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How can it be best with a low resolution display?

1080p is about as high as one should go on 13" Windows display. Windows has poor and blurry scaling for many apps. Higher and you're paying more and wasting processor power. While Macs have better scaling, performance in high dpi modes is worse than in low dpi modes.

That's a general blanket statement as fact. I went 1800p on 13" laptops 3 years ago. That is as low as I will ever go. I also have a Samsung Tab S2 8.0 for reading and a Nexus 6 phone. My next 13" Ultrabook will be a 4k OLED. Nothing else contends.

Which laptop are you using now?

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/NP940X3G-K0...

For general purpose usage and for gamers it is "fact", but there are certainly people who prefer high dpi displays in Windows. The first thing I did on my Macbook Pro running Windows was to turn off the terrible scaling, and lower the resolution. The panel's upscaling is better than Windows.

I don't mind high dpi on my Android phone since Android handles high dpi well.

Eventually high dpi will catch up in Windows, and I'll be "forced" to accept the horror of a 4K OLED ;-)

Strongly disagree. I have had multiple 4k laptops and the difference is huge. Scaling does suck for many apps, though.

All the apps I use have high dpi support. I can't imagine going back to 1080p.

1080p on a 13" screen is not low resolution. Maybe 0.1% of the population can tell the difference between that and 4k on such a small screen from normal viewing distances.

You need a lot to power a 4k, I'm actually okay I think with just 2k for laptops as of this point. We can start demanding 4k next year.

What I'm disappointed by is the lack of usb 3.1 type c ports on brand new laptops.

edit: sorry, I was wrong. It seems it does have 3.1 type c ports (I was looking at the chart up-top which mentions just "2×Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.0, headset jack" in the "PORTS" row).

> What I'm disappointed by is the lack of usb 3.1 type c ports on brand new laptops.

Why that comment here when the x360 has full-TB3 Type C ports? (though disappointingly they're on the same side of the machine)

Considering it has Intel graphics, a high-DPI display might be laggy.

My 15" rMBP drives a high-DPI display just fine with circa 2013 intel graphics.

With Window's terrible high DPI support, I don't think I'd choose a 4k 13" screen if it were free.

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