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Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by notacoward »

GordonS wrote: post #157
jve wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm kinda surprised how many people set their screens to 100 % brightness Not everyone knows that this impacts your eyes. Someone called me and asked if I know anything about glasses that would restrict blue light and make his eyes feel better. After telling a thing about f.lux, we ended ended up finding out that brightness was at 100%. He lowered to 50% and said: thank you, much better.

I've been staring at a screen for decades, but only fairly recently found out about the harm of blue light, and am using f.lux with the "soft light" effect. Aside from blue light, is it bad for your eyes just because of the brightness level? Is there any kind of objective measure of how bright is "safe"? And if so, is there any way of knowing how many nits a monitor is emitting?

AIUI the problem is mostly the blue light. I can't imagine that becoming habituated to staring at a bright light is all that good either, but I don't know of any specific studies on that. It's also the kind of thing that only shows up statistically after twenty years, as a higher incidence of inability for the eye to accommodate to lower light levels etc. Nobody's going to look at a too-bright screen for a day or two and immediately notice a drastic difference.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by solarkraft »

GordonS wrote: post #167
solarkraft wrote: post #42

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Matte screen protectors are cheap and look great.

... and are an absolute bastard to apply. Seriously, it's almost impossible to get all the air bubbles out. Also, "look great" is stretching it a bit - they tend to make things look slightly softer and desaturated.

You're right about the application, but when you're done you have a screen that is more robust and doesn't have an inset bezel.

The desaturation and softness are (AFAIK) inherent to matte screen surfaces and the reason manufacturers nowadays tend to avoid them.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by GordonS »

solarkraft wrote: post #192
GordonS wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... and are an absolute bastard to apply. Seriously, it's almost impossible to get all the air bubbles out. Also, "look great" is stretching it a bit - they tend to make things look slightly softer and desaturated.

You're right about the application, but when you're done you have a screen that is more robust and doesn't have an inset bezel. The desaturation and softness are (AFAIK) inherent to matte screen surfaces and the reason manufacturers nowadays tend to avoid them.

I tried to put one on my 13" MBP a while back, because I hate how glossy and reflective the screen is. Was horrible to apply, and I ended up with lots of small scratches in the laptop display simply by gently pushing out the air bubbles with a card... I won't be applying a screen protector again in a hurry!

> The desaturation and softness are (AFAIK) inherent to matte screen surfaces and the reason manufacturers nowadays tend to avoid them

If it has to be a choice, then I choose matte regardless.

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Post by andymoe »

boogies wrote: post #170
andymoe wrote: post #135

I bought two for the kids and while they are fine and I’m happy with the value I still despise windows home edition (had to block one from my router during set up so I did not have to make a windows account for instance). I really really wish Apple would make a reversible 2 in 1. I can’t tell you how much of a better experience that form factor is for young kids. iPads are not a replacement for this.

Linux Mint (Windows-like) is free and elementaryOS (macOS-like) is pay-what-you-want, $0 if you so desire ( https://elementary.io/ ). It takes less time to flash a drive and boot from it than to endure one Windows update on my desktop (although you can also get GNU preinstalled on fairly Thinkpad-comparible laptops from eg. “Laptop With Linux” https://elementary.io/store/#devices , and Thinkpads themselves will likel…

Thanks! This just made me realize the other requirement is that they can play Minecraft and that it does indeed run on Linux.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by boogies »

andymoe wrote: post #194
boogies wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linux Mint (Windows-like) is free and elementaryOS (macOS-like) is pay-what-you-want, $0 if you so desire ( https://elementary.io/ ). It takes less time to flash a drive and boot from it than to endure one Windows update on my desktop (although you can also get GNU preinstalled on fairly Thinkpad-comparible laptops from eg. “Laptop With Linux” https://elementary.io/store/#devices , and Thinkpads themselves will likel…

Thanks! This just made me realize the other requirement is that they can play Minecraft and that it does indeed run on Linux.

My pleasure!

Minetest is a free (libre) similar game, but very mod-centric, with mods loadable from servers without installing them (as easy as Roblox) and (also like Roblox) written in Lua, may be a fun intro to programming if they’re keen to try it (ofc there friends probably don’t play, but a couple boys I know ~7-10 enjoyed it to a kind of harmful level), btw.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

formerly_proven wrote: post #18
notacoward wrote: post #12

I have one. The US version "only" has a 4800U, but it was still an absolute steal at US$800. It's a nice size, feels solid, and lasts all day easily . I've used it all day more than once and not seen the battery go below 50% yet. Then again, I haven't really pushed it that hard. I'm sure if I played some games it would "only" last five or six hours. And no, I haven't had any issues with the screen. In fact I turn it…

> If you're staring at a 500nit screen at full brightness all day, you're probably not doing your eyes any good. I'm kinda surprised how many people set their screens to 100 % brightness (300-400 nits for most screens) on their desktop. I find that blinding and very uncomfortable. That also seems to be a reason why people complain so much about IPS bleed and glow; using the screen near full brightness in a dark room…

Same here. In the evenings and nights with warmwhite lighting 12% brightnes and 10% contrast, during the day usually between 25% to 33% and even during brightest direct sunshine at noon no more than 50%.

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Post by KSS42 »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #126
jmnicolas wrote: post #122

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You found the ONE Dutch that doesn't speak English? I went there about 15 years ago, everybody I met, including old ladies in the street, were speaking much better English than I can (I'm French).

I don't think the guy didn't speak English, I think he was too rude or indifferent to bother offering customer support in English at that moment. You see this in Austria also if you try to get customer support over the phone in English, since lots of employees are stressed from this kind of job so some will just not bother with you with a not my job, I don't get paid to be a translator attitude if you ask in English.

That reminds me of when I visited Vienna many years. I went to the information counter at the train station. I didn't want to be rude and presume the information person spoke English. So, I asked if he spoke English. His bemused reply was "Yes, I speak English and 7 other other languages".

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Post by banach »

chrismorgan wrote: post #21
formerly_proven wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you're staring at a 500nit screen at full brightness all day, you're probably not doing your eyes any good. I'm kinda surprised how many people set their screens to 100 % brightness (300-400 nits for most screens) on their desktop. I find that blinding and very uncomfortable. That also seems to be a reason why people complain so much about IPS bleed and glow; using the screen near full brightness in a dark room…

It’s hard to change the brightness of desktop monitors. Bafflingly, Windows and macOS don’t support adjusting their brightness the way they do for laptops, despite the existence of DDC/CI to do just that, so you’re left using third-party software if you know about it, or interacting with the awful OSD/buttons on the screen, which you’ll hardly want to do all the time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24316728 is…

For macOS, Lunar does that you want https://lunar.fyi

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by ZuLuuuuuu »

bscphil wrote: post #151
ZuLuuuuuu wrote: post #76

For people interested in ultrabooks with Ryzen 4800U processors, there is also another model, which for some reason doesn't get mentioned much, which is Lenovo S540 13ARE. It has a 13.3", QHD, 16:10 screen. I bought this laptop after buying a Lenovo Ideapad/Yoga Slim 7 and returning it (because of some QA issues and 14" was a bit too big for me after using XPS 13 for a long time). I made a small review of the laptop…

Wow. I'd give anything to be able to get this with a decent screen. I edit a lot of photos, and Adobe: 73% P3: 72% simply isn't acceptable in 2020...

Hello I just wanted to notify you about a new development on display colors. Yesterday, I was fiddling with AMD display settings and I disabled "Vari-Bright" feature just to see what happens. I never tried to disable this before, because I read that it helps with saving battery life by lowering the brightness depending on content on the screen. But to my surprise, disabling it not only changed the brightness but affected colors in a good way too. And now I am much more happy with the colors. I don't know why they enable this feature by default when it makes the colors noticeably worse.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by jve »

GordonS wrote: post #157
jve wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm kinda surprised how many people set their screens to 100 % brightness Not everyone knows that this impacts your eyes. Someone called me and asked if I know anything about glasses that would restrict blue light and make his eyes feel better. After telling a thing about f.lux, we ended ended up finding out that brightness was at 100%. He lowered to 50% and said: thank you, much better.

I've been staring at a screen for decades, but only fairly recently found out about the harm of blue light, and am using f.lux with the "soft light" effect. Aside from blue light, is it bad for your eyes just because of the brightness level? Is there any kind of objective measure of how bright is "safe"? And if so, is there any way of knowing how many nits a monitor is emitting?

Someone advised to put a piece of white paper near monitor when adjusting brightness, so it would be +/- as the paper.
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