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Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:07:32 +0000<br>
From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <<a href="mailto:lkcl@lkcl.net">lkcl@lkcl.net</a>><br>
To: Linux on small ARM machines <<a href="mailto:arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk">arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.<wbr>uk</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] new development laptop needed, looking at<br>
dell xps 13 9350<br>
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On 12/4/16, Andrew Mike <<a href="mailto:andrew@logomancy.net">andrew@logomancy.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> You could get a Gigabyte Aero 14:<br>
> <a href="http://www.xoticpc.com/gigabyte-aero-14.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.xoticpc.com/<wbr>gigabyte-aero-14.html</a><br>
><br>
> 2560x1440 14-inch screen, 1.9 kg, but has everything else you wanted at<br>
> your price point.<br>
<br>
dang. up to 32gb DDR4 RAM. in a laptop. i'm very very tempted...<br>
the only thing is: although the current screen i'm using is 2560x1600,<br>
i just know damn well i'll miss the ... *goes to run python as a<br>
calculator*... 160 pixels. it makes the difference between being able<br>
to run 2 80x56 xterms one above the other.<br>
<br>
> There's also the AORUS X3 Plus PC3K4D:<br>
> <a href="http://www.xoticpc.com/aorus-x3-plus-v6-pc3k4d.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.xoticpc.com/aorus-<wbr>x3-plus-v6-pc3k4d.html</a><br>
><br>
> Still misses the weight budget, and is $2000, but it has a smaller<br>
> higher-res screen and meets all your other expectations.<br>
<br>
*splutter* <a href="http://www.aorus.com/Product/Spec/X3%20Plus%20v6" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.aorus.com/Product/<wbr>Spec/X3%20Plus%20v6</a><br>
overclocking to 4ghz, up to 32gb DDR4 2400mhz RAM, *dual* PCIe SSDs,<br>
supports nvidia graphics cards up to *6* GB, 150 watt power supply,<br>
does it _really_ take dual batteries? wtf this is a _monster_!!<br>
<br>
... i love it.<br>
<br>
the fiscally-responsible thing to do would be to get a dell xps 13<br>
9350. given that it's a path that's been trail-blazed already and<br>
there are software libre developers out there who've bought it, gone<br>
to the trouble of poking dell's support team with a stick, found out<br>
how to disable the (Reference-Design-by-default) RAID setting on the<br>
NVMe drives in the BIOS, and so on, it would be a lot less hassle.<br>
<br>
*however*.... thinking it through... the only reason i said "16GB<br>
RAM" is because i didn't expect there to be *laptops* out there which<br>
could take up to 32GB RAM. i made the mistake of getting not enough<br>
memory once already.<br>
<br>
tell you what i'll do: i'm going to register on their forums and make<br>
some enquiries.<br>
<br>
<br>
> Sadly, you'll have to pay the Windows tax on either. :/<br>
<br>
*grumbles*...<br>
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<br></blockquote><div><br>Actually, you don't have to pay the windows Tax on an XPS 13 or XPS 15.<br><br><a href="http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?3x_nav=OS_BRAND%3DUBUNT&3x_page=1&filterCollapsed=true">http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?3x_nav=OS_BRAND%3DUBUNT&3x_page=1&filterCollapsed=true</a><br><br></div><div>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:<br><br><a href="http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?oc=cax13ubuntuh5133&model_id=xps-13-9360-laptop">http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd?oc=cax13ubuntuh5133&model_id=xps-13-9360-laptop</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>