[Arm-netbook] linus torvalds says "2016 is the year of the arm laptop"

joem joem at martindale-electric.co.uk
Thu Oct 15 08:09:43 BST 2015


On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 18:34 +0300, Lauri Kasanen wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:08:42 +0000
> joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > Is there really much point to them? To me the quest for DPI passed the
> > 
> > Not too interested in DPI. Overall number of pixels - yes.
> > 
> > > "mine's bigger than yours" point long ago. Of course I have bad
> > > eyesight,
> > 
> > There lies the rub.
> > 
> > I got translucent 12 sided compiz cube and dozens of things happening at
> > the same time on a 2560x1600 display on a fast PC with SSD.
> > And it just ain't big enough for thumbing through reams of code. So now
> > thinking of a 40" 3840x2160 :)
> 
> Yea, but we're talking laptops.

The same problem is extended to laptop when travelling. Time and money
comes at a premium when staying in hotels. From experience, the low
resolution laptop is a great hindrance to getting any work done.



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