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I believe the tradeoff is that the battery would be murdered like a camp counselor in a horror movie. What's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops us
by ChikkaChiChi 12y ago
I believe the tradeoff is that the battery would be murdered like a camp counselor in a horror movie.
What's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops using high resolution; and Microsoft's inability to support HiDPI with any sort of efficiency.
- dragontamer 12y agoWhat's more shocking to me is the dearth of PC laptops using high resolution Wat? * Toshiba Kirabook * Lenovo Y50 4K * HP EliteBook (2560) * Dell XPS 11 (2560) * Samsung Series 9 (2560) You can buy laptops well above 1080p today... if you so desire. Hell, you could have bought them 2 years ago.
- Igglyboo 12y agoYou can, but most laptops being sold are still 1366 x 768.
- dragontamer 12y agoLike... the Macbook Air. Most people don't seem to care about monitor resolution. Fact is a fact. Those who do care have _plenty_ of options. Windows based (Kirabook or Lenovo 4k), Mac based (Macbook Pro).
- skeletonjelly 12y agoTyping this from my Lenovo W540. High DPI is good and all, but holy shit do programs vary between regular, tiny font, and large font. VMWare's remote desktop client (vmrc.exe) triggered via VCloud in browser renders at native, which requires me to squint and put my face 2 inches away from the screen.
- porsupah 12y agoI love the turn of phrase, but given this new display manages to improve on energy efficiency, I'm suspecting another, more mundane consideration: the Dread Marketeer. As is, the Pro line has the retina displays, whilst the Air doesn't, thereby setting out a clear product line delineation. (Not the sole one, to be sure. But, if Apple wishes to continue the Pro/Air distinction, this would seem one quite noticeable parameter)
- PeterisP 12y agoFor Air-like sizes, the GPU matters very much - even if the screen takes less wats, it takes much more GPU power to feed it, and that would hurt battery life.