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Does such resolution even make sense on 15.6" screen? You won't see any pixel difference with a lower resolution most likely (unless you look at the screen from

by shmerl 8y ago

Does such resolution even make sense on 15.6" screen? You won't see any pixel difference with a lower resolution most likely (unless you look at the screen from a very close range).

ChuckMcM 8y ago
Actually it does. It essentially looks like print including things like readable 4pt fonts. Now do you want to burn your battery on the GPU that is needed to drive that thing at full speed? That is an interesting question. Does the lack of a backlight compensate? If I were a betting person I would guess this is the display of the new Macbook Pro.
truncate 8y ago
I owe a Dell XPS 13 with 4k display running Linux. Fonts are clearly much more sharper (maybe even feel darker) and pleasant to read than 1080p or even 2k . Although, I see you point. For most practical purposes it does not make difference I think, but I really love 4k when I'm programming. These days I'm not programming much, hence switched to 1080p as little experiment (and got fed up with sloppy GNOME performance), and I would say I don't notice much for general tasks.
- Tepix 8y ago
  There are two generations of the Dell XPS 13, at first they had a 3200x1800 display, they switched to 3840x2160 last year. In my opinion 3200x1800 at 13.3" is more than enough already (I own one) but I guess marketing wanted more.
  - truncate 8y ago
    Yes, I also have the old 2015 model (3200x1800). Definitely, good enough in my opinion too.
  - Brakenshire 8y ago
    Are they in the range where the UX size can be doubled without being too large?
    - truncate 8y ago
      Yes. 2x worked perfect for me at 4k, and its the default for hidpi settings I think. When I switched to 1080p I had to manually increase font sizes (not overall scaling) because the default size wasnt sharp/readable enough. Its pretty cool 4k now works so well out-of-box on Linux. It was nightmare in 2015.
jsight 8y ago
You'd definitely notice the difference. Text is much sharper on my 4k screen, regardless of its size.

by shmerl 8y ago

Does such resolution even make sense on 15.6" screen? You won't see any pixel difference with a lower resolution most likely (unless you look at the screen from a very close range).

ChuckMcM 8y ago

Actually it does. It essentially looks like print including things like readable 4pt fonts. Now do you want to burn your battery on the GPU that is needed to drive that thing at full speed? That is an interesting question. Does the lack of a backlight compensate? If I were a betting person I would guess this is the display of the new Macbook Pro.

truncate 8y ago

I owe a Dell XPS 13 with 4k display running Linux. Fonts are clearly much more sharper (maybe even feel darker) and pleasant to read than 1080p or even 2k . Although, I see you point. For most practical purposes it does not make difference I think, but I really love 4k when I'm programming. These days I'm not programming much, hence switched to 1080p as little experiment (and got fed up with sloppy GNOME performance), and I would say I don't notice much for general tasks.

Tepix 8y ago
There are two generations of the Dell XPS 13, at first they had a 3200x1800 display, they switched to 3840x2160 last year. In my opinion 3200x1800 at 13.3" is more than enough already (I own one) but I guess marketing wanted more.
- truncate 8y ago
  Yes, I also have the old 2015 model (3200x1800). Definitely, good enough in my opinion too.
- Brakenshire 8y ago
  Are they in the range where the UX size can be doubled without being too large?
  - truncate 8y ago
    Yes. 2x worked perfect for me at 4k, and its the default for hidpi settings I think. When I switched to 1080p I had to manually increase font sizes (not overall scaling) because the default size wasnt sharp/readable enough. Its pretty cool 4k now works so well out-of-box on Linux. It was nightmare in 2015.

jsight 8y ago

You'd definitely notice the difference. Text is much sharper on my 4k screen, regardless of its size.