Cheap 1080p Ultrabook, without touchscreen

[lutzee]

Okay, I first feel I need to explain my relatively odd choice.

First as a linux user, touchscreen is both pointless, and dysfunctional to how I have my system set up. I can't really use a tiling window manager that takes all its input from keystrokes.

Next, I want it to be high resolution, I want a decent amount of desktop real-estate.

Lastly I want it to be /cheap/, that means the hardware doesn't have to be great, apart from the screen resolution.

I don't really want it to be bigger than 14" either..

 

Does anyone actually know any ultrabooks that offer this?

If not, then can we please force OEMs out of the stupid 1366x768 format, its horribly small, and quite useless for me working on it personally..

Also does anyone have a laptop screen resolution preference?

[Kirihuna]

Intel basically said that any Haswell based ultrabook (Ultrabook is an Intel name that requires Intel's approval iirc) has to have a touch screen.

 

But the Asus Zenbook is suppose to be really good.

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus is 3200x1800 (with DPI scaling or whatever, you can make it 1600x900 "retina" like.

[lutzee]

Intel basically said that any Haswell based ultrabook (Ultrabook is an Intel name that requires Intel's approval iirc) has to have a touch screen.

 

But the Asus Zenbook is suppose to be really good.

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus is 3200x1800 (with DPI scaling or whatever, you can make it 1600x900 "retina" like.

 

Okay.. If it does have a touch screen I will have to live with that... but it just wont get used, at all, even with a driver, my window manager (i3) doesn't take any gesture input.

 

The Samsung one starts at like £1200.. I could get a macbook pro retina for cheaper.

 

A friend has a zenbook prime UX31A, which again is the only model sporting a 1080p display, and starts at £1000..

[Kirihuna]

Okay.. If it does have a touch screen I will have to live with that... but it just wont get used, at all, even with a driver, my window manager (i3) doesn't take any gesture input.

 

The Samsung one starts at like £1200.. I could get a macbook pro retina for cheaper.

 

A friend has a zenbook prime UX31A, which again is the only model sporting a 1080p display, and starts at £1000..

You could, a rMBP isn't really an "ultrabook"

 

Regardless of what ultrabook you go for, they're going to be expensive. Ultrabooks are expensive. Unless you go for laptops that are ultrabook-like without the ultrabook name (like a Macbook Air)

[lutzee]

You could, a rMBP isn't really an "ultrabook"

 

Regardless of what ultrabook you go for, they're going to be expensive. Ultrabooks are expensive. Unless you go for laptops that are ultrabook-like without the ultrabook name (like a Macbook Air)

 

They don't need to be though, and my only real concern is the resolution that's used, 1366x768 is ridiculously small, with 1080p being prominent in desktops now, why hasn't laptops caught up yet?

I can buy a 1080p tablet from Google for £280, why can't I get a laptop that's thin, light and a decent screen resolution? You must agree.. right?

[Kirihuna]

They don't need to be though, and my only real concern is the resolution that's used, 1366x768 is ridiculously small, with 1080p being prominent in desktops now, why hasn't laptops caught up yet?

I can buy a 1080p tablet from Google for £280, why can't I get a laptop that's thin, light and a decent screen resolution? You must agree.. right?

Oh no, I do agree. It's ridiculous that we can't.

 

But iirc someone explained it's much harder and more expensive to get bigger 1080p panels than tablet / phone panels, because you can cut smaller defects out. It's one of the reasons why 4K monitors are expensive.

 

It also more than likely if I had to guess, the efficiency and type of panel. IPS is more expensive than TN, then you can have normal IPS and some really energy efficient IPS (like IGZO or whatever it's called).

 

There are a lot of factors, and it's rather ridiculous.

 

1080p monitors in a small thing is fine and it looks great, but having full 1080p desktop space in say a MBA? It would be hard to read.

[lutzee]

Oh no, I do agree. It's ridiculous that we can't.

 

But iirc someone explained it's much harder and more expensive to get bigger 1080p panels than tablet / phone panels, because you can cut smaller defects out. It's one of the reasons why 4K monitors are expensive.

 

It also more than likely if I had to guess, the efficiency and type of panel. IPS is more expensive than TN, then you can have normal IPS and some really energy efficient IPS (like IGZO or whatever it's called).

 

There are a lot of factors, and it's rather ridiculous.

 

1080p monitors in a small thing is fine and it looks great, but having full 1080p desktop space in say a MBA? It would be hard to read.

Its what DPI scaling is for, and also, panel type doesn't bother me greatly for a laptop, I'm not going to be doing any editing, colour accurate stuff, or looking at it from any angle other than straight on.

And nor will most people..

They could at least provide an option, they don't have to do it for every laptop in their range, but if a company can put a 1080p display in their top tier laptops, why not the lower tiers, they obviously make them,

And they obviously can do it, its not hard, and wouldn't really cost that much more.