[488643689]

This causes me pain. I really, really want an AMD Thinkpad, but NONE of them has a 2k or 4k display. I tested the FHD ones and I just can't bare it/feel alright dropping 1.3k€ on FHD in 2020. No sure what to do now :(

[feanaro]

I too want an AMD ThinkPad but none of the ones with the new Ryzens are 15". It sucks that they've decided to cripple their AMD line for no reason.

[capitol_]

The IdeaPad S540-13ARE is spec'ed with a 2560x1600 screen: https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/IdeaPad/IdeaPad_S54013ARE

But seems very hard to find a place that actually sells it around here (Norway).

[488643689]

Yeah, but IdeaPad is not ThinkPad... I would only do education offers and the non ThinkPads don't come with 3 years of onsite premium support. The IdeaPad does come edu discounted tho.

[CoolGuySteve]

While I agree, one plus is that some of the FHD displays are now extremely low power, with about 1-2W lower idle power consumption.

But I'm not sure why Lenovo doesn't make the low power display the baseline like HP did with their Spectre line.

[blackaspen]

On this note, I got the 500nit e-privacy display and it's "fine". I don't love it, it's not quite as good as it sounds, but it's "fine". Viewing angle with the "privacy" part off is still pretty terrible.

[sbierwagen]

A 15" 1080p panel has the same pixel density as a 32" 4K panel.

[Joeri]

But you sit closer to it so it needs to be sharper. The issue with 1080p at 14 inch is that 150% scaling has blurriness issues with bitmap graphics and 100% scaling is a bit too small and 200% scaling is a little bit too big for most people. Linux is also terrible at 150% scaling across the board. 1440p is the perfect trade-off at 200% between crispness and battery life and well-supported in linux, and while 4k at 300% is very crisp it is a massive power drain.

Apple and microsoft consistently ship displays between 200 and 250 dpi, the sweet spot for 200% scaling. It is frustrating that nobody else does this. I’m on the fence between replacing my 1080p thinkpad with another thinkpad or a macbook pro, and this is a major advantage for the mbp.

[sbierwagen]

Windows has 125% scaling. Linux vendors should look into adding that. :)

[KozmoNau7]

KDE does scaling at any 6.25% interval (for technical reasons), which hits 125%, 150%, 175%, 200% and so on.

[blackaspen]

If you really want you can get the T14s and swap the panel, but it's expensive and a pain, especially on a brand new machine.

[488643689]

I keep an eye on that route. So far it hasn't been confirmed the AMD motherboards actually can connect to the high res displays.

I would love the X13 yoga 4k(?) oled version with AMD. That be my perfect machine as it has pen input too.