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> Is there a technical reason they only come with low resolution (1080p) screens? (“Linux” is not a valid reason...) Apart from the fact that a lot of systems

> Is there a technical reason they only come with low resolution (1080p) screens? (“Linux” is not a valid reason...) Apart from the fact that a lot of systems still have mediocre high-dpi support at best, there's also battery life, cost and the fact that 1080p on a 15" is more than adequate for most people.

hrrsn 9y ago
>a lot of systems still have mediocre high-dpi support As far as I can tell, the only desktop OS with good high-DPI support is macOS.
- dmix 9y ago
  Gnome has had good high DPI support for a while now...
  - mamon 9y ago
    Any DE that does not support fraction scaling does not qualify as "good HDPI support". KDE is doing it the right way.
  - holtalanm 9y ago
    I'm running Gnome on my retina displayed laptop and I can confirm that this is not true. The high DPI suppport on gnome equates to 'SCALE ALL THE THINGS 2x DERPA DERPA DERP' And the scaling is integer-based. So, I can choose 1x, 2x, or any other whole number. Useless as hell for me, who wishes it was probably 1.25x. It sucks bad enough that I actually WISH I was on a 1080p screen, because with the 2x scaling i effectively have a 1324x768 pos screen.
    - SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
      They introduced experimental support for fractional scaling in 3.26: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/enable-fractional-scaling-gnome-linux http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/enable-fractional-scaling...
      - holtalanm 9y ago
        This is good to know. I may have to try this out and see how it works. The other option is to just install KDE since they seem to have implemented HDPI support _correctly_.
        gdrift 9y ago
        Yes, KDE on 4k looks good since 17.01. But non Qt/KDE GIMP, InkScape, Audacity, are still a pain to use on Linux with HiDPI.
intopieces 9y ago
$1600 for "adequate"? That's some expensive paranoia. For a computer that approaches $2k after taxes, I would want something better than adequate. Especially since at that price point, it'd be my daily driver computer.

hrrsn 9y ago

>a lot of systems still have mediocre high-dpi support As far as I can tell, the only desktop OS with good high-DPI support is macOS.

dmix 9y ago
Gnome has had good high DPI support for a while now...
- mamon 9y ago
  Any DE that does not support fraction scaling does not qualify as "good HDPI support". KDE is doing it the right way.
- holtalanm 9y ago
  I'm running Gnome on my retina displayed laptop and I can confirm that this is not true. The high DPI suppport on gnome equates to 'SCALE ALL THE THINGS 2x DERPA DERPA DERP' And the scaling is integer-based. So, I can choose 1x, 2x, or any other whole number. Useless as hell for me, who wishes it was probably 1.25x. It sucks bad enough that I actually WISH I was on a 1080p screen, because with the 2x scaling i effectively have a 1324x768 pos screen.
  - SmellyGeekBoy 9y ago
    They introduced experimental support for fractional scaling in 3.26: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/enable-fractional-scaling-gnome-linux http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/09/enable-fractional-scaling...
    - holtalanm 9y ago
      This is good to know. I may have to try this out and see how it works. The other option is to just install KDE since they seem to have implemented HDPI support _correctly_.
      - gdrift 9y ago
        Yes, KDE on 4k looks good since 17.01. But non Qt/KDE GIMP, InkScape, Audacity, are still a pain to use on Linux with HiDPI.

intopieces 9y ago

$1600 for "adequate"? That's some expensive paranoia. For a computer that approaches $2k after taxes, I would want something better than adequate. Especially since at that price point, it'd be my daily driver computer.