> Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:07:32 +0000 > From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> > To: Linux on small ARM machines <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > > 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. > > > > Sadly, you'll have to pay the Windows tax on either. :/ > > *grumbles*... > > > _______________________________________________ > > arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] > > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > > Send large attachments to [email protected] > > 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%3DUBUNT&3x_page=1&filterCollapsed=true 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&model_id=xps-13-9360-laptop
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