[kelvie]

Perhaps the coolest part of this update is a new 2.8k 120hz screen.

This will be the first time I've upgraded a screen (myself) on my main laptop, although it ships in August.

I wonder if 120hz will drain the battery a lot faster as OEMs claim they do on smartphones, or if there's VRR support.

[nrp]

There is VRR support, but 2880x1920 is still pushing a lot of pixels!

[kelvie]

Amazing, you should add this somewhere public, like on the product description!

I think this will make Linux (ecosystem) support for VRR better, as it will be another thing for relatively sophisticated Linux users to tinker with (which have a fair cross-section with framework laptop owners it feels like).

[luyu_wu]

The timing's pretty good with Gnome (Mutter) releasing VRR hopefully in the next release? Some compositors have good support already too!

[schmorptron]

It's great that it's VRR. Also I don't think the rounded corners will matter much in practice, might even look cool if the bezels are designed for it!

[nrp]

Yep, you stop noticing the corners pretty quickly. We thought about introducing rounded bezels to match it, but didn't want to introduce bezel fragmentation.

[CarVac]

Speaking of bezel hardware changes, people keep asking for the 13 to operate better while closed. I took a look inside my 13 and found that you could make a bezel with an indent or cutout on the hinge cover at the vent location and almost completely unblock the heatsink exhaust.

The only tradeoff I can think of besides inventory fragmentation would be appearance while open (no uniform bar the whole way across).

Not important for me personally, but it would make it a better option for those who use the laptop docked to a much larger screen perhaps with an eGPU.