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

Post by driverdan » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:53 PM UTC

nobleach wrote: post #54

indymike wrote: post #14

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After spending about six years with a Macbook with a retina display, going to even 1080p feels like a step back.

I have both a 15" MacBook Pro (2018 model) and a Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 open in front of me right now. I have 20/20 vision and it really is not striking me as that much better. I spend quite a bit of my day in a terminal and the remainder looking at the web, so font rendering definitely matters. Even with Linux's abysmal font-rendering, the mac really doesn't feel like it has the edge.

Post by greggyb » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:59 PM UTC

Dig1t wrote: post #32

jarym wrote: post #22

So 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.

Post by greggyb » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 4:14 PM UTC

MrGilbert wrote: post #49

chrismorgan wrote: post #21

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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 Windows users, I can recommend ClickMonitorDDC[1]. While the UI is a bit cluttered, it has a neat feature: You can display the current brightness in the notification area, hover over it with your mouse, and use the scroll-wheel to adjust it. I really like it. [1]: https://clickmonitorddc.bplaced.net/

Post by ford_o » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 4:34 PM UTC

greggyb wrote: post #74

iakov wrote: post #58

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A similarly specced ThinkPad or Latitude is built to last, has user-replaceable components and will not fall apart in 2 years after a warranty expires. From my experience you get what you pay for with those professional machines.

And a similarly specced Thinkpad will be perfectly usable if purchased in 2-3 years as they cycle out of enterprise fleets, and for a better price than the notebook in the article. Not a satisfying option for everyone, but a great one in my book.

Post by notatoad » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

iakov wrote: post #58

ampdepolymerase wrote: post #44

It is a pity that a similarly specced ThinkPad would be at least a thousand dollars more expensive.

A similarly specced ThinkPad or Latitude is built to last, has user-replaceable components and will not fall apart in 2 years after a warranty expires. From my experience you get what you pay for with those professional machines.