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by rsync 4538 days ago
"This is just a standard high-end laptop. Disappointing."

Well, a high end laptop with a low resolution screen...
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geminitojanus 4538 days ago
It's a strange world where we're saying 1080p is "low res".
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astrodust 4538 days ago
It is pretty garbage by today's standards, and is inferior to CRT screens I had ten years ago.

If this is for developers, pixels matter.

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jamesbritt 4538 days ago
For people used to WUXGA it's (somewhat) low res.

I thought the newer W-series Thinkpads would have better res then "HD" (AKA "short screen") but last I checked they're still stuck selling "business" machines with entertainment-consumption screens. Plus a numpad that shifts the main keyboard over.

On the bright side they still have dedicated trackpoint buttons instead of the clacky thing built in to the trackpad that some of the other other recent models have.

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davidw 4538 days ago
The Dell that I got several years (3-4) ago that this one replaced was WUXGA. This one (an XPS13) is light and has more battery life, and is faster and all, but I do miss that screen a lot. More pixels == better, with a bias for vertical pixels.
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r00fus 4538 days ago
16:9 is a no-deal for me. Horrible aspect ratio for actual work. I require at least 16:10 or preferably 4:3 (I have two monitors in portrait together at my office that effectively give 5:4)
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