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VengefulAncient t1_j2w9eap wrote

No, they don't. An extra layer of transparent glass on top of the display panel doesn't change the colours. What's actually happening is that the glossy screens you are seeing - most likely on MacBooks - just happen to have much better displays with higher colour accuracy and colourspace coverage than an average matte screen on cheaper laptops.

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MINIMAN10001 t1_j2w3cpv wrote

I have very little opinions on laptops.

18 inches moving to a slightly larger screen. Fine play, I tend to feel like laptops could be a little bigger. That would do the trick more or less.

But you wouldn't find me grabbing a laptop over 60 hz, I'm not down for spending more money for a feature which requires better hardware, particularly for something battery backed.

But on the other hand it's ROG so it is on brand.

I get a chuckle any time my brother brings up the fact he regrets moving to 120 hz because he used to not be able to notice anything wrong with 60 hz.

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MINIMAN10001 t1_j2w31vv wrote

As a consumer I can tell you've I've been bitten by physical wires too many times. It's gotten to the point where I no longer value physical jacks where reasonable.

Unless you can make something like a Nintendo switch dock with its self aligning connector dock I'm pretty burnt on physical connections.

I've also heard a lot of stories of other people having bad luck with cables and their phones in person.

So I wouldn't put it past the phone industry on moving towards that idea in the future.

It's like when I told my brother I no longer planned to get a CD drive for my computer. For the time he thought it was a silly idea. However steam took off and it became the norm.

I'm expecting the same with phones and charging cables.

However phones have a much broader range of prices than your home computer so the lower the cost the phone, the more likely a physical connection.

But apple and samsung would be at the top of my list for people most likely to make such a move.

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