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Which linux laptops would you recommend for an under 1000 Euro price point?
Almost everything has worked out of the box, and upgrades to Thinkpads are pretty easy (if you don't immediately spring for one with an SSD).
Bought a Dell XPS 13 and then returned it because of the horrible coil whine.
Which linux laptops would you recommend for an under 1000 Euro price point?
- Can you reduce the keyboard light to 0 ?
I had a Dell XPS 13 for about 2 months but ended up selling and getting a 2017 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. For the premium you're already spending on an XPS machine, a Mac for slightly more has so much better hardware. The price differential ~300-500$ is more than justified by the FULL metal construction, non-clicky trackpad, and the glorious screen. I immediately regretted my XPS purchase after noticing the screen’…
Also, the Mac has a webcam instead of a nose hair viewer.
I mean, hardware is nothing compared to the OS.. I can switch to any other Mac and it would take me a couple hours to be comfortable. That would be it.
If I'm switching to a Dell XPS, I don't really care about the hardware at that point. It's all about software.
I tried doing that a couple months ago when my MBP went bad as Apple doesn't know how to build a keyboard anymore. Bought an XPS 13". I think it has great hardware. Couldn't switch away from macOS. I'd use XPS with macOS over the shitty Macbook Pro any day.
I had a Dell XPS 13 for about 2 months but ended up selling and getting a 2017 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. For the premium you're already spending on an XPS machine, a Mac for slightly more has so much better hardware. The price differential ~300-500$ is more than justified by the FULL metal construction, non-clicky trackpad, and the glorious screen. I immediately regretted my XPS purchase after noticing the screen’…
I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that a current-generation XPS 13 is going to have an IPS panel, whether it's 1080p or 4K.
I have a Dell XPS 13 as my personal machine. It runs Linux. Everything works. But, I still find myself using my MacBook Pro (provided by work) for almost everything even at home. Two things that keep me in the Mac land. 1. Retina Display and the 16:10 aspect ratio. 2. Smooth, and usable touchpad. XPS13's display is too rectangle and I'm not watching movies in it. It feels too cramped for looking at code. GNOME out of…
2) I'm far from an expert on this: I don't know why it's taken more than a decade to figure out trackpad motion.
[1] https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/Th...
[2] http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-noteboo...
I like this writeup but I sort of expected it to contain a "Windows 10 Review from a lifelong macos user" embedded in it. I was surprised that this was just about the hardware. As a happy lifelong Windows user, surrounded by programmers who call me insane (or an idiot, even) for liking it, I was curious to learn more about what a developer who's used to Mac thinks about the Windows 10 dev experience. (notably for a m…
They mention that they also use an iPad and other setups, which suggests they’re doing rather platform-agnostic dev work. Once you shell into a box in the cloud, only the keyboard and screen are any different.