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Does a 4K UHD screen on a laptop (e.g. 15.6") offer any significant benefit? Is there any downside, besides cost? With a high resolution on a small screen, do you have to really crank up the scaling to be able to read text?
4k is better for a text document than 1080, but a 4k screen has a decent battery life hit. Ofc you can drop your resolution to 1080 while on battery if you need more battery life.
I love it on my XPS 13, which now has the 16:10 screen. I set it to 150% scaling and everything works very smoothly.
A tip to help with battery life: disable the touch screen feature.
https://www.lifewire.com/disable-windows-10-touch-screen-4579853
Yeah, 150% or 175% are good for my use. I'm a writer, so the more text I can see clearly on the screen, the better for my work.Only 1.5? Wow, that seems really tiny. I have my XPS 13 at 3x (under KDE, but that shouldn't matter).
I never understood the appeal of touchscreens. Hate smudgy screens.
I do wish it was 16:10 when I bought mine.
That's not going to help at all with power usage. The issue is the physical power draw of the 4k panel and backlight, not the GPU having to render at a higher resolution.
I pretty much don't want >1080p/1200p on a laptop. The smaller the laptop, the closer I use it, so it's generally readable. And if 4k is a power drain, well, that's a bit counter to the purpose of a laptop in the first place. Also scaling doesn't work everywhere. Lots of legacy crap that simply doesn't scale well, and generally looks like ass (with some UI elements scaled and some not...).
Bigger issue is also that you simply cannot get some higher-spec laptops without a panel that has a resolution that's too high to be run at 1:1. Looking at you Dell, asshats.
I pretty much don't want >1080p/1200p on a laptop. The smaller the laptop, the closer I use it, so it's generally readable. And if 4k is a power drain, well, that's a bit counter to the purpose of a laptop in the first place. Also scaling doesn't work everywhere. Lots of legacy crap that simply doesn't scale well, and generally looks like ass (with some UI elements scaled and some not...).
True that. And all I want is 1080p, 120Hz, full SRGB with VRR. I'll take integrated Intel graphics for that matter!Oh, greater than 1080p/1200p is fine on a laptop, it's just that Windows laptop makers have this weird all-or-nothing approach to displays that doesn't take battery life or scaling into account. Either you get a basic 1080p screen or an all-out 4K touchscreen that cuts your battery life in half and requires dramatic scaling. The Goldilocks in-between resolutions like 1440p or 1600p are seemingly dying breeds outside of the MacBook line.