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Dell business level support is the best I've seen. My dad broke his laptop while overseas on a business trip and Dell sent a local service tech to his hotel to fix it.
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The same issues exist in Windows as well. They actually exist BECAUSE Windows no longer supports real sleep mode. Microsoft does this to push "modern standby" so they can phone home 24/7.
> Microsoft does this to push "modern standby" so they can phone home 24/7. This seems like a less likely incentive than the expectation created by phones and tablets that the device become ready "instantly". Qualcomm has moved into the laptop space and brands their products as "always-on, always-connected" such that your programs are not halted while the screen is inactive/lid is closed. Microsoft may feel like some…
It can be both.
This is tangential to the discussion, but are there any laptops that won't heat up your legs/groin when used on your lap? I remember owning an Asus UL30VT [1] 10 or 15 years ago, and I could have it on my lap for hours without feeling any heat regardless of the CPU load. It was a bit crappy in other ways, but a joy to use on the go! It seems like nowadays all manufacturers try to keep the components cool, but don't c…
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I really do not understand the love the XPS 13 gets. We have several here at the office. We will never get them again. They break, the keyboard is not pleasant, the machine is not really fast, two handed openings are painful when you come from a different brand, charging it takes forever, we just leave them plugged in, switching wireless to wired in linux (several distros) takes too long, did I mention the keyboard m…
Idk, I'm on my 3rd XPS and I've had none of these problems. Even the keyboard I consider to be above average. I will agree that opening the lid can bit a bit difficult/awkward, but it's hardly a problem.
Can anyone comment on System76 vs. Framework and what you chose or maybe if you used both?
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Why drag around a laptop, if you have monitors everywhere anyway, and I assume you could easily add a full PC too?
In my case I sometimes work from home and sometimes from the office. The laptop is handy since I can bring it with me and use the same computer at both workstations, both of which have external monitors.
Laptop is nicer for coffee shops, though. Lots of things are aided by an external monitor, but not everything requires one.
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Reaching freezing in early May is not at all uncommon in most of New England, for starters. I imagine it's also not completely rare in the upper Midwest.
Also SF :smirk: