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If an iPad can last 10 hours with that resolution, a laptop should be able to.

by rorrr 14y ago

dsirijus 14y ago
By what stretch of imagination is iPad's architecture similar to your average workstation war horse laptop in 2012?
- Osmium 14y ago
  It's not that ridiculous. Intel integrated graphics can acceptably run a laptop of that resolution (see the Retina MBP). When Intel's new IGPs come out next year, it really should be a non-issue.
  - dsirijus 14y ago
    It is ridiculous in a sense that basically only the latest Intel's IGPs can run it acceptably. There's a whole plethora of quality ranges laptops provide for various purposes, it would be incredibly silly making such an incredulous resolution "a standard". Also, app ecosystem is not even on Macs supportive of those high res, imagine what mess would there be in Windows applications. Augh.
    - Osmium 14y ago
      Windows is actually not too bad. I'm running Windows 8 on my Retina MBP in high-DPI mode, and it looks crisp and most apps degrade gracefully (some look absurdly small, but that's rarer). Admittedly, this isn't something that could happen today. But Intel's IGP are the low end. In a few years, they'll be everywhere. It's difficult to argue that something that requires a modern integrated graphics chip is anything too demanding, when you look at how far ahead dedicated chips are.
- lovskogen 14y ago
  Why does it need to be?
  - dsirijus 14y ago
    It doesn't. I'm just refuting the argument that if iPads can do it, laptops can too. Those are two wildly different architectures that are only beggining to converge, touch interface and resolution being prime candidates for feature convergence.
- Retric 14y ago
  It's not a question of architecture. The real issue is batteries are expensive, heavy, and few people buy laptops based on battery life. So, while a you can take an ultra thin laptop w/ SSD add 2 lb's of battery's and be good to go it's now just a normal laptop with poor specs and a long battery life that few people actually care about when they can just plug in or use an external battery. iPad's on the other hand are highly dependent on battery life. And they get to sacrifice a lot of specs and get to use worse hardware than a typical 'ultra portable' without people really noticing as it's a different type of device. Still, you will find plenty of Android tablets that get stuck in the spec wars and end up with terrible battery life.

If an iPad can last 10 hours with that resolution, a laptop should be able to.

by rorrr 14y ago

If an iPad can last 10 hours with that resolution, a laptop should be able to.

dsirijus 14y ago

By what stretch of imagination is iPad's architecture similar to your average workstation war horse laptop in 2012?

Osmium 14y ago
It's not that ridiculous. Intel integrated graphics can acceptably run a laptop of that resolution (see the Retina MBP). When Intel's new IGPs come out next year, it really should be a non-issue.
- dsirijus 14y ago
  It is ridiculous in a sense that basically only the latest Intel's IGPs can run it acceptably. There's a whole plethora of quality ranges laptops provide for various purposes, it would be incredibly silly making such an incredulous resolution "a standard". Also, app ecosystem is not even on Macs supportive of those high res, imagine what mess would there be in Windows applications. Augh.
  - Osmium 14y ago
    Windows is actually not too bad. I'm running Windows 8 on my Retina MBP in high-DPI mode, and it looks crisp and most apps degrade gracefully (some look absurdly small, but that's rarer). Admittedly, this isn't something that could happen today. But Intel's IGP are the low end. In a few years, they'll be everywhere. It's difficult to argue that something that requires a modern integrated graphics chip is anything too demanding, when you look at how far ahead dedicated chips are.
lovskogen 14y ago
Why does it need to be?
- dsirijus 14y ago
  It doesn't. I'm just refuting the argument that if iPads can do it, laptops can too. Those are two wildly different architectures that are only beggining to converge, touch interface and resolution being prime candidates for feature convergence.
Retric 14y ago
It's not a question of architecture. The real issue is batteries are expensive, heavy, and few people buy laptops based on battery life. So, while a you can take an ultra thin laptop w/ SSD add 2 lb's of battery's and be good to go it's now just a normal laptop with poor specs and a long battery life that few people actually care about when they can just plug in or use an external battery. iPad's on the other hand are highly dependent on battery life. And they get to sacrifice a lot of specs and get to use worse hardware than a typical 'ultra portable' without people really noticing as it's a different type of device. Still, you will find plenty of Android tablets that get stuck in the spec wars and end up with terrible battery life.