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0 pointstyho6y ago0 comments

I have the ultrafine 5k. 27 glorious inches @ 218ppi. Not only does this provide a colossal amount of real estate for crisp text (I run with no scaling, which requires good eyesight), but combined with a macbook pro, provides a near perfect computing solution. One cable provides video, audio, usb hub, webcam and power. Two monitors might be better, but I find leaving the laptop screen open on a stand works well. One quarter of the ultrafine provides 2560x1440 resolution, so side by side, or corner layouts work very well.

https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27MD5KA-B-5k-uhd-led-monit...

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read_if_gay_6y ago· 1 in thread

> I run with no scaling, which requires good eyesight

I have been on the fence about upgrading to a large hi-res screen specifically with the aim of maximizing screen real estate, which effectively means little scaling. However I couldn't find much info about running hi-res monitors with little or no scaling. Could you share your experience and/or post a screenshot, just to get an idea of how big UIs end up being?

tyhoOP6y ago

Judging by the resolution of my screenshot, it appears as though there is still some scaling going on. I can effectively reduce the scaling by zooming out in VSCode, but I'm limited by my eyes, not by the resolution of the monitor. In other words, the text becomes illegible far before it becomes pixel limited.

https://i.imgur.com/PXyOr7R.png

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