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Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by RandomBacon »

gregwebs wrote: post #49

Is this still a glossy-only screen option? I would happily by the XPS 15 with a non-glossy screen. I have been forced to use the Precision models with Ubuntu pre-installed and suffered both mediocre performance, battery life, build quality, and even the sound output not working. Unfortunately I am using a Mac from my employer for the first time in years. It is nice to have hardware that works extremely well again! Bu…

My understanding is that the non-touch FHD screen is not glossly, but then it is also not flush. I got the touch FHD to have the edge-to-edge glass. The glossyness hasn't bothered me, and you can get matte screen protectors cut for this model off of eBay.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by RandomBacon »

adamddev1 wrote: post #48

Does the sound-card make any popping sounds turning on and off?? I have an older XPS 13-9343 and sadly this was a huge issue with Ubuntu/Linux. It would pop on and off whenever you used audio.

I plug in my speakers through a Thunderbolt dock, and I have not experienced it. It shows as a USB sound output though. Let me know if you would like me to try plugging the speakers in directly to the laptop and rebooting it a couple of times.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by Red_Leaves_Flyy »

emiliovesprini wrote: post #77
fartcannon wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. And Id prefer they return to 5x4 for all tablets and tablet PCs. I had a tablet PC back in 04 that was a 5x4 ratio Toshiba R10 and it was marvelous. I ran Linux on it! 16 years ago!

No half measures! let's go 1:1 baby.

More expensive for a 1:1 16in than a 16:9 16in. Also 16in is usually 15.6.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by brianwawok »

dkersten wrote: post #74
brianwawok wrote: post #27

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We have bought 7 or 8 for my startup in the past 4 years. Only one failure that happened at like month 3. Seems at least average reliability? In the same time we have had 2 of 4 appple laptops need a new motherboard / some drastic problem

> need a new motherboard / some drastic problem Only because apple won’t do simple repairs. Eg, blwn capacitor worth 40 cent? New motherboard worth hundreds! [1] Of course, to the end user, the effect is the same... [1] https://youtu.be/o2_SZ4tfLns and https://youtu.be/K1A9y4S60kg for just two examples

If your choices are:

$20 mother board and 15 minute of $50 / hr tech

vs

$0.40 cap and 45 minutes of a $50 / hr tech

Replacing the cap might not actually be a win. Would need to know more about the actual hardware costs, as well as how often swapping 1 cap really fixes the problem (like, why did it blow to begin with? Will it just blow again in 3 days?)

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by amarshall »

RandomBacon wrote: post #108
emiliovesprini wrote: post #77

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No half measures! let's go 1:1 baby.

They exist! (Well as a freestanding monitor.) I have one, and it's glorious! https://www.eizo.com/products/flexscan/ev2730q/

I don’t know why, but those proportions rather perturb me. Being so used to having displays be wider than tall, that almost looks taller than wide. I think it’s fantastic that it exists, though.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by dr_zoidberg »

neogodless wrote: post #107
dr_zoidberg wrote: post #58

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> Would those AMD 8 core chips consume a similar amount of power to the i7-1065G7? (quad core 10nm) A very quick summary: about the same. Intel seems to still have the lead on quickly going to lower energy states, but AMD still has the upper hand on better node: TSMCs 7nm is better than Intels 10nm+, but 11th gen 10++ seems to have finally matured enough to be on par, so Tiger Lake will be interesting to see. If your…

Is the HP Omen 15 with 70 Wh available in your country yet?

No, and I've had mixed experiences with HP over the years. Looks pretty nice, has it been reviewed?

The Asus G14 looked good too, but once they became available reviewers gave me a it fo an angle that I haven't considered from using it and it was then I decidede to wait. Pretty much the same happened with the Asus TUF A15 (good on paper, but actually terrible once you get it -- it's missing a couple of heatsinks inside who knows why).

So I got into a situation where there are apparently good Ryzen notebooks on paper, but once you start using them they all come with gotchas.

Another gotcha that I have: most are not being paired with good GPUs, and I run quite a lot of code that can be accelerated with CUDA, and while not a deal breaker, having a CUDA-capable GPU is a big plus for me. And most of the Ryzens are coming with 16x0 instead of 20x0's :/

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by dkersten »

brianwawok wrote: post #114
dkersten wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> need a new motherboard / some drastic problem Only because apple won’t do simple repairs. Eg, blwn capacitor worth 40 cent? New motherboard worth hundreds! [1] Of course, to the end user, the effect is the same... [1] https://youtu.be/o2_SZ4tfLns and https://youtu.be/K1A9y4S60kg for just two examples

If your choices are: $20 mother board and 15 minute of $50 / hr tech vs $0.40 cap and 45 minutes of a $50 / hr tech Replacing the cap might not actually be a win. Would need to know more about the actual hardware costs, as well as how often swapping 1 cap really fixes the problem (like, why did it blow to begin with? Will it just blow again in 3 days?)

Right, but apple don’t charge $20 for a motherboard, its more like $900, vs a third party repair shop charging $100 for labour + $0.40 for the cap. The third party is still a lot cheaper because apple don’t want to repair those parts.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by auggierose »

JBiserkov wrote: post #47
auggierose wrote: post #10

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No, seems to me as well that 32GB is not available for Ubuntu.

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebo...

Oh, they got me again with their site :-D

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by bitL »

neogodless wrote: post #105
bitL wrote: post #90

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As you mentioned, AMD laptops are gimped, either by an inferior screen, lower amount of memory (imagine 8GB limit for an 8-core Ryzen or 16GB limit for a dual core i3) or some other specification is not up to high end standard.

The HP Omen 15 has a solid 300-nit 97% sRGB screen, 70Wh battery, and dual channel 16GB. There's also the HP ENVY x360 with available 400-nit/1000-nit screens paired with 16GB and an 8 core Ryzen 7 4700U. Both a bit pricey but I'm glad they exist. I agree the vast majority of AMD laptops have unacceptable compromises baked in. I can't help but believe this will change now that the APUs are arguably on par for games a…

Those HPs are unfortunately still just 1080p (though one is 144Hz). I haven't used notebooks with that resolution since 2012.
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