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  • nandnandnand - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Wouldn't "content creators" want a 4K screen?
  • Smell This - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Or a 28W laptop
    (which essentially, is what this is ...)
  • BGADK - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    No not really. 4K screens on laptops are too high resolution to work comfortably with.

    This machine is also not build with 4K videoediting in mind.
  • nicolaim - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    You're missing one of the main advantages of high-res screens: the user can choose their preferred resolution. Once you use one, there's no going back.
  • diehardmacfan - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    What? Who runs an LCD at anything but it's native resolution?
  • antonkochubey - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    There's this thing called "scaling" which can turn 4K into a virtually 1920x1080 screen (200%), 1706x960 screen (225%), 2194x1234 screen (175%) or pretty much anything else within that aspect ratio, really.
  • diehardmacfan - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    That isn't running a non-native screen resolution, and Windows scaling is still not great.
  • Azune - Monday, February 24, 2020 - link

    Though 1920*1080 should look pretty good with integer scaling, which most GPU drivers support nowadays.
  • nicolaim - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    For example: Apple on Macbook Pros, Samsung on Galaxy S-series phones.
  • Retycint - Saturday, February 22, 2020 - link

    App scaling still isn't perfect in some apps (blurry, too small etc) and it has a noticeable impact on battery life. I went with the 1080p screen in my XPS 15 because of this
  • LiviuTM - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Wow, 5120 GB SSD..
  • EliteRetard - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    That's around $1,500

    Far to expensive when much more powerful options like the XPS 15 exist in this price range.

    Most of the laptops I see with similar specs (considering last gen too) retail/ed around $800 and could be found on sale as low as $600.
  • stephenbrooks - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Yes, how do they describe $1500 as "inexpensive"? (To me, $1000-1200 is "full price", $800 is "mid-range", $600 is "inexpensive".)
  • t.s - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Anandtech categorization:
    1. Garbage: $200 - $799
    2. Cheap: $800 - $1.499
    3. Inexpensive: $1.500 - $2.499
    4. Normal: $2.500 - $4.999
    5. Expensive: $5.000 - $9.999
    6. Pricey: > $10.000
  • sonny73n - Saturday, February 22, 2020 - link

    They didn’t even bother to convert 165,000 Japanese Yen to dollars for us. Before I did the conversion myself on Google, I thought the “inexpensive” 165K Yen is somewhere around $900.
  • s.yu - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    The reference is ¥100 for $1, it rarely floats over 20% off in either direction, so you get the general idea.
  • Dug - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    I want to see Paint bench marked on this. #1 Content creator program.
  • Cliff34 - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Excel is the #1 content creator program.
  • nicolaim - Friday, February 21, 2020 - link

    Low resolution screen, only one USB-C port, no Thunderbolt, no full-size SD card reader, no SSD larger than 512 GB: fail.
  • s.yu - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    We all know that, this barely passes off as an overpriced multimedia machine, the question is why the author didn't note that.
  • olafgarten - Saturday, February 22, 2020 - link

    What happened to WQHD displays? I think they were an almost perfect medium between 1080p, which I feel is too low res at 15 inches and 4k which is quite demanding in terms of GPU and battery.
  • Tams80 - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    "MicroSD Card reader"

    Why. Why. Just why.
  • stephenbrooks - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    To save using an external USB card reader I guess?

    Although wouldn't be much help for me as I generally use full-sized SD cards (3D printer). I mobile phones' native storage is usually a Micro SD too, as is the Raspberry Pi, so perhaps this is to make transferring GBs of photos easier?
  • Tams80 - Monday, February 24, 2020 - link

    Nah, I meant why microSD over SD?
    I mean, I get why they chose it, as microSD cards generally can be had with the same performance as SD cards, with the reader for microSD cards taking up less room. However, for content creators SD cards are still popular, partially because they are much harder to lose. And yes, you can use an adapter with the camera, but that's just another step to the whole process.
  • Xajel - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    Content Creation with a U series CPU? No thanks.

    You need H series one, and optional better dGPU like 1660.

    I know this will raise the price, but I said optional, but an H series CPU is a must, upgradable RAM is another must.
  • stephenbrooks - Sunday, February 23, 2020 - link

    ...and the CPU is one of the best parts of the spec! Comet Lake ought to be reasonably fast even when power capped. The 16GB DDR4 is decent enough. But the rest of the specs I'd describe as "unimpressive".
  • Xajel - Monday, February 24, 2020 - link

    True, but only for short periods of time, these will throttle down when having a sustained high-power usage.

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