I think this is going to be my next work laptop. I have been eyeing the new M1X mac, but the attraction of Linux is too high on me. I will decide after Apple releases their better M1…

I hadn't come across this laptop before - looks pretty good!

Do you own one? Keen to know what real world battery life is like, and if there are any tradeoffs/annoyances?

Or for something not quite as good but more likely to be available, their Zephyrus G15: 90Wh, 5800HS or so, 2560×1440.

I have one and can confirm it has a great battery and is snappy. They're a little hard to find in certain configurations but for a "gaming" laptop it's a pretty decent daily driver.

Just wondering, can we really feel the difference between 2k and 4k on a small screen?

Very easily on text. Get a proper high-resolution display and you’ll never want to go back.

That 16″ 3840×2400 display means 283ppi; 1920×1200 would be only 142ppi. (Even a 13.3″ 1920×1080 is still only 166ppi.)

I went down from a Surface Book’s 13.5″ 3000×2000 (267ppi) to a Zephyrus G15’s 15.6″ 2560×1440 (188ppi) and although it’s definitely better than 1920×1080 it’s still definitely not as good as the Surface Book for crispness. (Most people probably wouldn’t worry about the difference, but they’d certainly notice it if going down to the 141ppi that 1920×1080 would represent.) That Vivobook looks magnificent: if I hadn’t just recently obtained my G15 and could actually get that Vivobook, I’d do so like a shot.

Sorry, 2k is a typo. I want to ask about the difference between 2880x1080 and 4k resolution (as I'm using a 2880x1080 display and I know the crispness is indeed a lot better than 1920x1200). I thought a 2880x1080 is already very good and further increase in resolution would be barely noticeable.

2880×1080 is a super widescreen ratio (8:3, or call it 16:6 or 24:9 if you prefer); I don’t know how you intend to compare it to a regular widescreen ratio (16:9) which is only two thirds of the width for a given height.

It also depends on the screen size. Such super-widescreenness is probably only found in fairly large monitors, and at that size I’d say that doubling the resolution (5760×2160) will have a massive effect on perceived text quality. At that size, and depending on how far away from the screen you use it, you could possibly even double it again and still tell and appreciate the difference.

Yes, other screens are ruined for you.

My main monitor is a wonderful 27" Dell Ultrasharp 3K, and for my secondary monitor (which I keep in portrait orientation) I have a 24" Dell Ultrasharp FHD 16:10.

After seeing how crisp and clear the text is on my main screen, I was really annoyed with myself for not getting a 3K screen for my secondary monitor too :(

I'm currently dreading the time when I stop working from home and go back into the office, because at home I have a nice 4k monitor and a 3200x1800 laptop screen, whereas at work it's 1920x1080 or less - and that was fairly recently bought too.