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> You can finally go outside and work on your laptop in the bright sunlight without squinting! You probably don't do this often, but it's nice to have, right D
by skerit 5y ago
> You can finally go outside and work on your laptop in the bright sunlight without squinting! You probably don't do this often, but it's nice to have, right
Dear god, is this what laptop makers think too? I want a laptop to use in the sun outside. I actively look for a laptop that does that, but they're either super expensive and/or super ugly.
- alin23 5y agoWell it’s definitely not the advertised use case. The promo videos are mostly made with studio rooms in mind. I’ve yet to see a laptop advertisement where someone is working outside in sunlight.
- ricardobeat 5y agoThe OLPC had a reflective screen designed for outdoors use.
- argsnd 5y agoThe ambient light sensor on MacBooks will raise the limit past 500 nits when it detects bright sunlight.
- alin23 5y agoI've encountered exactly the opposite: https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/over-500nits-failed/#sdr-cap-in-direct-sunlight https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/over-500nits-failed/#sdr-cap-i... The SDR nits never go over 500 in my experience. But it's possible I haven't tested this correctly.
- argsnd 5y agoMy bad - I noticed that the screen becomes brighter than it is possible to manually set it to when it's in harsh sunlight, so I assumed that this was a result of it increasing the SDR brightness limit past 500 nits, I didn't know that such conditions were required merely to push it to 500 nits. Thanks for the info!