screen real estate. When I'm using Windows it's a different story, however and I find the a laptop screen really cramped a lot of the time. That's because I'm inevitably using a lot of GUI applications on Windows and they tend not to be as efficient with screen real estate. I haven't used KDE in a long while, but I know that it places a lot of emphasis on visuals and I suspect that it might be in the same place as Windows.

I_am_tiberius 10y ago

I bought a 13" because of it's mobility advantages. I don't have any issues with the size but if I needed to work on it as my main machine most of the time, I would buy a 15".

AdmiralAsshat 10y ago

13" is just fine for me, personally. I value portability. In fact, the newer line of laptops following in the vein of the bezel-less XPS13's that can fit 13" of screen into an 11" chassis is even better.

aphextron 10y ago

>I was super excited about this until I saw it was another 13" screen. Same. Anything less than 15" is completely unusable to me.

ajdlinux 10y ago

15" is way too big to actually be portable. My work machine is 15" and I find it almost unusable away from my desk. 13" is just perfect. Of course, at my desk, I have an external monitor...

NTripleOne 10y ago
Personally I don't see how people could even stand using a laptop smaller than 15", but maybe that's just because every laptop I've ever owned has been 15". ...that said, I do own a 10" tabtop, and that's... good for web browsing I guess, wouldn't dream of coding on it.

zoom6628 10y ago

After owning and using a loadvof machines over the years i find 10-11" is great for travelling and office work but need at least 13" to be able to code. Note sure why but this has held true across all the OS so its not a software thing. I thinks is visual and ergonomics. End result is Mac Air for me home projects coding while sitting on the lounge floor, 10" Pioneer W10 tablet with BT keyboard on Win10 for travel ans work Lenovo T440p with a 22" external at home and 28" external at work. To put in context, i build stuff, code, design and read, use a lot of VMs. I dont do gaming or watch movies/tv on computers.

danbolt 10y ago

I find every extra inch past "13 feels clunkier and clunkier to me. Being able to carry around a smaller bag is nice too.