I have a Thinkpad E14 gen2 (amd 3 4300U) with 14" a display (IPS). I acquired it mostly to learn programming, but recently I've tried Blender on it and its fonts may have seemed too small. After a month I may have an option to buy a bit more expensive ThinkPad E15 gen3 (with Intel i5) with a bit less SSD storage, but with a 15" inch display. Though I'd need to sell the E14 Thinkpad first, and it may be sort of a hustle.<p>I have a large external HDMI monitor though (LG), but am not sure about its flicker rate and resolution.Thinkpad's diplay has almost no flicker.<p>Do you have acceptable experience working with CAD and similar software on 14" Thinkpad displays?
I've developed a couple of products used "in production" using 13" 10 year old sony vaio! It's definitely doable, but the experience is less than ideal, mostly due to the small screen. I don't think that's something a 15" display would fix though. If I were to do it again, I'd probably look for something around the 24" to 27" range.<p>Working with CAD on a 13" screen vs. a 15" screen is basically the same experience.