Re:System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery ...
by bbarnett on Saturday July 09, 2022 @09:08AM
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The whole argument is silly. People coded on 21" CRT and LCD monitors at 640×480 even, and yes ... they still live!
While higher resolutions look nicer, they provide no real value for a console. I've had 4x xterms on my desktop for 30+ years.
There is zero "extra space" with higher dpi. None.
One sad downside of things looking nicer, is the battery cost.
UHD vs HD means 4x the pixels, and a GPU rendering all those pixels. If you want a 14hr battery, and light weight, you won't be getting it with a UHD screen in 2022.
Re:System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery ...
by Dylan16807 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @02:46PM
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Pointing at the GPU is an excuse. That thing doesn't need to go over 1% load to make good text happen.
Re:System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery ...
by rawoke083600 on Saturday July 09, 2022 @09:31AM
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yup !
I said the difference is not meaningful enough (for me and many other ppl, if i read the comments) and that stating that 1080p 'is simply a none starter' and it 'cannot' render text 'correctly' it not true. It can render it more correctly yes.
To be really annoying even 8k wont render text 100% correctly since if there is a circle like section example 'p' or 'b' no pixel based device would be able to give a 'true rendition' of the symbol since you need basically infinite precision to correctly display a circle like concept on gridbased scheme(i.e pixel based display)
Sure a 4k or 8k will approximate it better but(and this is really my point
4k or 8k wil be better(yes) but 1080p it sufficient for a good subset of ppl.
Not really sure how the blind man helps either side of this discussion ?