Looking at the massive drop in battery life models like the Dell XPS undergo when you pick a 4K display over a 1080p one, doesn't it make more sense for manufacturers to tread the middle ground and use a QHD or 2880x1800-ish (retina) display?
The display on the macbooks and surface 4 for example are about this resolution and strike the right balance between how good they look, and the hit to battery life. So why don't more manufacturers offer this option.
I'm also wondering how much of this extra energy load is because of the touchscreen, and is there a way to disable to touchscreen to improve battery life?
PS: (I'd be very thankful if you could point me to QHD or a 2880x1800-ish laptops that aren't the surface or the macbook with discrete NVIDIA graphics - I am looking to upgrade for machine learning experiments)
The display on the macbooks and surface 4 for example are about this resolution and strike the right balance between how good they look, and the hit to battery life. So why don't more manufacturers offer this option.
I'm also wondering how much of this extra energy load is because of the touchscreen, and is there a way to disable to touchscreen to improve battery life?
PS: (I'd be very thankful if you could point me to QHD or a 2880x1800-ish laptops that aren't the surface or the macbook with discrete NVIDIA graphics - I am looking to upgrade for machine learning experiments)