Au contraire, as a developer staring at screens all day I think it's very important to invest in high quality displays

As a developer, I think we should invest in big external monitor, not looking at a tiny 14in display, however nice it is.

Agreed. Laptop form factor itself is also bad for ergonomics.

Generally agree to invest to avoid eye stain, but this is overkill.

How can you generally agree but then say this display is overkill? The previous displays were definitely not the peak of quality to avoid eye strain.

To reduce eye strain, reducing glare is important so using non-reflective screen by sacrificing quality is better (or ideally eInk). XDR displays (and previous displays from Apple) are great for quality, but not fully optimized for reducing eye strain.

https://www.eizo.com/library/basics/10_ways_to_address_eye_f...

I would argue dynamic backlit screens are terrible for development actually. High contrast is intense on the eye.

I bought a QLED TV 3 years ago, and tried to use it as an external display for my laptop. It's painful to look at. You switch from a white window to a black one and the TV adjusts backlight dynamically and blasts your eyes. I would react by putting my hand in front on my eyes like if i had looked outside from inside a cave after getting used to the cave.

Something like e-ink would be best for office work indeed. Lighting is external so controlled by the user and in line with the rest of the room

> High contrast is intense on the eye.

Is it really the contrast though? No contrast is sharper than blank and white, and reading a book is fine.

Sorry, I meant to say brightness contrast: high-end dynamic displays will turn off backlighting in black areas, and turn them all the way up in white areas.

Let's say your movie shows a full moon in the night. Looking at that moon on the screen is now like looking at a torchlight in the night in real life. The moon section of the screen is blasting high brightness right at your eyes.

This is what I meant. I tried doing office work on such a monitor, and quickly realize it's good for immersion, but terrible for office work, for which you want stable brightness.

Designers use MacBook pros too.

Everyone likes to have mobile workstation.

Yes this is excellent for designers, but here's also many developers.