Tengentially: Since a lot of us are hybrid workers now, can't we have a better solution than having to constantly schlep our laptops to work and back? I want an easily pluggable SSD that doesn't dangle precariously out of the side of my laptop. Something like the old PCMCIA form factor. Then I could have a work laptop and a home laptop.
The Best Size of a Laptop
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#12I want my lunch tray back! IYKYK.
"Why the Macbook Pro 17" was the greatest laptop ever made" - https://themostbeautifulworld.com/blog/macbook-pro-17-vs-16-...
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#13…is 14”. It is the perfect balance between portability, weight, and screen real estate. I’ve tried 13”, 14”, 15”, and 16”. 14” is where it’s at.
agree, 14' MBP is the best - has the most ports, and better memory than MBA, but without the bulk of the 16' MBP
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#14The MacBook air 11" in 2012 was my favorite laptop by far. Maxed out with an i7 and 8GB RAM it handled everything I needed to including multiple InteliJ projects. The resolution today seems obscenely low, but it was completely usable and the compactness was of great utility, practical for use while traveling.
I've bought tablets multiple times thinking it could replace it, it just isn't the same. It's a real shame that particular form factor has been lost, as we could probably easily have an m4 air in that size. I'd buy one in a heart beat now that Apple has remembered how to make good keyboards again.
Even though it was tiny,
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#15I had a Lenovo S10 netbook too back in the day. I have fond memories of it, but I definitely don't 'miss that tiny size'. It was so tiny that they had to shrink the key size on the keyboard to make it fit, and the trackpad was also so tiny as to be barely usable.
Nowadays, I'd say 14" is the sweet spot. Compact enough to easily fit in a bag and be taken basically anywhere, without having to sacrifice much if anything in terms of functionality/capability.
With screen bezels reduced to almost nothing, a modern 14" is pretty comparable in size to a 12" model from yesteryear.
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#16The MacBook air 11" in 2012 was my favorite laptop by far. Maxed out with an i7 and 8GB RAM it handled everything I needed to including multiple InteliJ projects. The resolution today seems obscenely low, but it was completely usable and the compactness was of great utility, practical for use while traveling. I've bought tablets multiple times thinking it could replace it, it just isn't the same. It's a real shame th…
I had one, and I really liked it, but the 13" MBA just edged it out for me due to the added comfort and visibility. I've had various MBPs, but I continue to prefer a 13" MBA over a decade later. Any other laptop I try just feels inferior.
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#17I have recently bought an Asus Zenbook 14 (inch) OLED with Intel 9 Ultra CPU and ARC graphics. It's the best laptop that I've ever had - fast, light and decent battery life (though I'm not so worried about that). And it was quite cheap - less than 900 GBP. I agree 14" is the best size, unless you want a desktop replacement, to keep the wires out of the way, in which I would go for 16" or 17".
Notice any burn-in issues with the oled?
Based on reviews I’ve watched and read its display is also exceedingly glossy, to the point that it’s questionable if it has any antiglare coating at all, which has been a major factor keeping me away. Asus should really have an antiglare option of some kind.
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#18I have recently bought an Asus Zenbook 14 (inch) OLED with Intel 9 Ultra CPU and ARC graphics. It's the best laptop that I've ever had - fast, light and decent battery life (though I'm not so worried about that). And it was quite cheap - less than 900 GBP. I agree 14" is the best size, unless you want a desktop replacement, to keep the wires out of the way, in which I would go for 16" or 17".
Notice any burn-in issues with the oled?
> Notice any burn-in issues with the oled?
Not yet. As I said, I only bought it recently, and Asus have all sorts of settings in their rather good MyASUS app to mitigate this. Hopefully I won't see any problems for a couple of years at least.
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#19I am a rare breed people say, but my friends have the same weirdness; I thought the best air was the 11.6 inc one. I find even anything over 13 inch massive; I do a lot of dev before/during/after hikes in nature and I find it not helping to have to be inside for coding, so I need long battery life and light package. I found it in AR glasses connected to a phone; 2 working day battery life + option to make it 3 working days with a battery, super light (carrying a phone anyway) and fits anywhere.
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#2017" gives enough room for a numpad (some 15" have it too but it's pretty universal at 17"). It seems to be where screen space is comfortable for long term use But if I'm going into a small airplane (ex: Spirit Airlines), such a laptop is impossible to use. It really depends on what your on-the-go space is. 15" seems like the overall standard to me however.
I personally find that the limiting factor for a laptop on airplane is how much I have to angle the screen to be able to see it, which is how far forward the laptop has to be for the screen to go that far back. At that stage, the laptop is so far forward for me that it is uncomfortable for me to use the keyboard.