If you are looking for an alternate solution the Razer blade and its relative the core might be an interesting solution for you.
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love my 850 Evo and it's 5 yr warranty. > > I am also a fan of the latitudes but want a different nvidia chip than > they tend to use. > > On Sep 17, 2016 1:55 AM, "Michael Butash" <mich...@butash.net> wrote: > >> The xps 15 with nvidia is nice, though it is bigger than I like. That, >> and they don't put docking station pads on the xps line. They put those >> screens on the latitude line as well I'm noticing, which is better aside >> from the intel-only gpu, but no nvidia for latitude it seems. >> >> I just wish they'd give more love to the people that like small laptops. >> I love my 12.5" latitude, but that intel gpu is useless for anything, and >> even compositing takes a hit with the cpu. Boo. Razor puts an nvidia 1070 >> in their 14 blade that is marginally larger only by a bit. >> >> Then again, I used to rock a 3" sony android phone every day for a few >> years, and miss it terribly in the age of giant 5-7" phones. I like >> small/light. >> >> Side note, I noticed with either new xps or latitude with kaby lake arch, >> those only have 1x m.2 ssd/nvme slot, which is a problem and >> disappointment. It does have a dock though on the latitude model. Embrace >> cloud, yeah, but I like some local redundant disk for critical data. >> >> My older latitude e7240 I upgraded to have 2x msata's in that works great >> with software raid, only downside was a lack of a gsm/lte radio internally >> for the extra disk. Power-out events (suspend, power runs out) >> occasionally cause a resync when it sits in my travel bag too long, but >> always recovers/resyncs perfectly in 2 years of use. In extenuating >> circumstances, I can/do trust it with my livelihood. I've dropped it >> several times, no problemo. >> >> Samsung 840 evo msata ssd's ftw in it, every other ssd 2.5/different >> vendor has failed me. Horribly/sadly. >> >> -mb >> >> >> On 09/16/2016 09:52 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: >> >> the XPS15 however is wonderful.... >> >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Michael Butash <mich...@butash.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Ohh, pretty. >>> >>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/3120815/hardware/windows-10-h >>> aters-try-linux-on-kaby-lake-chips-with-dells-new-xps-13.html >>> >>> Shame they still leave only an anemic intel gpu in it, and no real >>> docking station. >>> >>> -mb >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen
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