Re:ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that...
by mananaysiempre on Saturday August 02, 2025 @11:47AM
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Possibly. It’s hugely expensive to order a completely custom screen, and I know it was a huge hassle for Framework to get ahold of a better 3:2 display after the initial one—the current better panel is actually a compromise that loses some pixels to rounded corners, which is fine but IMO not “pay $270+tax+shipping for the upgrade” fine. Looking at the specs of the screens, I’m almost sure that both the original 2256×1504 one and the rounded-corners 2880×1920 one are actually identical to the ones in the Microsoft Surface (changed to a matte finish), so it’s Microsoft footing the custom-screen bill in this case. (I’ve heard we’re not getting small phones for a similar reason: you would need to sell a lot of phones to justify a new screen, and all the small-phone people will still begrudgingly buy a large one if there are no small ones.)
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Re:ThinkPad designer David Hill spills secrets, designs that...
by cosmic_cheese on Saturday August 02, 2025 @05:56PM
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The big selling point of the higher tier FW13 screen option is that it’s conducive to 2x/200% UI scaling, which is surprisingly rare in x86 laptops and is desirable under Linux. Fractional scaling displays technically work but have some notable quirks, where 2x scaling has worked flawlessly for a long time.