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I have a 4k x1 Carbon and I can confirm that it's dumb. I would prefer the battery life but also the iGPU isn't powerful enough to run an external monitor while

I have a 4k x1 Carbon and I can confirm that it's dumb. I would prefer the battery life but also the iGPU isn't powerful enough to run an external monitor while the display is using 4k so I have to scale it down for that anyway.

okasaki 5y ago
I wonder, can users who want better battery life on their 4k laptop just run the screen in 1920x1080?
akvadrako 5y ago
Maybe older generations weren't powerful enough, but I use the 7th gen (2019) to run a 2nd 4K external display and it works fine. 4K is a little overkill for 14", but I wouldn't consider a laptop below 3K. Definitionally not dumb.
- ngngngng 5y ago
  What OS are you using? I installed PopOS onto mine and maybe something there is the issue. We have the same model and mine is maxed on specs but whenever I'm in 4k and using an external monitor it becomes unbearably slow.
  - akvadrako 5y ago
    I run Ubuntu. Works fine in windows too.