Subject | Re: Poll: Snit Leaves or Snit Stays |
From | Marek Novotny |
Date | 02/06/2017 23:57 (02/06/2017 16:57) |
Message-ID | <C-WdnYQTnfGjYgXFnZ2dnUU7-WnNnZ2d@giganews.com> |
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Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
Follows | Steve Carroll |
Followups | Steve Carroll (2h & 25m) > Marek Novotny |
Steve CarrollI have little experience with consumer laptops. I tend to stick to the Lenovo T series or the Dell Precision for my Linux laptops. I have used the Dell the XPS 15" as a Linux machine, partly because a crank kept telling me how problematic it was, hopping from one distro to another claiming it didn't work. I bought one and got it working on my first try with minor tweaks in about 10 minutes.
On Monday, February 6, 2017 at 12:53:38 PM UTC-7, Marek Novotny wrote:Marek NovotnySteve Carroll
On 2017-02-06, Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com>wrote:Steve CarrollMarek Novotny
Strangely, I haven't run across any general consensus on a flavor for web development on the 'net. I only chose Ubuntu because it came up often, yet, I see a lot of people vote against it.
I thought I did see a blub about that at one point. Canonical was the overwhelming winner.
Definitely mentioned often.
On a side note, earlier today I ran across this article which had this...
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... at the top of the list.
SPECS Screen Size 15.6 inches Max Screen Resolution 1920*1080 pixels Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 RAM 8 GB DDR4 SDRAM Hard Drive 512 GB flash_memory_solid_state Graphics Coprocessor geforce gtx 960m Chipset Brand nvidia Card Description Integrated Wireless Type 802.11 A/C Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2 Brand Name Asus Series K501UW Item model number K501UW-AB78 Operating System Windows 10 (64bit) Item Weight 4.4 pounds Product Dimensions 15.6 x 10 x 0.8 inches Item Dimensions L x W x H 15.6 x 10 x 0.8 inches Processor Brand Intel Processor Count 2 Computer Memory Type DDR SDRAM Flash Memory Size 512.0 Batteries 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
I can get it with an additional 8GB of RAM and a 3 year service plan for $1039.00. It looks to be similar to my son's laptop (ASUS K501UX-AH71).
Admittedly, as I mentioned earlier, I don't like his trackpad (I prefer my 2006 MBPro's) all that much (I'm wondering if there is a driver lacking there) and the battery life isn't the greatest but it's a decent, lightweight rig for low cost.