Message: 1 Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:07:32 +0000 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@lkcl.net To: Linux on small ARM machines arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350 Message-ID: <CAPweEDx3abbKtx46=hO24BJPepaSqg8_K+mz7pUMBTY3sVR6sw@mail. gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On 12/4/16, Andrew Mike andrew@logomancy.net wrote:

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You could get a Gigabyte Aero 14: http://www.xoticpc.com/gigabyte-aero-14.html

2560x1440 14-inch screen, 1.9 kg, but has everything else you wanted at your price point.

dang. up to 32gb DDR4 RAM. in a laptop. i'm very very tempted... the only thing is: although the current screen i'm using is 2560x1600, i just know damn well i'll miss the ... *goes to run python as a calculator*... 160 pixels. it makes the difference between being able to run 2 80x56 xterms one above the other.

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There's also the AORUS X3 Plus PC3K4D: http://www.xoticpc.com/aorus-x3-plus-v6-pc3k4d.html

Still misses the weight budget, and is $2000, but it has a smaller higher-res screen and meets all your other expectations.

*splutter* http://www.aorus.com/Product/Spec/X3%20Plus%20v6 overclocking to 4ghz, up to 32gb DDR4 2400mhz RAM, *dual* PCIe SSDs, supports nvidia graphics cards up to *6* GB, 150 watt power supply, does it _really_ take dual batteries? wtf this is a _monster_!!

... i love it.

the fiscally-responsible thing to do would be to get a dell xps 13 9350. given that it's a path that's been trail-blazed already and there are software libre developers out there who've bought it, gone to the trouble of poking dell's support team with a stick, found out how to disable the (Reference-Design-by-default) RAID setting on the NVMe drives in the BIOS, and so on, it would be a lot less hassle.

*however*.... thinking it through... the only reason i said "16GB RAM" is because i didn't expect there to be *laptops* out there which could take up to 32GB RAM. i made the mistake of getting not enough memory once already.

tell you what i'll do: i'm going to register on their forums and make some enquiries.

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Sadly, you'll have to pay the Windows tax on either. :/

*grumbles*...

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Actually, you don't have to pay the windows Tax on an XPS 13 or XPS 15.

http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?3x_nav=OS_BRAND%3DUB...

Try searching for Dell XPS developer edition, those are sold running Ubuntu instead of Windows. Here is a version of the XPS 13 with 16 GB of memory:

http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?oc=cax13ubuntuh5133&...