> There are downsides, too: the computer has to work harder to render all those pixels and the battery life is shorter; my battery life was noticeably shorter t

> There are downsides, too: the computer has to work harder to render all those pixels and the battery life is shorter; my battery life was noticeably shorter than my previous almost identical XPS with a "normal" 1080p screen, so it's a trade-off. Makes me wonder why Apple is capable of building laptops that run for hours and have a high DPI screen then? Don't confuse Dell dropping the ball on hardware and software integration with trade-offs. There are upsides to high DPI too: you can turn off anti-aliasing since you won't notice it when the pixels are too small to see.