Purism Librem Laptops Completely Disable Intel’s Management Engine

Post by dmix » Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 12:13 PM UTC

hrrsn wrote: post #77

zingmars wrote: post #45

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> Is there a technical reason they only come with low resolution (1080p) screens? (“Linux” is not a valid reason...) Apart from the fact that a lot of systems still have mediocre high-dpi support at best, there's also battery life, cost and the fact that 1080p on a 15" is more than adequate for most people.

>a lot of systems still have mediocre high-dpi support As far as I can tell, the only desktop OS with good high-DPI support is macOS.

Post by dmix » Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 12:15 PM UTC

hedora wrote: post #6

I really want one of these, but the ergonomics look awful. Is there a technical reason they only come with low resolution (1080p) screens? (“Linux” is not a valid reason...) Also, as much as I would like a 15” screen, the off center keyboard is a deal-breaker. It’s just asking for RSI. Does anyone own one? How is the trackpad / keyboard / battery life / fan noise? Maybe I can deal with 1080p in exchange for a reasona…

Post by mantis369 » Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 12:23 PM UTC

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> numpads on a laptop are a terrible idea. I disagree completely. Having a numpad on a laptop is the only way of getting cursors and function keys (from Home to Insert to Delete) in a sane place. On my current laptop, were it not for a numpad, I'd have to press a Fn key every time I wanted to use Home/End. I'd also need to hunt for Delete somewhere above the Backspace, and PageUp/PageDown being on both sides of Up ar…

My HP laptop has a single column with delete/home/pgup/pgdn/end, like this: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/3646... This works very nicely for me.

Post by homero » Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 12:32 PM UTC

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What's wrong with any of those things?

Libraries are probably fine, but pulling them from Google means that Google can track you

Post by zimpenfish » Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 12:32 PM UTC

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It's a bit absurd to argue that you need a high pixel density to code. It's no longer an insane luxury, but even being a relatively younger programmer I remember 640x480 being the highest resolution my first personal computer could display. What fundamentally changed about programming that now we can't even do it without 200 PPI displays? Obviously, nothing. High resolution for most people is still just a 'nice to ha…

> I remember 640x480 being the highest resolution my first personal computer could display Eeee, you were lucky. My first personal computer maxed out at 320x256, or 160x256 if you wanted more than 4 colours.