Thanks for the feedback and advice, Shachar. When I'll have 4K displays, I'll worry about the resolution differences. At present, I don't care about smartcard/fingerprint readers.
One of the problems, which I worry about, is that Ely Levy was very unhappy with the M3800 that he got. If no one else was as unhappy with it, Ely may have gotten a lemon. Another problem is that according to what I found while googling it, the docking station mentioned with the laptop (Dell Docking Station USB 3.0 - D3100) is not supported by Linux (or maybe supported using proprietary drivers limited to some Linux distributions). I need something to connect 2-3 additional displays to the laptop (3 displays if the laptop's own display is disabled). --- Omer On Wed, 2015-12-23 at 19:54 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > On 23/12/15 10:54, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: > > > 2015-12-22 21:48 GMT+02:00 Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il>: > > > As I said few weeks ago, I am considering the purchase of a new laptop > > > to replace my current desktop PC and also serve me on the road. > > > > > > It was suggested to me to consider purchasing the Dell Precision M3800 > > > laptop. > > > > > > Before ordering it, I'd like to know if anyone else bought it and if > > > yes, what is his/her experience. Specific questions appear below. > > > > > > From the reviews that I read, the laptop suffers from a battery life > > > deficiency (which does not bother me). Also, the 4K display option > > > causes a lot of software to display too small graphical elements. > > > (see, for example: > > > http://www.networkworld.com/article/2897199/opensource-subnet/review-dells-ubuntu-powered-m3800-mobile-workstation-is-a-desktop-destroyer.html). > > Usually the DE has somewhere where you can tell it how high the DPI is > > for your screen and it will scale elements accordingly, however this > > usually won't work across the board. > Make sure not to have different displays on the same desktop with > drastically different DPIs. I've had a laptop with a fairly high > resolution, and connected a monitor that was both bigger and had lower > resolution. The result was that the DPI of the laptop display was > almost twice that of the external monitor. Things did not look good. > Things were either too small on the built-in display or too big on the > external one. > > Also, in my previous email on the subject I said that almost > everything works with Linux, but was then hard pressed to say what > didn't. I have, since, remembered. Some Dell laptops have a built in > smartcard/fingerprint reader. That one is completely and hopelessly > unsupported on Linux. That was the only hardware component I failed to > make work. -- More proof the End of the World has started. Just saw this online: I think it's beginning! Ten minutes ago there was a group of people waiting at the bus stop outside my house. Now, they're all gone! My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
