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The screen is very low-res and the GPU is weak. This is why I don't have one.

If you don't care about pixels (seems common in PC-land), this is probably a good thing re: power consumption.

I look at text all day, every day, and want it to be high res. It's been high res on my Macs for half a decade, and my XPS is even better. I'll get one of these once they fix the screen.

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aquova4y ago

The Framework has a 200 DPI screen. It's lower than say a MacBook, but I wouldn't consider that to be "low-res", especially in the laptop space.

jonaustin4y ago

This 'low-res' comment makes no sense, I'll never go back to 1080p, but 2256x1504 is plenty IMO for text (I live in a CLI all day pretty much).

gorjusborg4y ago

Especially on a 13" screen. I have an XPS 13 with a 4k screen and I never use it at native resolution undocked because I'd need a magnifying glass to read anything on it.

toastal4y ago

That's been the unfortunate part: "do you want 4K or 1080?" has been the question for the longest part without consideration that many people want something in between--hiDPI without going into sizing where you can't tell the different. I have only had 4K screens (15", 14", & 13") since 2015 and can't handle 1080, but I don't want the wasted battery from 4K on smaller sizes.

sneakOP4y ago

You're always using it at native resolution, you're just adjusting your renderer settings.

Nobody's saying your fonts should be tiny. I'm saying they should be rendered in high resolution.

I have the same computer and display. I run it at 4k native but nothing is small, no magnifying glass required.

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sneakOP4y ago

Once you get used to 220+ ppi, it's very difficult to go back.

I even don't like my 218ppi displays that much, they are a little fuzzy compared to my 300+ ppi displays.

It's not a matter of opinion what is "low" or "high" when dealing with integers for resolution. It's evident that you think a low-res (by 2022 market options) display is sufficient. That's fine, but it doesn't make it high res.

There are people who think an analog serial console with 24 lines and 80 columns is sufficient resolution for text. That's not what's being discussed: simply the resolution of the display in the computer. It's low by modern laptop standards.

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aquova4y ago

The Framework has a 200 DPI screen. It's lower than say a MacBook, but I wouldn't consider that to be "low-res", especially in the laptop space.

jonaustin4y ago

This 'low-res' comment makes no sense, I'll never go back to 1080p, but 2256x1504 is plenty IMO for text (I live in a CLI all day pretty much).

gorjusborg4y ago

Especially on a 13" screen. I have an XPS 13 with a 4k screen and I never use it at native resolution undocked because I'd need a magnifying glass to read anything on it.

toastal4y ago

sneakOP4y ago

You're always using it at native resolution, you're just adjusting your renderer settings.

Nobody's saying your fonts should be tiny. I'm saying they should be rendered in high resolution.

I have the same computer and display. I run it at 4k native but nothing is small, no magnifying glass required.

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sneakOP4y ago

Once you get used to 220+ ppi, it's very difficult to go back.

I even don't like my 218ppi displays that much, they are a little fuzzy compared to my 300+ ppi displays.

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