13.3" ultrabook screens

[TheHairyGoldfish]

Hey all  

 

I'm in the market for a 13.3" ultrabook and i'm fairly set on the ASUS UX303LN.

Now, Asus offer both a 3200x1800 and a 1920x1080 display. I was going for the QHD+ but then i saw some reviews saying a 1080p display would be better. 

I haven't really used many laptops but i would think the QHD+ display would be better considering its touchscreen and that the screen would be a lot closer than a desktop monitor, but some are saying the colours are off and that the QHD isn't worth the adverse effect on battery life. 

 

any advice would be great, cheers

[ZetZet]

Windows scaling really sucks and 1080p is still possible to use without scaling, QHD is not.

[TheHairyGoldfish]

Windows scaling really sucks and 1080p is still possible to use without scaling, QHD is not.

Oh, i thought they fixed that in 8.1?

[ShadowCaptain]

Agreed 1080p is PLENTY for 13" , 

 

Oh, i thought they fixed that in 8.1?

 

 

they have barely even addressed it

[ZetZet]

Oh, i thought they fixed that in 8.1?

Windows itself scales fine, the programs don't.

[TheHairyGoldfish]

Agreed 1080p is PLENTY for 13" , 

 

 

 

they have barely even addressed it

Alright, cheers guys

[TheHairyGoldfish]

Make sure you don't get a MacBook Air.. 1440x900 screen.

haha, doubt you'll ever see me getting a Mac anything

[ShadowCaptain]

Make sure you don't get a MacBook Air.. 1440x900 screen.

 

the air screen is still quite nice though, 1440x900 is normally used on like 15-19" displays

 

my 11.6" laptop uses 1366x768 and from a normal distance gaming, its sharp as heck, 1440x900 is similar

[TheHairyGoldfish]

also while y'all are here, i'm looking to get it from Amazon, how much will the performance differ between the i5 & the i7? also the i5 has 8gb ram, the i7 has 12gb

[TheHairyGoldfish]

ok, don't worry, the i5 doesn't have discrete graphics, 

[ShadowCaptain]

Nope, the screen is honestly terrible, I compared it to a few late 2006 iMacs and they looked better. (in terms of color and brightness)

 

lets agree to disagree, its not the best , but not the worst, all I mean is at that size 900p is acceptable for general users

[Mew]

lets agree to disagree, its not the best , but not the worst, all I mean is at that size 900p is acceptable for general users

Lol, it's hard to talk sense to people that only buy android and pc. They read the specs without consideration of the actual experience.

[dylan43270]

I don't see any battery life issues with my 1440p laptop screen, but I will admit it really isn't worth the extra cost for the extra sharpness on that small of a screen.