Is there a Linux laptop that has >=15" and >800 nits screen?

5 points by spaniard89277 338 days ago | 5 comments

I have a macbook pro 16" for work. I work remotely and many times I work outdoors (in a park, in the nature) just because the laptop allows me to do this.

The combination of battery + screen is incredible.

Now, I don't like MacOS, and it's quite expensive (trying to save for a downpayment with my spanish salary...), and I'm looking for something similar but as personal laptop.

I've searched high and low, and I found that x86 laptops improved a lot, but the screens barely reach 500 nits most of the times, which makes working outdoors a very unpleasant experience.

Does this even exist? I just want something to install linux mint, throw it in my backpack (don't worry about weight) and be able to work it from anywhere.

perihelions 338 days ago |

> "I've searched high and low, and I found that x86 laptops improved a lot, but the screens barely reach 500 nits most of the times, which makes working outdoors a very unpleasant experience."

Wondering if you've compared different types of anti-reflective coating (i.e. "matte" vs. "glossy") of screen? I suspect a leading-order variable isn't how bright the display is intrinsically, rather how effectively stray reflections get excluded.

The best display in direct sunlight I know of is an e-ink screen, and it's 0 nits!

evanjrowley 338 days ago |

The Stellaris 16 by Tuxedo Computer can be had with a display capable of 1000 nits when used in HDR mode. You can read more about it in the 2nd option under Display / Monitor section here: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-Stellaris-16-Gen7....

Alternatively, consider running Asahi Linux on your MBP?

Terretta 338 days ago |

Depending what you're doing, this runs Microsoft Office, Obsidian notes, Chrome, or most anything else that runs on an Android tablet:

https://daylightcomputer.com

Add a bluetooth keyboard with a groove to hold the tablet in landscape, and you have a laptop when you need one, or an outdoor e-reader/e-ink tablet when you don't.

Even more natural light oriented (this has no backlight), but not as computery:

https://supernote.com/pages/supernote-manta

(I wouldn't attempt to use this as a daily driver, it's just nice outdoors, perhaps the best of the note pads and the unofficial Kindle app works in landscape giving two paperback book side pages side by side which feels extremely natural to read.)

tencentshill 338 days ago |

This is one of those questions AI is actually useful for. The Lenovo Thinkpad P16 is officially linux-supported and one of the few that exceeds 600 cd/m² maximum brightness when optioned with the 4K panel.

My source was this tool by RTINGS: https://www.rtings.com/laptop/tools/table

v5v3 337 days ago |

"The combination of battery + screen is incredible."

Don't forget the other thing - Audio.

MacBook pro 16 also has superb speakers.