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250 to 500 nits. That is not very bright and this is the potential problem for me.
250 is not bright, but 500 sure is.
I'm on 300 and it's definitely bright enough for my needs - so your mileage may vary.
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
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Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#32So Intel... Lost their lead in consumer desktop CPUs and said ‘oh we have mobile and server’ But now AMD prove that Intel’s lead in mobile has been squandered. And then the largest buyers of server grade stuff are cloud vendors who are waiting for ARM to come of age.
I don't really think cloud vendors are holding their breath to switch to ARM, they are all heavily invested in X86. All their code has been built on it for forever, and there's a big advantage to having your dev machines running the same architecture as your cloud production machines. I think desktop ARM adoption would have to happen before the server market moves to the same.
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#33> Those results were a game-changer. They’re miles better than I got running the same load on the HP Envy x360 (around eight hours), the Dell XPS 13 (seven and a half hours), the Asus Zephyrus G14 (almost nine hours), and even low-power stuff like Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet (11 and a half hours) for which battery life is a major selling point. I’ll be blunt — this is the longest battery life I’ve ever seen from a lapto…
One potential note of caution is that the screen may be a contributor to that good battery life.
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#34So Intel... Lost their lead in consumer desktop CPUs and said ‘oh we have mobile and server’ But now AMD prove that Intel’s lead in mobile has been squandered. And then the largest buyers of server grade stuff are cloud vendors who are waiting for ARM to come of age.
I don't really think cloud vendors are holding their breath to switch to ARM, they are all heavily invested in X86. All their code has been built on it for forever, and there's a big advantage to having your dev machines running the same architecture as your cloud production machines. I think desktop ARM adoption would have to happen before the server market moves to the same.
Desktop and laptop vendors were heavily invested with Intel before now. Apple was heavily invested with Intel before now.
Don’t underestimate what cloud vendors will do in pursuit of cost or efficiency - they are ruthless at both.
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#35All of the ryzen laptops that exist have abysmal screens. I would have bought one if it weren't for this fact.
Very happy with my T14 (AMD) IPS 1920x1080 display. Some might dislike that it's not High DPI, but personally that's not a feature I want.
I understand it is good for programming. Can it handle video editing? I am trying to decide between T14 and P1, which is almost twice the price as T14.
Any review will be helpful.
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#36I 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…
I just checked the lenovo website, it says not available. When did you get yours?
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#37Pitty the screen is so bad. I still don't understand the point for glossy screen, to be honest.
Aren't MacBooks also glossy?
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#38I have a HP ENVY x360 15-ee0002na. I like it a lot. Battery is ok, screen even is ok and it has 16gbof ram Trying to find a Ryzen 4xxx with 16gb of ram in the UK is quite hard! Plenty of Intel's though, it's almost like Intel flooded the market or no one wants Intel
No, it's the opposite, it's not a flood of intel device, it's a shortage of AMD devices.
AMD had to prebook fab capacity at TSMC years in advance and didn't expect the shortages caused by the pandemic made worse by the WFH demand while Intel can make as many chips as it wants to fulfill market demand since it owns the fabs.
It's a shame because the 4800U laptops are either sold out or going for huge markups right now.
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
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> 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…
I recently discovered MonitorControl[0], which is a Mac app that listens to your default brightness and volume keys and pushes updates to all connected monitors over DDC. Extremely happy with it.
Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor
#40All of the ryzen laptops that exist have abysmal screens. I would have bought one if it weren't for this fact.
After spending about six years with a Macbook with a retina display, going to even 1080p feels like a step back.
It's a tad ironic (to me) because unless you max out the scaling of the display, none of the MacBook displays have an effective resolution >= 1920x1080. Apple has been defaulting to a fractional scaling the past few years rather than true Retina which is 200% scaling, but even then it falls short[0].
However, 200% scaling is crisp and I can appreciate it. I just don't like losing all that real estate. And the fractional options on MacBooks aren't bad, but I can see text fuzzing out when it's not on the real Retina resolution. So when I'm running without an external display I do bite the bullet and deal with the lower resolution because otherwise I can feel my eyes straining.
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Model | Physical | Max | Default | Retina
16" | 3072x1920 | 2048x1280 | 1792x1120 | 1536x960
15" | 2880x1800 | 1920x1200 | 1680x1050 | 1440x900
13" | 2560x1600 | 1680x1050 | 1440x900 | 1280x800