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[Ben Hest <bombledmonk@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just got the 1080p Precision 5520 at work (the xps15 2017 equivalent) and
I'd highly recommend it. The screen is one of the best I've experienced on
a laptop. The XPS15 is likely outside your desired budget (around $1500 for
a i7Quad/4k/16GB/512GBSSD).  The XPS13 can be had occasionally with an i7
8GB of ram and an 1080p display for around $800 and has 12hr+ battery life.

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Kristoffer,
>
> Thanks for the input.  I'm looking at a system 76 laptop.  I like the
> fact that they disable the intel ME on ubuntu installs.  I would
> certainly like to have a high DPI display so I can fix some of the high
> DPI issues in KiCad but that drives the cost way above what want to
> shell out for a laptop which I would only use when I'm traveling.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 12/28/2017 02:35 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
> > Honestly I am using the intel driver more often than the built in nvidia
> > in my ux302 zenbook. Mostly to get better battery time from it. I find
> > it very stable.
> >
> > I have a friend who recently got a Xiaomi pro 15.6 inch laptop and runs
> > linux on it, it comes with both nvidia and intel drivers and also a
> > quite speedy processor and build quality for a reasonable price.
> >
> > I will let him test his out a bit before I myself am thinking about
> > doing an upgrade to the xiaomi. The build quality truly feels amazing.
> >
> >  -Kristoffer
> >
> > On 12/28/2017 08:30 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> >> I know this is not specifically a kicad development question but I am in
> >> the market for a new laptop before the end of the year and figured this
> >> might be the best place to ask.  I was wondering if anyone has any
> >> experience with intel graphics chips (namely the 630) drivers on linux.
> >> I prefer nvidia graphics chips on linux because the proprietary nvidia
> >> drivers on linux are typically hassle free but I would rather spend my
> >> hard earned money on ram and nmve drive than graphics hardware which I
> >> really don't need and already have on my desktop system.  Thanks in
> >> advance for the help.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >>
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-Ben