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 <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> 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 <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>> 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 > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net>> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -Ben > > > > > -- > > -Ben _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
