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You decided against Win 10 Pro and WLS? Why?
If you don't care about windows then you sacrifice about 20% of performance vs linux on baremetal according to benchmarks on phoronix of ubuntu bare vs ubuntu wsl.
gnome is terrible comparing to macOS WM/DM. So many bugs and there is no way to tweak things like in mac. Please do me a favor and look about it before buying.
gnome is terrible comparing to macOS WM/DM. So many bugs and there is no way to tweak things like in mac. Please do me a favor and look about it before buying.
Not that I like GNOME, but that has to be the first time I've seen someone advocate macOS on the basis of customization. Could you say where you found macOS to let you tweak something that GNOME didn't? Is this including extra tools (GNOME Tweak Tool), or pure stock?
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.
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Why not the Thinkpad T-series then?
For me, it's been battery life. Even running TLP, my Current ultra-light just isn't seeing great battery life. It's fine now working from home, and plugged in all day. But should I ever get back to taking it to meeting after meeting at the office.... I want to say, I see 4 hours unplugged depending on what I'm doing. (not watching video)
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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.
Thanks for the info. Yes that would be great if you could check that. My issue was the built-in speakers popping whenever audio stopped and started (sound card turning off and on). It was especially loud and unbearable when using headphones plugged directly in.
When having external speakers or earbuds plugged into the 3.5mm jack, it does pop.
IMO the pops are not loud and do not at all hurt even with earbuds in.
Dell has a 30 day return policy, so if that's the only thing holding you back, you can try it for yourself.
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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 insi…
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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.