On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Clint Savage <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also, I would guess that the 1080p display your wife has is not on an > ultrabook or small display laptop. I'm not sure why laptop manufacturers > don't put nicer displays in those things as it would make complete sense. > Business users who travel could really use a snazzy display like that, plus > if you travel, yeah... </drool> > In the ultrabooks, the majority of the cost IS the display (largely in the power consumption tech), so I can see that being a reason when most people don't use the resolution for their work. That said, I refuse to ever use anything below 1680x1050 for any serious computing, so my pickiness shows here. I spent a premium on my Surface for that resolution. I actually don't subscribe to the idea that ultrabooks are all that great, really. My Surface is useful as a portable drawing machine with a keyboard, but if I was traveling a lot, I'd probably stick with a 14-17" laptop, likely a "desktop replacement" in power. Portable computing is a joke beyond simple tasks (to me, mind you). For simple stuff like most things you'd do in a word processor or email, I am fine to use my phone on the go. I know this is just me. I know I'm not the market. I'm just hoping there's a laptop out there I can get a linux desktop experience on for something close to the price of my linux desktop (and I can build a very nice linux desktop for < $600 including monitor). Like I said, I'm picky with my devices. I'll never be satisfied =cP -Tod Hansmann /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
