[Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-15 Thread Kent Borg
My Dell XPS 13 7390 is getting old creaky, and at nearly 4-years, it isn't new, but how annoying, it has been a nice machine. This morning it was dead, I had left it plugged in, running, with the lid closed. And this morning its battery was dead. It has been complaining about disconnects, so m

Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-15 Thread Rich Pieri
On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:38:39 -0700 Kent Borg wrote: > Do I want an AMD Ryzon 7040 or an Intel i5-1340P? Is one better > better supported for Linux for these days…? I say go all in with Ryzen w/ AMD graphics. I tried Tumbleweed on my old Razer Blade 15 (2019) and it runs fine but dealing with th

Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-15 Thread Randall Rose
Minor point, but this is not a bad time of year to find a computer at a low price. School's out, nowhere near back-to-school season, no Christmas rush. On Sat, Jun 15, 2024, at 7:38 PM, Kent Borg wrote: > My Dell XPS 13 7390 is getting old creaky, and at nearly 4-years, it > isn't new, but how

Re: [Discuss] Think I need a new computer

2024-06-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Kent Borg wrote: > My Dell XPS 13 7390 is getting old creaky, and at nearly 4-years, it isn't > new, but how annoying, it has been a nice machine. > > > Grrr. I don't want to spend a bunch of money on a new computer right now. > But the battery is supposedly only 57% of what it used to be. The t