On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Daniel Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Mark Phillips > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone use an Dell XPS15 or M3800 laptop? I am looking at these two > > models, or perhaps the developer edition with Ubuntu pre-installed. I > have > > read that these machines get really hot...to the point of the machine > > crashing. Just wondering about anyone's personal experience. > > I used to have an XPS15 with Sputnik installed. It did get hot. Now > I'm running an XPS12 that is about a year old, and it's much better. > I've heard that a newer version of it is hard to get linux installed > so I can't say if it's still a good deal for Linux. > I just recently acquired a gently used XPS13 that is about 2 years old. I have it setup for dual boot, it installed Mint 17 MATE edition just fine. I haven't had it long enough to comment about the heat much, but since it is one of the smaller ones (from what I've read it is the same chassis as the XPS12, but with smaller bezels so it fits the 13" screen) it should do better than the XPS15. In the time I have had it I haven't noticed overheating issues, but I haven't really put it under much load as of yet. Only drawback is it has 4GB RAM soldered in, but for my use (and the deal I got) it is plenty. The newer versions of this model have capability of upgrading to more RAM from what I've read (or can be ordered with more than 4GB soldered in maybe?). It is an Ultrabook so it does make some sacrifices to be thin and light.... and it is very thin and light. For me it is a significant step up from my trusty old Centrino-M 32bit 15" 4:3-screen workhorse. Main problem I was having with that one, is that CPU doesn't have PAE extensions, and all the current distros now require it, so I am running Mint 13(?) LTS. Anyway HTH, FWIW, YMMV, etc ;) Matt M. LinuxKnight _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
