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Hopefully more Laptop manufacturers make screens at least in 16:10 which is a compromise to having 16:9 on all consumer laptops due to the movie industry (the n
by zitterbewegung 5y ago
Hopefully more Laptop manufacturers make screens at least in 16:10 which is a compromise to having 16:9 on all consumer laptops due to the movie industry (the new Dell XPS comes to mind). The only way right now strangely enough to get something resembling that would be supported by a large manufacturer would be to buy an iPad and use it as a secondary display. You could try to use the iPad with a keyboard as a productivity oriented laptop but it would only really work out right now if you were a web developer and only needing ssh access.
- johndoe0815 5y agoI haven't given up the hope that an iOS hacker manages to jailbreak the new M1 iPads so that you can boot macOS or Linux (https://asahilinux.org https://asahilinux.org). The 4:3 screens of the iPads are really nice and Thunderbolt on the new devices allows for a large number of peripherals (if you buy a hub :)). Only Apple's "Magic" keyboards are far too expensive, but regular Bluetooth keyboards and mice should also work.
- saagarjha 5y agoBooting Linux or macOS is unlikely to happen anytime soon, but we might get them running in a VM if a jailbreak shows up.
- lmm 5y agoMicrosoft's Surface Book line have 3:2 screens and are absolutely wonderful (though the price premium might be even worse than Apple).