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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the link.  It looks like for about $100 more I can upgrade to
4K if I buy a Dell.  They are even disabling the intel ME as well.

On 12/28/2017 03:19 PM, Ben Hest wrote:
> You can still get it with ubuntu.  They are called Developers Editions
> and are only available through one portal on the
> website.  http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop_us  ;
> 
> The $1500 is an optimistic price (it's been down to $1380 once) that
> does come around, but I can't say how frequently it gets down there. 
> There's been a few times over the holiday season, but with that wrapping
> up I'm not sure.
> 
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     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>
>     > <mailto: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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