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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

XPS 15 is my new personal laptop and XPS 13 is my work laptop - I can
highly recommend both. XPS 13 doesn't have a sufficiently high
resolution display to be really problematic with KiCad - XPS 15 does (at
least for both in their highest resolution options).


On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 08:35:31PM +0000, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> 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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