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I use my personal laptop predominantly outdoors in the sun. My experience with previous laptop screens have been from "can't see anything" to almost acceptable(400 nits matt screen on HP elite x360). And therefore, the laptop screen has been often the limiting factor for productivity, not processor or RAM. (I am an average user, who needs browser, excel and word most of the time) Since I need to buy a new laptop, I am trying to figure out what kind of screen is best for this kind of use. Below are the criteria I found so far, I would appreciate any inputs based on your experience.

  1. Matt or non-reflective screen. This, in my experience, makes a huge difference.

  2. brightness, approximately above 500-600 nits.

  3. not having screen privacy features like HP Sureview, since they reduce the screen brightness and not necessary for simple private use. I've got nothing to hide :D

What do you think of the list above?

I currently have a work laptop (HP Elite X360 1030 G8) with matt screen with 400 nits, which is barely visible in the sun. But there are no reflections on the screen and it is the best screen I have used so far.

Fewer laptops in the market have matt finish screens, mostly ultra-thin laptops from HP, lenovo, Dell etc. And very few of them have above 400 nits brightness. So, I am mostly finding either high-nits glossy screens, or matt screens with upto 400 - 500 nits, or 1000 nits screen with matt finish and privacy features reducing their effective brightness back to 400. (example of last case: HP elite x360 830 G8) Which one would be a better solution, in my user case? Does anyone have experience in this, and have any recommendation for laptop models or series etc.?

I searched reddit, but couldn't find any relevant information. I would appreciate any help!

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Don't know where you ended up, but I just saw your post and have some advice. I recently got a Lenovo ThinkPad P16v with 800 nits screen, it's the brightest I've found, and it's ok outside. I've never seen anything that could work very well, but this laptop comes close.

I can sit out in the sun on a fairly bright day and work on the laptop as long as I'm facing the sun/not getting too much light directly on the screen YMMV.

Thanks u/subssubs

I ended up buying Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga with 400nits and anti-glare coating. I am satisfied with its performance in the sun. almost no glare

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I requested my work replacement laptop and it's 600 knits. Super bright. Soooo nice for taking to the park on a large usb c battery bank and also anti glare.

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What's your budget ?

First set that and then look for the type of laptop you want. Do you want something for productivity or something for gaming? If its for productivity there are laptops out there which has quite decent brightness.

Andrew marc david recently reviewed an Asus laptop meant for productivity which looked quite good for it's price of under a grand.

Do check his latest video.

This laptop :- https://youtu.be/Oje-z5ygI2s

It has 550nits and an old display with 120hz display for under a grand.

This has soldered ram, so I suggest getting the 16gb version.

Another laptop I suggest :- https://youtu.be/8RQh35JkhaU

A bit expensive at 1400 and has 550 nits in HDR content