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What screen resolutions do the Librems support? Their tech specs don't actually list the resolutions, just the graphic card and size of the display. That's, h

What screen resolutions do the Librems support? Their tech specs don't actually list the resolutions, just the graphic card and size of the display. That's, honestly, one of the main things holding me to my mac: I want the retina display. That and the fact that all the PC hardware makers insist on offsetting the damned touchpad. Which, maybe it's just my preference, but I hate when they offset the damned touchpad.

ahnick 8y ago
Yeah, offset touchpads are a big thumbs down. Basically just look for the models without dedicated numeric pads. Fortunately those don't typically start showing up until around 15" form factors.
driverdan 8y ago
Unfortunately their 13" is only 1920x1080, a non-starter at a price that's about the same as a MacBook.
NeedMoreTea 8y ago
Long term Mac user, currently with Macbook Pro. It's Apple that offsets the damn touchpad. I don't want it central to the case, I want it central to the home keys (F and J) of the keyboard. Apple centres with the case. Which is broken. There's more keys on the right side of a keyboard than the left (without a number pad), thanks to punctuation and brackets, so hands rest slightly left of case centre line. Truth be told I'd prefer Apple fit a trackpoint, but that's never happening.
- dbingham 8y ago
  I have one of the old MacBook Pros where the homerow was centered on the case, and so was the touchpad. Which is exactly what I want.
  - NeedMoreTea 8y ago
    So do I (2015). There's roughly half a key of trackpad to the left of F, and roughly 1.5 to the right of J. For me that's mis-aligned with where my hands rest, even if both component blocks are neatly case centred for pretty and symmetric photos. The moral of which is, I suppose, that personal preferences are hard to align. :)
nvrspyx 8y ago
It's 1920x1080 for both the Librem 13 & 15. You can find it by scrolling down to the side-by-side comparison on the following page: https://puri.sm/products/ https://puri.sm/products/ I'd definitely recommend the Dell XPS 13 if you're going to be paying that much. It has great linux support.
tom_b 8y ago
I have been happily running Debian (with xmonad) on a 13 inch Macbook with 16GB of memory and the retina display for almost five years now. The screen works great and I have had great success plugging into multiple external monitors including a recently purchased 3840x2160 monitor. I think it might still dual boot into MacOS, but I don't think I have tested that for four years . . .
mnw21cam 8y ago
I very much like my Asus UX305C, with its 3200x1800 display. Works a treat in Linux, and is a beauty to behold.
kitsunesoba 8y ago
Yes, the lopsided trackpad + main keys placement drives me bonkers… How do people use those laptops for extended periods? The way one’s arms are asymmetrical when typing on those laptops due to everything being pushed to the left is uncomfortable and annoying.

ahnick 8y ago

Yeah, offset touchpads are a big thumbs down. Basically just look for the models without dedicated numeric pads. Fortunately those don't typically start showing up until around 15" form factors.

driverdan 8y ago

Unfortunately their 13" is only 1920x1080, a non-starter at a price that's about the same as a MacBook.

NeedMoreTea 8y ago

Long term Mac user, currently with Macbook Pro. It's Apple that offsets the damn touchpad. I don't want it central to the case, I want it central to the home keys (F and J) of the keyboard. Apple centres with the case. Which is broken. There's more keys on the right side of a keyboard than the left (without a number pad), thanks to punctuation and brackets, so hands rest slightly left of case centre line. Truth be told I'd prefer Apple fit a trackpoint, but that's never happening.

dbingham 8y ago
I have one of the old MacBook Pros where the homerow was centered on the case, and so was the touchpad. Which is exactly what I want.
- NeedMoreTea 8y ago
  So do I (2015). There's roughly half a key of trackpad to the left of F, and roughly 1.5 to the right of J. For me that's mis-aligned with where my hands rest, even if both component blocks are neatly case centred for pretty and symmetric photos. The moral of which is, I suppose, that personal preferences are hard to align. :)

nvrspyx 8y ago

It's 1920x1080 for both the Librem 13 & 15. You can find it by scrolling down to the side-by-side comparison on the following page: https://puri.sm/products/ https://puri.sm/products/ I'd definitely recommend the Dell XPS 13 if you're going to be paying that much. It has great linux support.

tom_b 8y ago

I have been happily running Debian (with xmonad) on a 13 inch Macbook with 16GB of memory and the retina display for almost five years now. The screen works great and I have had great success plugging into multiple external monitors including a recently purchased 3840x2160 monitor. I think it might still dual boot into MacOS, but I don't think I have tested that for four years . . .

mnw21cam 8y ago

I very much like my Asus UX305C, with its 3200x1800 display. Works a treat in Linux, and is a beauty to behold.

kitsunesoba 8y ago

Yes, the lopsided trackpad + main keys placement drives me bonkers… How do people use those laptops for extended periods? The way one’s arms are asymmetrical when typing on those laptops due to everything being pushed to the left is uncomfortable and annoying.