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I have been on a MBP since they were introduced. This was the first time I wanted to upgrade my laptop and switched away from Apple. The lack of ports coupled w

I have been on a MBP since they were introduced. This was the first time I wanted to upgrade my laptop and switched away from Apple. The lack of ports coupled with consumer complaints and lack of anything innovative drove me away. I would have never guessed I would have ever left Mac after so many years of a good user experience.

tomatoman 10y ago
What did you switch to?
- nawtacawp 10y ago
  I switched to a Razer Blade Stealth. I'm not a gamer and I've never used a Razer product, but I like this laptop. I had to ditch Windows, running Debian.
  - jalfresi 10y ago
    Interesting, as hardware-wise that is the closest to a non-apple air that I can find. Does anyone have any links to someone running Linux on a razor blade stealth as their daily driver?
    - nawtacawp 10y ago
      MBP Retina, 13", 2015: 12.35" x 8.62" x .71" -- 3.48 lbs Air: 12.8" x 8.94" x .68" -- 2.96 lbs RB Stealth: 12.6" x 8.1" x .52" -- 2.84 lbs I bought the late 2016 edition, i7 kaby lake, 16GB RAM, 256GB M.2 PCIe, 12.5" IPS touch QHD (2560 x 1440 px). It really does run well and I'm using it as a daily driver.
  - pault 10y ago
    Have you been able to get good hardware support? Trackpad, function keys, etc. Can you sleep and restore?
    - kagamine 10y ago
      Not OP, but I fixed sleep and restore on an HP Elitebook yesterday by installing the Nvidia display driver, the nouveau driver seemed to be what was stopping it from waking. That has been my experience with every PC with a dedicated GPU.
      - maxsilver 10y ago
        For what it's worth, the Razer Blade Stealth does not have a dedicated GPU, just a regular integrated Intel HD 620 like many other Kaby Lake ultrabooks. The Razer Blade (regular, non-Stealth) is the model with the dedicated GPU.
        pault 10y ago
        I've been seriously considering picking up the fully loaded model with the desktop 1080 GPU, but I'll want to dual-boot windows 10 and some variant of debian for gaming and to experiment with machine learning, respectively. I'm afraid I'll end up spending several weeks trying to get everything set up correctly and then hit some dead end after it's too late to return it. It's the same price as the new MBP but the specs are crazy[1]. [1]http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro#specs http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro#spec... Edit: Looks like there are some resources around the webs: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sT9Hs6laKlwJ:https://xipherzero.com/ubuntu-16-04-razer-blade-2016/&num=1&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0 https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sT9Hs6... https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/new-razer-blade-stealth-dual-boot-windows-stock-ubuntu.17534/ https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/new-razer-bl...
        nawtacawp 10y ago
        I bought mine from the Microsoft store. I've heard Razer's support is not the best and returning products to them is not the most pleasant experience. I've found that the Arch Linux Wiki is a pretty good resource for all of the Razer Blade laptops.
    - 10y ago

tomatoman 10y ago

What did you switch to?

nawtacawp 10y ago
I switched to a Razer Blade Stealth. I'm not a gamer and I've never used a Razer product, but I like this laptop. I had to ditch Windows, running Debian.
- jalfresi 10y ago
  Interesting, as hardware-wise that is the closest to a non-apple air that I can find. Does anyone have any links to someone running Linux on a razor blade stealth as their daily driver?
  - nawtacawp 10y ago
    MBP Retina, 13", 2015: 12.35" x 8.62" x .71" -- 3.48 lbs Air: 12.8" x 8.94" x .68" -- 2.96 lbs RB Stealth: 12.6" x 8.1" x .52" -- 2.84 lbs I bought the late 2016 edition, i7 kaby lake, 16GB RAM, 256GB M.2 PCIe, 12.5" IPS touch QHD (2560 x 1440 px). It really does run well and I'm using it as a daily driver.
- pault 10y ago
  Have you been able to get good hardware support? Trackpad, function keys, etc. Can you sleep and restore?
  - kagamine 10y ago
    Not OP, but I fixed sleep and restore on an HP Elitebook yesterday by installing the Nvidia display driver, the nouveau driver seemed to be what was stopping it from waking. That has been my experience with every PC with a dedicated GPU.
    - maxsilver 10y ago
      For what it's worth, the Razer Blade Stealth does not have a dedicated GPU, just a regular integrated Intel HD 620 like many other Kaby Lake ultrabooks. The Razer Blade (regular, non-Stealth) is the model with the dedicated GPU.
      - pault 10y ago
        I've been seriously considering picking up the fully loaded model with the desktop 1080 GPU, but I'll want to dual-boot windows 10 and some variant of debian for gaming and to experiment with machine learning, respectively. I'm afraid I'll end up spending several weeks trying to get everything set up correctly and then hit some dead end after it's too late to return it. It's the same price as the new MBP but the specs are crazy[1]. [1]http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro#specs http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro#spec... Edit: Looks like there are some resources around the webs: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sT9Hs6laKlwJ:https://xipherzero.com/ubuntu-16-04-razer-blade-2016/&num=1&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0 https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sT9Hs6... https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/new-razer-blade-stealth-dual-boot-windows-stock-ubuntu.17534/ https://insider.razerzone.com/index.php?threads/new-razer-bl...
        nawtacawp 10y ago
        I bought mine from the Microsoft store. I've heard Razer's support is not the best and returning products to them is not the most pleasant experience. I've found that the Arch Linux Wiki is a pretty good resource for all of the Razer Blade laptops.
  - 10y ago