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The Serval WS from System76: A Linux Workstation Running PopOS

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Re: The Serval WS from System76: A Linux Workstation Running PopOS

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Does System76 make a laptop with a high dpi screen? It seems that is table stakes these days...Seems like this is a pretty expensive laptop (portable desktop), but perhaps for gaming it's not a big deal. However, if you are programming or doing some other text intensive activity the low-dpi screens would be deal breaker.

They do! I have a Galago Pro from 2017ish I got from System76. It's a 13" form factor with a 3200x1800 display, which I find quite detailed.

I'll echo the frustrations of other folk in the thread when using the device with an external monitor; at the time, the DPI scaling was a mess between the internal display and the external 4k I used for programming. It has been a couple years since I've tried that setup, so it's possible it's improved since then.

I will say I've enjoyed the roadmap System76 has had for PopOS, including their work on HiDPI quality-of-life improvements.

Re: The Serval WS from System76: A Linux Workstation Running PopOS

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I write text documents for a living. 4k at 60hz is what I need and it works perfectly from Ubuntu Mate on a Dell laptop. I'd never go back to 1080.

i write code for a living, so I'm in a similar boat. all my screens are 1080p and I don't have any problems. my point was that this is actually not a deal breaker for most users. just a deal breaker for some users. I would venture to say they are even in the minority.

Right, we can do without a lot of nice features. For example, I could do without a modern editor, maybe get by with gedit or something similar. But I don't... the value I get from them is much greater than the money spent.

My laptop display upgrade was maybe $200 five years ago. It has payed that back in clarity (and the amount of code I can see at once) every single day since.

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