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It's impossible for me to write code on the weenie screen of a laptop. Plus I hate the laptop chicklet keyboards and the touchpad that my palm is always acciden

It's impossible for me to write code on the weenie screen of a laptop. Plus I hate the laptop chicklet keyboards and the touchpad that my palm is always accidentally brushing against. If I could, I'd have a 4x8 foot display with no decrease in pixel density. I.e. an incredible number of pixels. Heck, why stop there. Give me a wall sized display! Phooey on laptops.

leeoniya 8y ago
> If I could, I'd have a 4x8 foot display with no decrease in pixel density. I.e. an incredible number of pixels. i think you would find this setup to be really poor. you need be within ~2ft viewing to appreciate the difference between 1080p and 4k at 24" diagonal display size. sitting 2ft from an 8ft wide display will give you very poor viewing angles for the majority of the content. at greater distances than 2ft, the pixel density of a 4k 24" display become nothing more than waste of gpu, cpu and electricity.
- taneq 8y ago
  I have a 5x1 monitor wall and it's great for coding, but it curves around through 90° so all the screens are equidistant. Portrait mode is so much better for coding (for me) and I can see multiple source files, application, documentation and reference material all at once. It's great!
- skookumchuck 8y ago
  Maybe. I know I could easily make use of one double (in both x and y) the size I currently have. As for discerning pixels, I know that the retina display is distinctly easier to read than non-retina (both from Apple) even though I could not see the pixelation on the latter. Watching video does not make much difference, but reading text sure does.
  - bluedino 8y ago
    PDF’s are a good example of things that look terrible on non-Retina displays
TipVFL 8y ago
My wall of pixels is a 42" 60hz 4k display I bought on Amazon for $200 3 years ago. Best purchase ever, it's basically like having four 21" 1080p monitors stuck together with no gap. Really hard to get myself to code on my laptop now.
danieldk 8y ago
I am completely in favor of having a work station (better performance per Euro than a laptop). However, nothing holds you from using a nice screen and keyboard with a laptop. I have my MacBook Pro hooked up to a 4k external display, Microsoft Natural Keyboard (or whatever they are called today), and a nice big Magic Trackpad 2. I can undock it and have exactly the same system on the go. the MacBook Pro can drive multiple screens (2x4k on 13", 4x4k on 15"). You also use an external GPU over Thunderbolt 3.
- skookumchuck 8y ago
  > nothing holds you from using a nice screen and keyboard with a laptop. What's the point of having a laptop if you can only use it with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse? A powerful desktop is much cheaper, and you can stuff huge disk drives in it. When I'm on the go, I bring a cheap laptop (in case of loss, theft, or damage) that doesn't have my whole life on it and mainly take a vacation from working. (And I'll use the time to catch up on my professional reading.)

leeoniya 8y ago

> If I could, I'd have a 4x8 foot display with no decrease in pixel density. I.e. an incredible number of pixels. i think you would find this setup to be really poor. you need be within ~2ft viewing to appreciate the difference between 1080p and 4k at 24" diagonal display size. sitting 2ft from an 8ft wide display will give you very poor viewing angles for the majority of the content. at greater distances than 2ft, the pixel density of a 4k 24" display become nothing more than waste of gpu, cpu and electricity.

taneq 8y ago
I have a 5x1 monitor wall and it's great for coding, but it curves around through 90° so all the screens are equidistant. Portrait mode is so much better for coding (for me) and I can see multiple source files, application, documentation and reference material all at once. It's great!
skookumchuck 8y ago
Maybe. I know I could easily make use of one double (in both x and y) the size I currently have. As for discerning pixels, I know that the retina display is distinctly easier to read than non-retina (both from Apple) even though I could not see the pixelation on the latter. Watching video does not make much difference, but reading text sure does.
- bluedino 8y ago
  PDF’s are a good example of things that look terrible on non-Retina displays

TipVFL 8y ago

My wall of pixels is a 42" 60hz 4k display I bought on Amazon for $200 3 years ago. Best purchase ever, it's basically like having four 21" 1080p monitors stuck together with no gap. Really hard to get myself to code on my laptop now.

danieldk 8y ago

I am completely in favor of having a work station (better performance per Euro than a laptop). However, nothing holds you from using a nice screen and keyboard with a laptop. I have my MacBook Pro hooked up to a 4k external display, Microsoft Natural Keyboard (or whatever they are called today), and a nice big Magic Trackpad 2. I can undock it and have exactly the same system on the go. the MacBook Pro can drive multiple screens (2x4k on 13", 4x4k on 15"). You also use an external GPU over Thunderbolt 3.

skookumchuck 8y ago
> nothing holds you from using a nice screen and keyboard with a laptop. What's the point of having a laptop if you can only use it with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse? A powerful desktop is much cheaper, and you can stuff huge disk drives in it. When I'm on the go, I bring a cheap laptop (in case of loss, theft, or damage) that doesn't have my whole life on it and mainly take a vacation from working. (And I'll use the time to catch up on my professional reading.)