Laptop suggestions?

Seefree

Hello ive been reading the forums on and off for a couple of years now and my neurological symptoms of brain burning, eye strain, vertigo, blood shot eyes, severw tinnitus etc. continue to worsen . Ive been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and immune dysfuction and am disabled due to it. I do all my shopping and communication with doctors on my brothers surface pro 4, only for minutes at a time. I tried using my aunts 2015 mbp with intel gpu but it was the worst searing brain and eye burn And developed auras withh migraine and my moms samsung chromebook not as bad as the mbp but worse than the surface pro 4. Iphones also feel like the mbp.

surface pro 4 core m3 windows lateat update can tolerate the best out of all tried laptops, tablets, phones, but still only for a limited time and its not mine
-my old hp desktop with ati radeon 5xxx and lg matte screen very bad brain burning and eye burning latest win 10 fall creators update.
-Iphone 6 okay moderate symptoms
-Ipod touch 6 gen same as iphone 6
-Ipad mini 1 severe migraines
-Iphone 8 plus severe anxiety and head pressure and blurry vision
-Old dell xps 13 okay (long gone)
-Dell studio xps 1650 very bad
-Samsung galaxy s5 and note 5 very bad cannot tolerate amoled screens at all.
Im pretty sure my main problem is due to any form of dithering as i bet all apple products apple this to macOS and iOS.
Also the weird thing is that i thought the kindle voyage would solve problems but it caused the same problems maybe even worse
, even tried the one without the backlight smae thing—- i justvread the e readers use dithering too ,CRAZY.
I really need a laptop that does not have any dithering or pwm. Since i am able to tolerate my brothers surface pro 4 a little should i try a surface book 2 with ditherig installed? They both also dont have pwm according to notebookcheck.net also looking for a Fanless device as i am in bed a lot due to my disabilty.

Any suggestions or experiences with the surface pro or surfce books or other viable laptops ?

Greatly appreciate it.

AGI

Seefree Very sorry to hear that. I am new to this forum and someone suggested e-ink solutions in another thread. I am strongly considering purchasing an ONYX BOOX Max 2 which has a 13.3" e-ink display and can be used as a standalone tablet and as a monitor. Probably with ghosting and other downsides but it may be worth exploring.

Most guys really know about computers here, contrarily to me, so it may be nothing new to them but I just found out that two big companies, Eink and Sony, are working on the first e-ink laptop

https://goodereader.com/blog/e-paper/sony-is-developing-an-e-ink-laptop

https://youtu.be/NP1Y7QMAah8

Hopefully we do not have to wait long.

This is really new, dated April 16, 2018, and seems to confirm that Sony is still working on e-ink

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/4/16/17242014/sony-digital-paper-dpt-cp1-e-ink-tablet-announced-japan

Seefree -Iphone 6 okay moderate symptoms
-Ipod touch 6 gen same as iphone 6
-Ipad mini 1 severe migraines
-Iphone 8 plus severe anxiety and head pressure and blurry vision

This is not really laptop-related but since you mentioned it and I am having now troubles also with smartphones I would like to comment.
I read some people who are intolerant to IPhone X's AMOLED display downgraded to IPhone 8 without any symptom. I definitely cannot stand IPhone X, so I thought I would be fine with an IPhone 8 or 7. I tried one and the other for 20 minutes in a shop on separate days and had moderate eyestrain afterwards, IPhone 8 feeling more aggressive. Considering the extent of the investment I passed on both. Now, if I understand IPhone 8 and 7 are proved to be PWM-free, so what bothers me must be else or also else. Maybe dithering as you say?

Seefree Im pretty sure my main problem is due to any form of dithering as i bet all apple products apple this to macOS and iOS.

JTL

Seefree i just read the e readers use dithering too

if your talking about the Dasung Paperlike and dithering, it's caused by the GPU output similar to the dithering sensitivity you are having with various devices. The Dasuing itself does no "moving image" dithering.

martin

Sorry to hear that. Could you please write more about your medical background and how you got diagnosed, what the suggested treatments are etc.? Also did you do all tests including MRI? Also maybe where you are from and what your job was previously to this condition, how much you were using the computers, when did you first find the symptoms?
Regarding laptops, I use old tech now, bought another of the same 8year old acer laptop. And I am trying to get medical help and desensitize myself to these triggers.

Seefree

martin ive been sick for 6 years now and was diagnosed based on cdc criteria, but if you do more tesearch younwill find a lot more things i recomend the documentary “unrest” by jen brea and the phoenixeising forums to learn all about cfs/me and other related conditions. Brain mri eeg fine. But also dx with mutiple chemical sensitivities and emf sensitivity due to past mold exposure , ehlers danlos syndrome and mast cell activation disorder. Im pretty much bedbound and totally housebound since becoming sick.

I am really sensitive to fluorescent lughts and esp led lightbulbs.

martin

Seefree Im really sorry to hear this. Is there any hope for a treatment? I recommended in another thread about desensitization the wim hof method, maybe it could help you. There is also a facebook support group. All can be researched and done for free (as I did), but you can also pay for courses. You can try the breathing exercises and not the cold exposure, if youre already in an exhausted state.

Seefree

martin thanks for your concern but ive seen the worlds top specialist, over 70 doctors, specialist, naturopaths, functional medicine docs every subspecialty and over $100,000 in treatments and doctors bills , but im still looking and hoping. Will Hoff i remember early in my disease but tje ice water would a death snetamce for me if i were to try that now lol.

Which acer notebook do you use?

martin

Seefree Man I am really sorry to hear that. Its weird and also interesting you have the same or very similar symptoms, but so much more pronounced. I use acer 5820tg with dual Intel and ATI radeon graphics, its 2010 and I have original win 7 home premium on it.
Generally people shared here that Dell xps 15 9560 with win 10 pre anniversary vesion (before 1703, ideally 1511) was the best they ever use, but you might try a few as they might have slightly different displays.
Please where are you from, USA?

Seefree

martin yea usa california

Seefree

Anyone else? How is the dell xps 13 dithering does ditherig get rid of it?

ryans

Seefree There are two known causes of dithering on that laptop:
1. Intel Graphics drivers
2. Windows 10 Anniversary Build and up

2 is not confirmed, but I think at least one on here is confident it's true. ditherig.exe can get rid of dithering, it helped some people on here, but does not help me.

I hope you can find a laptop that works for you.

Some people have had success using Linux with modesetting (non Intel) drivers on some laptops.

JTL

ryans ATI/AMD GPU's dither as well. It's very hit and miss.

Some Nvidia 900 and 1000 series cards appear to do dithering on the GPU output, even in the BIOS, and there is currently no way to disable it.

The above isn't really applicable to laptops as the vast marjority of laptops run their display outputs through the Intel GPU even when the Nvidia card is actually rendering frames.

caboy

ryans

Which xps 13? There seems to be a new model every year or so.

I have tried ditherig and have not had any success with it. It does not give a status message or anything when I try to run it.

Peter

I can use a Win 10 Pro Dell Inspiron 15 3000 with AMD Radeon Graphics R5 M430 v17.1.1 and Intel Core i5 7th Gen, but i need to have brightness at 100%, night mode always on (middle of the bar), in Dell Display settings the Blue Light at minus 31 and finally Crizal glasses on.
With this combination i can work all day without any real problems.

Furthermore, If I take regular breaks (as everyone should do) the laptop is causing no issues at all.

martin

Peter Whats the version of windows pro youre using?

Peter

martin

Windows 10 Pro
Version 1709
OS Build 16299.309

Gurm

I see that most of your computers are using newer versions of Windows 10. Do yourself a favor and get an older version installed, and then block updates. You'll be so glad you did.

Dell XPS 13 with the matte screen, and Dell XPS 15 with the matte screen (not touch, not glossy, just the 1080p matte) and windows 10 1511 or 1589 are pretty much the safest screens on the market today that we know of.

ryans

Gurm Are you concerned about security risks with blocking updates?

Seefree

Gurm okay i might try out a dell xps 13. Is yours the 9350 or 9360?

Ive had 3 dells in my lifetime and all of them had quality build issues with overheating, poor build quality, driver issues, and never lastet longer than 3 years before having overheating problems. Ive never considered a dell since. How are the dell xps 13s ive reas a lot of bad stories with not being able to turn off the intel adaptive nrightness CABC or whatever its called, build issues and coil whine.

Gurm

Yeah 1709 has you hating life. That's the "creator's update". You're literally 2 years too new.

martin

Gurm its been said somewhere, but once again, how do you block updates on non pro versikn? Ive seen some hack file here available, but im afraid of it to be a trojan.

JTL

ryans I'd personally be concermed too about blocking updates but Microsoft should fix the underlying issue that causes the eyestrain in newer Windows 10 builds.

martin

ryans im not. Scanning with malware/antivirus every second day is better than headaches.

JTL

martin antivirus alone won't save you. I'd personally use Windows 7 or 8.1 in your position.

I still think Microsoft should figure out what's wrong and solve the root cause. It should be doable.