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Originally posted by sdack View PostWhile I am happy to embrace progress is a 14"-display at 4K resolution a bit of an overkill. One needs to have very good eyes to benefit from this, while it definitely draws more power and cuts into the endurance of the laptop.
After checking the manufacturer's website and all T14s, Gen1 and 2, do they only offer a FHD (1920x1080) 14"-display.
Is this really a 4K display??
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Originally posted by sdack View PostWas talking about the display and not the virtual resolution.Last edited by shmerl; 14 December 2021, 01:53 PM.
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Originally posted by klapaucius View Post
Can you elaborate on that? Do you mean in the BIOS settings, via a kernel parameter, or what?Last edited by shmerl; 14 December 2021, 01:54 PM.
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Originally posted by stormcrow View Post
If they're using soldered RAM and other parts they're no where near the same quality of previous generations of Thinkpads. The reason they were popular is because they were also repairable as well as reasonably well supported with legacy ports (mainly RS-232) for interfacing with enterprise and hobby hardware. Lenovo is has been trashing the Thinkpad brand with these low end consumer grade hardware tricks wrapped in a formerly proud business lineup. Wouldn't touch the newer Thinkpads with a 10 foot pole.
Where did the classic laptops go? To a niche market?
Even the 2012 MacBook Pro had a FireWire port, because there might be that person who still needs it.
The lack of serial port is a gripe. I mean come on, it was extremely easy to just plug in a cable and be able to debug a failing server...Last edited by tildearrow; 14 December 2021, 01:56 PM.
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Originally posted by shmerl View PostI'm not sure what you mean. It has resolution in pixels listed in the specs. What's a "virtual resolution"? How are you going fake higher resolution on the lower res screen?Last edited by sdack; 14 December 2021, 02:11 PM.
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Originally posted by sdack View PostBut since GPUs allow for the opposite, to render graphics at a higher resolution than the actual display, do some vendors use this feature to lie to customers and to tell them their machines have a "4K display", when it is really an FHD display
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Originally posted by shmerl View PostWhat kind of benefit do you get from rendering in higher resolution and downscaling it to lower res display? Especially on a laptop?
The real benefit lies obviously with the vendors, who use this feature to sell computers with a standard FHD display (1920x1080) and advertise it as 4K to customers. Those who do not know the difference are easily tricked into thinking that they are getting a computer with an actual 4K display. These do exist and 4K is on the rise, but such displays are not cheap, and when a clueless customer falls for the bullshit then they think they are getting a bargain.Last edited by sdack; 14 December 2021, 03:05 PM.
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