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> Sorry, but this reads like a paid review (which you disclosed in the last sentence). If that's what stands out the most to you, there's probably nothing I ca

> Sorry, but this reads like a paid review (which you disclosed in the last sentence). If that's what stands out the most to you, there's probably nothing I can say to change your mind. > Why didn't they put the 1440x900 in it? No idea. I have no connection to Dell; I just filled out the form when they had public signups for the beta over the summer. > One of the most important things for a developer is a screen with as much vertical resolution as possible. Maybe if you do front-end/design work - I don't. I actually prefer the resolution on this compared to the Macbook Air - less eye strain when staring at a terminal all day.

psionski 14y ago
Huh? Vertical resolution is needed so you see more code at once, not for design work. For badly designed code, horizontal resolution also becomes important ;)
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  > Vertical resolution is needed so you see more code at once, not for design work. Maybe, but I've never noticed the difference with the Sputnik resolution, so I guess it's large enough.
micampe 14y ago
> Maybe if you do front-end/design work - I don't. I actually prefer the resolution on this compared to the Macbook Air - less eye strain when staring at a terminal all day. Well, just increase the font size. Having a larger resolution allows you to see the same amount of content with better font rendering (only because of the larger point size on a larger resolution, I'm not going to discuss Linux vs OS X font rendering again).
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  > Well, just increase the font size. No way to do that globally on OS X, and it's not just font size that's the problem. > I'm not going to discuss Linux vs OS X font rendering again If that's what important to you, then yes, you're probably not going to be happy with anything but a Mac. This computer isn't really meant for people who are happy with OS X on Apple's hardware, if you ask me. For me, I care about the display only to the extent that I get eye strain - beyond that, the other advantages of Linux (esp. on officially supported hardware) win out by far.
  - micampe 14y ago
    > No way to do that globally on OS X, and it's not just font size that's the problem. You specifically mentioned the terminal, I thought that was your issue. >> I'm not going to discuss Linux vs OS X font rendering again > If that's what important to you, then yes, you're probably not going to be happy with anything but a Mac. Text rendering is really important to not get eye strain. However, I think Linux font rendering can be as good as OS X, that’s why I tried not to include it in the difference but just screen resolution. Higher resolution is always better, in my book.
    - chimeracoder 14y ago
      > You specifically mentioned the terminal, I thought that was your issue. In a different context - I meant that I don't care about vertical resolution, font accuracy, color accuracy[1], etc., because my work doesn't require that. My problem isn't (just) the size of the font in the terminal (and the rendering on open-source fonts on a Linux terminal is perfectly fine, in any case). > Higher resolution is always better, in my book. On Linux, sure, higher resolution is no worse, but that doesn't mean I care about the marginal difference that much. On OS X, that's not the case, but it's not as simple as the resolution, but the resolution combined with the font size, and the size of icons/toolbars/etc., as well as the inability to change global font size, etc. Because the fine-grained tools don't exist, for me, the lower resolution ends up being slightly better, even if some (theoretical) combination of higher resolution and larger font/icon size., etc. could be even better than that. [1] So I can use tools like Redshift, flux, etc.
jre 14y ago
> I don't. I actually prefer the resolution on this compared to the Macbook Air - less eye strain when staring at a terminal all day. Have you tried changing the font size on the Air ? I mean, I can't see how a better resolution is a disadvantage.
- mitchty 14y ago
  After my retina 15", I have a hard time reading old dpi stuff. Pixel hinting is far superior to sub-pixel hinting. Moving past 96/72dpi needs to happen faster. High resolution is only a good thing for reading. If you have eye strain you need bigger text, not a less high display.

psionski 14y ago

Huh? Vertical resolution is needed so you see more code at once, not for design work. For badly designed code, horizontal resolution also becomes important ;)

chimeracoder 14y ago
> Vertical resolution is needed so you see more code at once, not for design work. Maybe, but I've never noticed the difference with the Sputnik resolution, so I guess it's large enough.

micampe 14y ago

> Maybe if you do front-end/design work - I don't. I actually prefer the resolution on this compared to the Macbook Air - less eye strain when staring at a terminal all day. Well, just increase the font size. Having a larger resolution allows you to see the same amount of content with better font rendering (only because of the larger point size on a larger resolution, I'm not going to discuss Linux vs OS X font rendering again).

chimeracoder 14y ago
> Well, just increase the font size. No way to do that globally on OS X, and it's not just font size that's the problem. > I'm not going to discuss Linux vs OS X font rendering again If that's what important to you, then yes, you're probably not going to be happy with anything but a Mac. This computer isn't really meant for people who are happy with OS X on Apple's hardware, if you ask me. For me, I care about the display only to the extent that I get eye strain - beyond that, the other advantages of Linux (esp. on officially supported hardware) win out by far.
- micampe 14y ago
  > No way to do that globally on OS X, and it's not just font size that's the problem. You specifically mentioned the terminal, I thought that was your issue. >> I'm not going to discuss Linux vs OS X font rendering again > If that's what important to you, then yes, you're probably not going to be happy with anything but a Mac. Text rendering is really important to not get eye strain. However, I think Linux font rendering can be as good as OS X, that’s why I tried not to include it in the difference but just screen resolution. Higher resolution is always better, in my book.
  - chimeracoder 14y ago
    > You specifically mentioned the terminal, I thought that was your issue. In a different context - I meant that I don't care about vertical resolution, font accuracy, color accuracy[1], etc., because my work doesn't require that. My problem isn't (just) the size of the font in the terminal (and the rendering on open-source fonts on a Linux terminal is perfectly fine, in any case). > Higher resolution is always better, in my book. On Linux, sure, higher resolution is no worse, but that doesn't mean I care about the marginal difference that much. On OS X, that's not the case, but it's not as simple as the resolution, but the resolution combined with the font size, and the size of icons/toolbars/etc., as well as the inability to change global font size, etc. Because the fine-grained tools don't exist, for me, the lower resolution ends up being slightly better, even if some (theoretical) combination of higher resolution and larger font/icon size., etc. could be even better than that. [1] So I can use tools like Redshift, flux, etc.

jre 14y ago

> I don't. I actually prefer the resolution on this compared to the Macbook Air - less eye strain when staring at a terminal all day. Have you tried changing the font size on the Air ? I mean, I can't see how a better resolution is a disadvantage.

mitchty 14y ago
After my retina 15", I have a hard time reading old dpi stuff. Pixel hinting is far superior to sub-pixel hinting. Moving past 96/72dpi needs to happen faster. High resolution is only a good thing for reading. If you have eye strain you need bigger text, not a less high display.