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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Dell XPS is nice.  $1500 is a bit high but not too far out of line.
I'm looking in the $1300 range so I could stretch a bit but I would
rather not if I don't have to.  I thought you could order the XPS series
with Ubuntu instead of Windows but I didn't see that option on the Dell
website.  If that knocked some cost off, it might be work sending the
extra money.

On 12/28/2017 02:58 PM, Ben Hest wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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