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waffl | 5 years ago

Thank goodness for the transition away from the terrible 16:9 screens that have plagued almost every single PC laptop for years. These are all 16:10 with a few screen options (at least for the X1C9):

- 14" UHD+ (3840 x 2400) IPS, low-power, HDR400 with Dolby Vision™ DCI P3 100%, 500 nits, TÜV Rheinland-certified for reduced blue light emissions

- 14" FHD+* (1920 x 1200) IPS, anti-glare, low-power, 400 nits, Low-power, TÜV Rheinland-certified for reduced blue light emissions

- 14" FHD+* (1920 x 1200) IPS, anti-glare, touchscreen, 400 nits, TÜV Rheinland-certified for reduced blue light emissions

- 14" FHD+* (1920 x 1200) IPS, anti-glare, touchscreen, PrivacyGuard, 500 nits

Also nice that the HiDPI version is low-power. Interesting that the smaller x1 nano is also using the 16:10 screen, what a relief to have this across the range.

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helmholtz|5 years ago

Utter joy. There are even 3:2 SKUs. 16:9 screens are an unbridled plague that deserve to be binned tout de suite, especially on 13" ultrabooks. It's like typing while looking at code through a keyhole.

I welcome a future where gamers are told to fuck off, and laptop manufacturers instead embrace professional looking laptops with tall displays with very high PPI, long battery life, non-gamery keycap fonts, and no RGB anywhere.

Clubber|5 years ago

>gamers are told to fuck off

I thought the 16:10 plague was because TV's were typically made in that aspect ratio and therefore it was cheaper to use the same panels in a laptop.

Gamers care more about refresh rate than the aspect ratio.

Anyway, hip, hip hurray for Dell and Lenovo going back to a good aspect ratio for coding.

jpalomaki|5 years ago

On Windows moving the taskbar to side of screen gives few extra pixels.

caskstrength|5 years ago

Unfortunately Lenovo reduced key travel in this generation yet again (to 1.35 mm).

mcv|5 years ago

For something so thin, that's probably unavoidable.

Personally, I don't think I want a thin laptop. Not for any kind of meaningful work, at least. Thin doesn't just mean less key travel, it also means less space for battery, and less space for cooling.

I mean, I don't want an excessively bulky laptop, but there's definitely a point where the returns from thinness diminish really hard.