Dell Precision M3800 - 2013!

It's a 3200x1600 display (highest resolution you can get in a laptop?).

 

According to Bokeh (if it's the same as in the M4800), it is also very accurate. Not super wide gamut, but very low DeltaE.

 

Would you consider it a huge improvement over 1920x1080 or would that extra resolution in a 15" monitor be lost on me if I don't play games?

 

I don't have one to try, but if I could run it at 100% DPI and not squint, all I'd be thinking about is awesome real estate for Excel worksheets and my FEA software. More space to display the geometry, simulation parameters as well as the real time reports of when the simulation is running. Office handles DPI scaling pretty well too, so you could still expect an increase in workspace. Also if you're programming stuff, extra space is always welcome.

 

The iPad is what, 2048x1536 on a 10" display? The extra pixels went towards making things look crisp and more detailed, rather than to add extra usable space.

Running a PC with a high-DPI display could be beneficial for the same reason... using the extra pixels to add detail rather than to add workspace. For graphics people this could be helpful — you'd be able to see things with more detail without zooming in. It would make text easier to read for everyone. And of course it would be cool for games (if the GPU can handle it).

However, if running at the native resolution with no DPI scaling, everything would be so tiny, and single lines of text would be so long, I can't imagine that being super usable.

 

I think the camera pixel wars (its still going on by the way) proved that its not all about pixels. And that more pixels doesn't necessarily relate to a better picture, or display.

I'm not coming to any conclusions before hand, but you can have more pixels and still not get a sharper display.

You can do either or. As I already do that with the present HD. Nevertheless, trying to read text at that reduced size is an exercise in high definition squinting.

Good call, and why going HD was a must for me. You also get to see more detail when zoomed in. Provide the detail is there to begin with.

But while zooming in is a part of the game, I rarely get much benefit in doing so since there's not much practical use down to that level. At least not much at the moment anyway.

To tell you the truth, I think HD already has that covered--at least at laptop dimensions and reading distances. Even with the present HD, text is still pretty sharp down to a 1/16", but also pretty uncomfortable for reading at that size/distance on a laptop.

I would imagine so. And some pretty spectacular scenes to boot. I can't wait to hear the feedback from the gaming community..

I just reduced my browser and I'm at that point. The QHD screens must be ridiculous.

 

Actually, it's 3200x1800

 

So we are at the point where a 15.6 inch notebook/workstation whatever you want to call it can have a resolution of 3200x1800 pixels. So a 17 inch notebook with resolution higher then 1920x1080 is not to far off, I'm not sure which manufacturer will bring out first but I see it happening within a year maybe even 6 month's,I don't think we will see one this year.

 

I have read before that smaller panels are easier to make. As the size goes up, so does the amount of physical surface area that must be blemish free. This is why handheld devices with small screens were first, then tablets, and finally PC panels up to 15". Here is to hoping a 17 panel is next.

 

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus already has the screen resolution (3200x1800) on a 13" screen.