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Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by dhimes »

kjeetgill wrote: post #81
bityard wrote: post #65

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What have we lost? I have _always_ preferred a wider screen to a taller one because it means I can fit more xterms side-by-side.

Yea, seriously. When did the whole taller windows are for productivity vs wider for media folks, decide this as obvious and undeniable ? It's just a preference! The most workflow obessesed tiling window manager people tend to expect a two column, (one with a tall window, with a 2 or 3 rows in the other) approach by default. Often 3 columns.

I can see where taller might be better for documents- so maybe better for LaTex, Word, etc. productivity. But not for programming IMHO.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by BanazirGalbasi »

parliament32 wrote: post #108
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…

Meta but why is it called 16:10 instead of 8:5? Ratios should be brought down to the lowest common denominator, just like every other standard aspect ratio, no?

Probably for an easier direct comparison with 16:9, which has been the de-facto standard for years. Without having to do any math, you immediately know that the screen is proportionally taller than a 16:9 screen would be, which makes for easier marketing.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by space_ghost »

mkesper wrote: post #61
abdusco wrote: post #52

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I stripped a couple of screws on my XPS 13 and was about to break the bottom panel out of anger & frustration. Instead I bought a new, quality set of screwdrivers and managed to open it, then replaced torx screws with phillips head M2x3 screws. Highly recommend.

Torx is much more stable than philips head.

Torx, Philips, whatever, we can all agree that they're both 10x better than Allen-head screws.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by BanazirGalbasi »

Aperocky wrote: post #103
thinkmassive wrote: post #101

"the new model is even smaller and lighter, with a weight of less than 1 kg. To achieve this, Lenovo uses a slightly smaller 48 Wh battery and also slashes most ports that are present on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon" Sounds like the X1 Nano is marginally better than a Macbook (the super small one, not Air or Pro). I'm on my second X1 Carbon gen-5 (third X1C overall), and it already has nearly the fewest ports I prefer in a…

battery life and weight >> Any other feature on a laptop. I'm waiting for that ARM mac.

I disagree, many people use laptops as replacement desktop these days so having expansion ports is important. My new job gave me an X1 Carbon with only two USB type A ports and this is my workstation now. If I want to use any accessories like a mouse or external keyboard (set the laptop on a stand so it's level with an external monitor), I immediately run into an issue with having enough expansion room.

If you're doing nothing but sitting in meetings and taking notes, the battery life will follow due to the light use. But for many people, a laptop is as much of a computer as they'll ever use, so having the ability to expand is crucial.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by sidpatil »

pqb wrote: post #60
jbverschoor wrote: post #42

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It was never meant for work..

Oh c'mon, many laptops in last decade had 1366x768 display and many people still downscale theirs 1920x1080 into 1600x900 or 1440x810, because they have problems to comfortable see and read text from screen :) Dell D-series are at least twelve years old [0] (example model with 16:10 display [1]). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Latitude#Latitude_D8x0_se... [1]: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Latitu…

It kills me when I see people downscale their displays to be able to read their text. But I blame the OS developers for this: the display settings should allow you to scale the graphical elements according to your preference.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by dguaraglia »

cercatrova wrote: post #45
dguaraglia wrote: post #40

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My daily driver is a Huawei Matebook Pro, with exactly those specs... But a horribly placed camera and I think nowadays you can't even buy them in the US anymore.

Yes the Matebook does have 3:2 and no bezels, but it's Huawei, it's only 13 inches, and the processors are the 15 watt versions rather than the 45 watt ones. I'm thinking more of an LG Gram 17 inch or at least 15 inch with these specs.

I agree about the screen size. I'm really looking forward to next year's XPS 15, once they deal with the usual 'first model' issues.

That said, I haven't found a situation where the processor has been a problem, but that's probably a matter of workload. For software development, it has never been an issue. If you are re-encoding video for a living or doing CAD, maybe it could be an issue.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by e12e »

BanazirGalbasi wrote: post #112
parliament32 wrote: post #108

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Meta but why is it called 16:10 instead of 8:5? Ratios should be brought down to the lowest common denominator, just like every other standard aspect ratio, no?

Probably for an easier direct comparison with 16:9, which has been the de-facto standard for years. Without having to do any math, you immediately know that the screen is proportionally taller than a 16:9 screen would be, which makes for easier marketing.

16:9

16:10

16:10.66 (almost 3:2)

16:12 (4:3)

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by lovehashbrowns »

jhatax wrote: post #67

When Apple first eliminated all but two (or four) USB-C ports, there was a ton of vitriol towards Apple on HN. In the years since Apple’s move, both Dell and IBM have adopted Apple’s playbook and are in the process of eliminating ports, and there are no comments on how everyone will need dongles to connect peripherals or get their work done. - What has changed in our use of laptops over the last 12-months that dongle…

What's nice about the way Lenovo is doing it is that they give a ton of different options for what you want and need. My X1 Extreme, for example, has a ton of different ports, 64GB of RAM, it's bigger, HDMI port, etc. The X1 Nano focuses on being lightweight and portable. If that's what I prefer and I don't mind it only having two USB-C ports, that's what I would go for. And I might! I'd be curious to see how much battery life it actually gets, and it has 5G.

What's dumb is that my "Pro" MacBook only has 4 Thunderbolt ports.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by easde »

BanazirGalbasi wrote: post #114
Aperocky wrote: post #103

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battery life and weight >> Any other feature on a laptop. I'm waiting for that ARM mac.

I disagree, many people use laptops as replacement desktop these days so having expansion ports is important. My new job gave me an X1 Carbon with only two USB type A ports and this is my workstation now. If I want to use any accessories like a mouse or external keyboard (set the laptop on a stand so it's level with an external monitor), I immediately run into an issue with having enough expansion room. If you're doi…

USB-C hubs nicely solve the problem of plugging USB devices, a monitor and a charger into a laptop. Like the docking stations in old laptops, but far cheaper. If you have multiple 4K screens or very high speed I/O devices you may need Thunderbolt, but for most people USB-C is fine.

Re: New Leaks of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano

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Post by pedrocr »

ksec wrote: post #91
pedrocr wrote: post #49

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Apparently some manufacturers have adopted that confusing naming. 2K is 1080p though in any reasonable naming scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution

>Apparently some manufacturers have adopted that confusing naming. Gamers decided to call 1920 x 1080 as 1080P and 1440 as 2K. It makes absolutely no sense. But this mis-information got so widespread it sort of became a norm.

3K would make more sense even...
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