[ambulancechaser]

I would purchase today except there doesn't seem to be any screen options higher than 1080. I can't go back to 1080 after years of 4k monitors and mbp retina for work and x1 carbon 2k screen on personal laptop.

[PascLeRasc]

I wish someone else besides Apple would discover the 16:10 ratio. I love my MBP but every company I've worked at has been allergic to OS X. Right now I'm stuck working from home on a 1366x768 screen because it's "business-class".

[alphadevx]

The 2020 model of Dell XPS 13 has 16:10 @ 4K AFAIK. If you get the Developer Edition, it comes with Linux preinstalled.

[ken]

Even Apple gave up on 16:10, for half of their computers. The iMac went 16:9 in 2009. The Cinema Display went 16:10 in 2010, and the recent XDR followed suit. The LG they sold in between was also 16:9. Only the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro remain 16:10.

I'm with you. I much prefer using my older non-Retina 16:10 displays than my newer 16:9 Retina display. Microscopic pixels are nice, but an extra 10% height is huge.

[MatmaRex]

Microsoft Surface devices use 3:2 (15:10), I've bought one pretty much only because of that and it's nice.

[wmf]

Dell went 16:10 this year.

[henriquez]

1080p at 14" really isn't bad though. The state of high-DPI in Ubuntu (on which Pop_OS is based) is _okay_ but you're not really missing out on much with the bigger pixels.

I really appreciate with System76 is doing and if I were in the market for a laptop I'd consider this. Their desktops are very cool too as they custom-build the cases themselves. They do seem to be in kind of a "no man's land" market-wise, where a lot of people who would want Linux are technically savvy enough to build their own computer or install it on an existing laptop. But I hope they keep it up and hit their stride!

[driverdan]

It's not bad but it's also not great. Once you use higher DPI screens you don't want to go back. The 13" MBP with 2560x1600 is great.

[lliamander]

> 1080p at 14" really isn't bad though. The state of high-DPI in Ubuntu (on which Pop_OS is based) is _okay_ but you're not really missing out on much with the bigger pixels.

I agree. 1080p on a 27" or even a 24" is pretty bad, but on a 14" is essentially "retina" at normal working distances.

Certainly a 4K would be somewhat smoother, but at the cost of battery life, the need to fiddle with display scaling, etc. I just don't see it being worth it. 2K at most for a display of that size.

Now, a 4K at 32" would be a nice external monitor, and would give plenty of screen real estate (and yet would have a lower PPI than a 1080p at 14").

[sologoub]

Can’t upvote enough! It’s also my main beef with many chromebooks - decent specs and just unacceptable screens for productivity.

Even though Linux may not scale resolution as good as a Mac or Windows yet, being able to fit more text on the screen is huge for productivity.

When you factor in new gaming options like Stadia or Nvidia Now, where you can game high end stuff without the high end hardware locally, FHD is just disappointing.

[waheoo]

Linux scales leaps and bounds better than mac and windows these days..

[mleonhard]

They sell one laptop with a high-resolution screen but it weighs 8.6 lbs (3.9 kg).

https://system76.com/laptops/serval

[nkassis]

Adder WS also has a 15 inch 4k model. I have one and use it for work. Definitively not the ultimate portable machine but I use it mostly at home and the office plugged in.

I wouldn't say it's the best option for everyone but if you need a machine with discrete GPU and high resolution that you know for sure will run Linux (many gaming laptop have similar spec but non supported RAID setup) then I'd say go for it.

If you want a portable laptop then dell's developer edition got 4k and good specs.

[nvrspyx]

They also sell another that weighs 5.51 lbs (2.5 kg). Still pretty hefty.

https://system76.com/laptops/adder

[nkkollaw]

Also, 16:9.

Apple laptops are barely usable at 16:10, it's night and day compared to 3:2 on Surface Books (my favorite laptop of all time by far).

[markstos]

Similar boat. A 2k screen like the X1 Carbon would have been a good compromise on screen quality and battery life.

[CraftThatBlock]

1080p is basically 2K, only 80 more pixels wide

[ben7799]

The old Lemur Pro had a high-res screen available. This one probably will too, they must have just failed to put it on this web page.

[mouldysammich]

Ah, at this screen size hires displays arent worth it (for me atleast) Linux is much more of a hassel on hidpi dipslays too.

[ros65536]

You really don't want to run HiDPI on Linux, applications will look blurry and ugly. It's better to just stick 1x scaling.

[chrisseaton]

If you scale 2x then things won't be blurry, will they?