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Finally, a Linux laptop with a brilliant display and performance that rivals my MacBook (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/linuxhardware

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The next issue was the default resolution. Out of the box, the laptop opted for the highest resolution possible, which made everything way too small for my aging eyes. Everything was perfect after a quick change to a 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Just from this snippet it's quite clear the reviewer has no clue.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

(Scaling)

[+] onlinepersona -12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bad eyesight is an indication of "not having a clue"?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why lowering the resolution when you can use the scaling settings on the very same page?

[–] BatmanAoD 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Based on the headline, they've probably maladapted to Mac OS, which doesn't actually have a scaling setting.

(This is somewhat baffling to me, since Apple clearly cares a lot about their display hardware and about having good screen resolution.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have scaling on my mac under displays. They don’t label it scaling anymore but it is.

[–] BatmanAoD 2 points 5 days ago

If you mean the box at the top, with "Larger Text", "Default", and "More Space", mouse-over shows a resolution spec. Is it actually just scaling "as if" the screen had the given resolution?

Even so, I can understand how a Mac user would be confused by this and expect the equivalent feature in a different OS to be called "resolution".

[+] onlinepersona -9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

So because they achieved the same result going a different path, it's wrong?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its not the same result lol its the incorrect thing to do. Lowering the resolution fucks the image. You need to scale instead to maintain resolution and image quality

[–] onlinepersona -5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The perceived result is the same. There's a limit to visual acuity and if the reviewer's limit is lower than yours, it in no way invalidates the approach.

Also, lowering the resolution doesn't fuck the image, unless the image has greater resolution than the screen's resolution. You're not going to invent quality of nothing. It's not how things work. This thought process of "bigger number means better quality" is just straight up false. It's why cameras with 100 megapixels can easily take pictures with worse quality than cameras with lower megapixels and optical zoom.

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[–] Colloidal 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You really can't see the irony of an article praising the "brilliant display" of the unit while simultaneously erasing what makes the display good in the first place? How is that a valid review?

[–] onlinepersona -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Is resolution the only attribute to judge a display by? Is it really that one-dimensional? "Hammer good if make bong louder"?

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[–] Colloidal 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I didn’t say that, go strawman someone else. Shoo, troll, shoo!

[–] onlinepersona 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

What strawman? This entire discussion started because of resolution. You're implying "higher resolution makes the display good" and seeing "irony" in the fact that the reviewer says it's a brilliant display. I'm asking you're sure about that, but it seems like you know it's not true and thus changing the goalposts 🤷

I guess your name really is fitting.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Plus everyone responding to you ignoring the arguably more important part:

Out of the box, the laptop opted for the highest resolution possible, which made everything way too small for my aging eyes.

Macs, out of the box, "just work". Granted that this is due to rigid monopolistic content of the hardware+software integration, but however it is achieved, it does work.

Meanwhile, people who enjoy using ~~Arch btw~~ Linux have to go in and tweak settings even be able to BEGIN using the machine.

And if you do manage, people call you a troll for doing it "wrong".

All right then, I guess I'll continue to prefer Macs then, especially if my work is paying.

One day it would be nice if Linux would start to choose to work a bit better, like Macs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Im not sure where you get your info from but its wrong. If you set your resolution to something lower and you’re displaying on a higher resolution screen the image quality is going to suffer. Dont do things the wrong way, doing things the wrong way isint “unique” or “just the way I like doing things” its wrong and if its not immediately causing problems itll cause problems down the road.

[–] xtools 1 points 5 days ago

i think what they meant is that you end up with 1080p output this way, whereas scaling would give you "real" 4k

[–] namingthingsiseasy 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's a review of the Tuxedo Computers Infinity Book Pro 14 (Gen 9), for those who didn't want to click the link to find out.

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityBook-Pro-14-Gen9-Infinitely-portable-and-still-lightning-fast.tuxedo

[–] onlinepersona 2 points 6 days ago

Tuxedo Computers have been selling good laptops for a while. It's nice that the reviewer is discovering this too.

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