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Re:Ask HN: Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook ... by gkop on Sunday April 08, 2018 @02:18PM (#16787421)
Surprisingly, both engineers on the 2560x1440 are happy! They run Ubuntu with a second screen at their desks (27” 2560x1440 external monitors). I’m actually the one that’s unhappy because their font size is too small for me to see when pairing ;)

BTW I think 2560x1440 may not be high enough to technically be considered HiDPI?

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook ... by indemnity on Sunday April 08, 2018 @03:38PM (#16787886)
As someone with a 2560x1440 (27”) display at work and a 5120x2880 (27”) display at home, the former is very much not HiDPI, not even close :)
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook ... by maxnoe on Sunday April 08, 2018 @11:15PM (#16790048)
DPI is Dots per inch. It's a density. As a matter of fact, 2560×1440 on a 14" notebook display is nearly identical to 5120×2880 on a 27" display.
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Re:Ask HN: Are there any reasonable alternatives to MacBook ... by indemnity on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:17AM (#16866342)
I'm talking about 2560x1440 on 27", as is GP, and comparing that resolution at 27" to the pixel doubled resolution at 27"?

108 PPI for the former is not HiDPI, which is my point.

I'm quite aware of pixel density, but thanks for the Wikipedia definition.

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