[Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at dell xps 13 9350

[Russell Hyer]

Luke,

if you do decide to go the DELL route, last time I checked, I had
several friends at DELL all of whom could offer some employee
discounts (obviously, not as good as the Mexico deal recently
publicised). Let me know if I should send a query out to them to see
if I can get an employee discount code for you.

Regards

Russell

On 4 December 2016 at 13:29, Andrew M.A. Cater
<amacater at galactic.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 12:29:00PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>> On 12/4/16, Franck Sinimalé <franck at sinimale.fr> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > https://lacpdx.com/gnu/Laptop
>> >
>> > FYI they did not answer to my request since i live in France i guess,
>> > cool machines anyway !
>>
>>  unfortunately the LCD resolutions max out at 1920x1080.  after having
>> experienced a 2560x1600 LCD, where i can get *TEN* full 80x56 xterms
>> side-by-side on one screen, or *two* web browsers full-screen 1200x800
>> next to *four* 80x56 xterms, or can do two 80x56 xterms and then
>> openscad a whopping 1800x1600... or PCB CAD development 1200x1600
>> side-by-side with a PDF datasheet at again 1200x1600 instead of being
>> forced to flip between the two....  *and it's portable*...
>>
>>  ... once you've experienced that kind of development environment, a
>> 1920x1080 LCD is a *MASSIVE* step backwards.
>>
>>  ... can't do it, frank :)
>>
>
> System76 are about the only folk I can think of - they might be able to help
> because their bigger machines go up to 4k.
>
> Otherwise, it's down to plugging in a monitor and keyboard when you get somewhere ...
>
> All the best
>
> AndyC
>
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