Doesn't exactly look very slim, Bob. I'm not expecting Macbook Air level slimness but we can definitely do better than this. I'm not a fan of older display technology as well. A glossy 1080p screen just isn't good enough anymore. I need more pixel density so I can have more code up on screen (sure, at smaller perceived font sizes). It's almost like all these Linux laptop makers are using older, discarded, excess inventory the factories had lying around.
How slim do you want your laptop to be? Slimmer than 17mm? Why? What advantage does this give you?
Your backpack is 30mm thick and wouldn't fit a sandwich anymore? You want to slide your laptop under the door and there's only a 12mm hole? You want to look hip in a café and 17mm doesn't cut it?
Weight makes a difference, sure. Apart from that I care about the thermals and ability to replace parts, both of which are better on thicker laptops.
In addition, this has an ethernet port. Many companies these days remove the ethernet port to make their laptops thinner so at least this one is doing something with the extra thickness.
The advantage is not needing a backpack but just a small bag. The advantage is less weight. The advantage is being able to hold your laptop and a coffee without one arm feeling heavy and throwing off your balance. The advantage of having a laptop that feels powerful yet elegant.
If this laptop got rid of the Ethernet port in favor of wifi only and it got rid of the hdmi and USB ports in favor of USB-C, and it upgraded to at least a 1440p display, I’d probably buy one as my daily driver.
No one can come close to what my MacBook Air can do and how it feels. I wish they would. It’s thin, quiet, comfortable, elegant, but it’s arm64 in a world of x86 and that has issues still. I’d love an x86 version (even if it’s a few mm thicker to support a fan).
> If this laptop got rid of the Ethernet port in favor of wifi only and it got rid of the hdmi and USB ports in favor of USB-C, and it upgraded to at least a 1440p display, I’d probably buy one as my daily driver.
And by ripping out useful features, they'd lose a different part of the market. Some of us like having ports.
I can not really tell pixels apart with 1920 by 1080 resolution on a 14 or 15.6 inch monitor as often seen on laptops.
For reference. I am using a 24 inch monitor (8 to 10-ish more inches) with 1920 by 1080 and I am not to upset about that.
And for a differing point of view, I had a hell of a time finding 1440/1600p laptops with the specs I was after. Not 1080p, I'd like screen real estate, and not 4K, because fractional scaling on Windows is not that great. So many good laptops have only 1080p options, but I ruled them out instantly because it's a pixelated, rough experience.
Laptops are usually used with the screen much closer to you, so for me at least 1440p is the lowest I'd accept.
