Quote from: Logoffon on September 10, 2025, 03:48:29Of course they had to lock HRR display with absurdly and needlessly high display res. Do they really think that everyone who wants higher refresh rate also wants higher resolution?
What's wrong with higher res? 150% scaling is identical in real estate as 1920x1200 but with 242.5 PPI instead of 161.7 PPI with 1920x1200 native (100% scaling).
In other words, identically sized as 1920x1200, but 49.9% sharper image with significantly better clarity. What's not to like? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean, let's put it this way - would you rather have 2,304,000€ or
"absurdly and needlessly high" 5,184,000€? Because the latter is how many pixels is there in this 2.8K display here. 1920€ per month or 2880€ per month? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Edit: Being short-sighted my eyesight is not particularly impressive, but I would
never go back to 1200p at 14". Never. I have a 2560x1440 14" X1 Carbon set at 160% scaling (which is in size identical as 1600x900) and a 2560x1600 165 Hz 16" P1 Gen 2 set at 125% scaling (identical in size as 2048x1280). I would LOVE to have a 4K in my P16 G2 and scale it at 200% (so 1920x1200 with superior sharpness over native 1920x1200 100%), I simply notice lower pixel-density in a 2" larger display. 1920x1200 is about fine for 13.3" displays though (X13 for example), that's decent-ish at 170.2 PPI, but 2.2K (2240x1400) would be optimal at 198.6 PPI, scaled at 125% gives 1792x1152 which is plenty of real estate for a 13.3" screen.
My friend has a 1920x1200 14" X1 Carbon and the difference is night and day; mine looks like looking at a smartphone screen, his looks painful to use when there is a lot of text to display, there simply isn't enough sharpness to comfortably read. Again, I'm not blind but I'm short-sighted yet I can see each pixel on his 1200p 14" display at a normal viewing distance. They are not huge, of course, but they are visible at around 0.16 mm dot pitch as opposed to ~0.12 mm on my higher-res display.