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| From | chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc, uk.d-i-y |
| Subject | Re: New Dell Latitude for linux |
| Date | 2014-09-03 08:57 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lu6hm1$fqd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <j4chdb-ccb.ln1@squidward.local.dionic.net> <lu58t4$4r3$1@dont-email.me> <89nhdb-6sh.ln1@squidward.local.dionic.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 02/09/2014 21:52, Tim Watts wrote: > On 02/09/14 21:21, chris wrote: > >> I really wouldn't go with a Dell. Or at least make sure you get a >> support package. Some at work have them and they do break down... > > Luckily the 5 years next day on site costs very little on an academic > purchase... Good. > Every laptop I've ever owned had some sort of problem in 5 years. HP - > the hinges broke. Lenovo fan is dying and the touchpad covering fell off. > >> Having said that, why not try the Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu pre-installed: >> http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-9333/pd?oc=sbnb2328&model_id=xps-13-9333 >> >> >> >> It's a very high quality screen and nice and light without compromising >> on performance. > > It does tick a lot of the boxes. Unfortunately it seems to have no > touchpad buttons (not real ones anyway). > > Sorry - I could not list every detail, but I use the TP heavily and like > 2 or 3 real buttons. In act I always disable "soft click" as it always > misfires when I use TPs. > > But I am impressed by the screen specs. > > How do you find the TP? Sorry, I don't have one. A colleague does and I've not heard him complain about the touchpad. Personally, I always use an external mouse for day-to-day usage. When I do use a touchpad I hate physical buttons and get really frustrated when I borrow someone else's laptop which has buttons. >>> ==== >>> >>> Basically, my old Lenovo T410i is giving up slowly. My "absolutes" are: >>> >>> 1 - 8-16GB RAM >> >> I'd go with as much as you can get. >> >>> 2 - Medium CPU (i7 seems not much better than i5) >>> 3 - Graphics that x.org can manage 3D for (eg GoogleEarth) plus VMware >>> player needs to manage 3D support for guests. >> >> I'd go with Intel, Radeon are often hard to configure. I still can't get >> accelerated 3D to work on my desktop. > > +anotherone for Intel... > >>> 4 - 500GB "spinning rust" HDD PLUS >>> 256GB (ish) SDD for OS+home+VMWare-disks >> >> How are you going to get two disks in the above laptops? > > Mediabay adaptor - like I did with the Lenovo. I never use the DVD so > that gets pulled out. Is that still possible with current laptops? More and more manufacturers are moving to the ultrabook model where nothing is user upgradeable (not even RAM!).
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New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 18:42 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-02 19:03 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2014-09-02 19:22 +0000
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 21:04 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2014-09-03 09:00 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 10:19 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2014-09-02 15:09 -0500
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-09-02 21:20 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 21:37 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2014-09-03 03:01 +0000
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 08:35 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2014-09-02 21:21 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-02 21:52 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2014-09-03 08:57 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 10:17 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 17:27 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2014-09-04 12:58 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-04 13:04 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2014-09-03 08:36 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-09-03 08:46 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2014-09-03 12:13 +0100
Re: New Dell Latitude for linux Davey <davey@example.invalid> - 2014-09-03 12:35 +0100
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