Is there a Linux laptop that has >=15" and >800 nits screen?
5 spaniard89277 4 6/13/2025, 6:55:04 PM
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.
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!
Alternatively, consider running Asahi Linux on your MBP?
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.)
My source was this tool by RTINGS: https://www.rtings.com/laptop/tools/table