Does anybody know: (a) how many nits the screen is, and (b) how many Whr the battery is?
Specification on website says 400 nits and 65Whr
StarBook 14-inch
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The biggest disadvantage seems to be that the screen is bog-standard 16:9. Bigger than that IMO is 14" @ 1080p. It's just too little for daily use for me. Framework are so far the only ones in this market segment who have ever marketed >1080p laptop displays AFAIK. I have a hard time understanding why there is such a lack of higher-res panel options across the market, even when seemingly all other relevant specs ar…
What's your upper size limit for 1440p?
I wouldn’t use a screen larger than a phone (7”) at 1440p. 4K is the minimum for laptops. Unfortunately 4K is also the maximum for desktops since I can’t find any 5K panels with a decent refresh rate (>=120Hz)
Re: StarBook 14-inch
#143I don't understand why the industry hasn't switched over completely to hidpi screens. Once you use one you can never go back. I feel so bad for people still using 1920x1080 screens. Truly the price of freedom is having to squint and lose your eyesight, hoping that font tricks can save you, when you could just be using a display with a modern amount of pixels on it.
I switched from 4k to 1920x1080 and it is enough for me, 400 nits is too dim to use outdoors.
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#144Ah, those silly number animations where you animate from zero to the desired value. Combine that with a careless form of server-side rendering (though I am glad that all of the rest of the page is correctly server-side rendered with only one or two other minor issues), and this is the JavaScript-free experience:
> Intel® Core® 0 th generation processors
> Ryzen™ 0 processor
> Up to 0 GB 3200MHz memory
> Up to 0 hrs battery life
> Up to 0 GB/s SSD read speeds
And more like them later in the page (like the 0° viewing angle on the 0″ 0×0 display).
Amusing.
(Aside: I wish people would stop doing scroll-linked transitions of any kind for regular content. It just slows everything down for no good reason. Let me see the stuff immediately as I scroll; don’t make it take another few hundred milliseconds until you fade the content in, or a second until you show the correct number.)
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's funny; my reaction is the opposite. Yes, I think the barrel charging port is good to have, but only because there is just a single USB-C port. I don't want a barrel port! I have USB-C chargers littered around my house already! And that's how I like it! And I definitely don't want my default to have to be using adapters for my USB-C devices, so they can be plugged into the USB-A ports.
I guess my experience with USB charging ports is that they always break, and then they're a huge pain to fix, and my experience with barrel charging ports is that they almost never break, and then fixing them is pretty easy. So I think of a computer that can only be charged via USB as a piece of cheap trash. Maybe USB-C is different on this axis; I don't know yet. I really miss barrel charging ports on cellphones. I…
Yeah, I wish USB was designed to be a little more sturdy in general. I find it disconnects a little too easily (compared with most chargers/AC adapters), breaks far more often, and even the cables I encounter are thinner and more easy to damage.
If we're settling on "charge/power everything with USB!" I hope the next version (USB F?) holds up better to more "abuse" than charging a phone on s desk or end table inflicts.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having a barrel charging port is a serious flaw. I have many devices, but I expect to carry a single charger for all of them; if my laptop has a non-USB-C charger than I need a separate charger for the headphones/phone/Kindle/etc which is extra weight to carry around, extra mess and e-waste. The world has moved to a single standard for charging for all devices, we're just waiting for the "transition period" to run ou…
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> my experience with USB charging ports is that they always break, and then they're a huge pain to fix, and my experience with barrel charging ports is that they almost never break, and then fixing them is pretty easy
The opposite for me. I’ve broken a proprietary charge port and had to wait over a week for the replacement. Never broke a USB-C port, but if I did it’d be no big deal since I have plenty of C connectors in my cabinet. I can solder a replacement in 10 minutes.
> So I think of a computer that can only be charged via USB as a piece of cheap trash. Maybe USB-C is different on this axis
Wait are you saying you’ve owned a laptop that charges over USB, but not USB-C? If so that laptop really was cheap trash. Why compare trash with flagship products?
Re: StarBook 14-inch
#147Ah, those silly number animations where you animate from zero to the desired value. Combine that with a careless form of server-side rendering (though I am glad that all of the rest of the page is correctly server-side rendered with only one or two other minor issues), and this is the JavaScript-free experience: > Intel® Core® 0 th generation processors > Ryzen™ 0 processor > Up to 0 GB 3200MHz memory > Up to 0 hrs b…
It would be nice to see more uptake of CSS’ prefers-reduced-motion. It’s perfect for this exact issue.
Personally I don’t have a problem with scroll linked transitions but the user should have the choice.
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#148This is like the Framework laptop but it's a UK-based company that has been around for years, and with an explicit focus on Linux compatibility to boot. I'm surprised I haven't come across them before as I've been looking for Linux-compatible laptops for years. They do some things better than Framework such as supporting Ryzen processors, and seem a bit cheaper overall. The battery life seems like it would be better.…
> The biggest disadvantage seems to be that the screen is bog-standard 16:9. Bigger than that IMO is 14" @ 1080p. It's just too little for daily use for me. Framework are so far the only ones in this market segment who have ever marketed >1080p laptop displays AFAIK. I have a hard time understanding why there is such a lack of higher-res panel options across the market, even when seemingly all other relevant specs ar…
> I'm sure like usual when this comes up, some people will come reply with "you can't make out the difference anyway", which is just not true.
It is true for those people. No doubt that's not true for you, but you're not everyone. With fairly small screens (14" is small compared to a 24" desktop monitor) I genuinely don't notice the difference. I'm sure if you would put two screens next to each other I'd be able to spot differences, but in daily use? Not really. I used to have a employer-provided 15" Dell XPS with some >1080p resolution (I forgot which exactly) and I really didn't notice.
There are downsides, too: the computer has to work harder to render all those pixels and the battery life is shorter; my battery life was noticeably shorter than my previous almost identical XPS with a "normal" 1080p screen, so it's a trade-off.
Having an option would be nice for those who care about it of course, but I suspect a large section of people just don't care, and especially as a fairly small shop you can't do everything.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The biggest disadvantage seems to be that the screen is bog-standard 16:9. Bigger than that IMO is 14" @ 1080p. It's just too little for daily use for me. Framework are so far the only ones in this market segment who have ever marketed >1080p laptop displays AFAIK. I have a hard time understanding why there is such a lack of higher-res panel options across the market, even when seemingly all other relevant specs ar…
> I'm sure like usual when this comes up, some people will come reply with "you can't make out the difference anyway", which is just not true. It is true for those people. No doubt that's not true for you , but you're not everyone. With fairly small screens (14" is small compared to a 24" desktop monitor) I genuinely don't notice the difference. I'm sure if you would put two screens next to each other I'd be able to…
For me personally, I definitely do notice the difference; I just don't care about it enough for it to be worth the downsides you mentioned (plus the downside of worse FPS when gaming).
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The biggest disadvantage seems to be that the screen is bog-standard 16:9. Bigger than that IMO is 14" @ 1080p. It's just too little for daily use for me. Framework are so far the only ones in this market segment who have ever marketed >1080p laptop displays AFAIK. I have a hard time understanding why there is such a lack of higher-res panel options across the market, even when seemingly all other relevant specs ar…
> I'm sure like usual when this comes up, some people will come reply with "you can't make out the difference anyway", which is just not true. It is true for those people. No doubt that's not true for you , but you're not everyone. With fairly small screens (14" is small compared to a 24" desktop monitor) I genuinely don't notice the difference. I'm sure if you would put two screens next to each other I'd be able to…
Of course it's true for them and they should go with that.
It's a tired myth that "the human eye can't perceive the difference and you don't either". We're all different, with different needs and preferences.