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New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by flohofwoe »

pmontra wrote: post #12

I'm glad to see a resurgence of 16:10 screens. I'm waiting to see bezels shrink to the point I'll have a nearly 15" 16:10 screen in a 14" laptop body, not to have a number pad.

As a programmer I would really like to have more choices of 3:2 or even 4:3 aspect ratio laptops (because of the added vertical space, which is really much more valuable when working mostly with text on fairly small displays). For 3:2 I'm only aware of the MS Surface and Huaewei MateBook laptops, and Thinkpads were probably the last 4:3 laptops(?).

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by pqb »

pmontra wrote: post #12

I'm glad to see a resurgence of 16:10 screens. I'm waiting to see bezels shrink to the point I'll have a nearly 15" 16:10 screen in a 14" laptop body, not to have a number pad.

Isn't already a thing (or almost)? For example Dell Latitude E7470 14" (16:9) [0] and Dell Precision 5550 15.6" (16:10) [1]:

Dell Precision 5550:

> Front Height: 7.70 mm (0.30 in.)

> Rear Height: 11.65 mm (0.45 in.)

> Width: 344.40 mm (13.56 in.)

> Depth: 230.30 mm (9.07 in.)

Dell Latitude E7470:

> Front Height: 17.2 mm (0.68 inch)

> Back Height: 19.4 mm (0.76 inch)

> Width 334.00 mm (13.14 inches)

> Depth: 232.0 mm (9.13 inches)

Precision is bulkier (cooling and dedicated GPU) and by about 10mm is larger (in width) but it is close to mimic 14".

[0]: https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/latitude-e7470-ultrabook_own...

[1]: https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/precision-15-5550-laptop_own...

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by paulie_a »

pmontra wrote: post #14
artistsvoid wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

two thoughts a) where does it say this? it says the machine will have 16 GB of ram, nothing about possible bonus upgrades one might be able to get (though maybe you followed some links in the article) b) even if 16 GB is max: whoever it is that "needs" more than 16 GB probably won't go for an ultra light weight (< 1 kg = < 2.2 pounds) 13 inch machine for their use case. Seems like "mobility" is priority number one, n…

It's not my use case but I know developers commuting with 13" laptops (weight and size) and connecting them to a large monitor in their office and working with VMs and containers. 16 GB is the minimum, 32 GB is the best option.

I just got an xps 13 and decided to go to with 32 gb

I may not desperately need it now but figured to future proof it for the nominal upgrade price. this laptop is going to last quite a while for me so might as well make it worth it.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by Jaruzel »

pqb wrote: post #19

> 13.0 | 16:10 | 2K | 450nits | 100% sRGB | Optional Touch > Ultra-narrow bezel | 85% STB It is very nice move from the Dell [0], and also now Lenovo to bring 16:10 display in laptops. It was always for me strange decision, when laptop manufactures decided to use 16:9 displays for all, even for pricey, high-end models. I am highly enthusiastic to see 16:10 displays back after ten years, when numerous notebooks had 15…

The old Dell Latitude D models had 16:10 displays (albeit at 1280x800 pixels) so for Dell they are bringing it back.

16:9 is just too shallow to do any meaningful work on.

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