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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293 It was a terrible experience across the board, never again. Highly
by ckdarby 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293
It was a terrible experience across the board, never again. Highly recommend the Zenbook or the Dell XPS for linux distros :).
I personally have the Zenbook but I have three friends with the XPS now. There was some complaining on the XPS about the backlight or something?
- anaphor 10y agoI think it has some kind of firmware that manages the backlight, so if you switch between really bright and dark windows a lot (like a browser and terminal) then it changes brightness a lot which is annoying, and there's no way to turn it off. Personally the only thing I've had issues with (on Linux) is the soundcard producing low-level noise because of the CPU going into powersaving mode. It's fixable but I can't remember exactly what I had to do to get it to stop. On the bright side, it does help a lot for the battery life (I get around 8 hours usually). I also have an older system76 laptop and I would definitely recommend the XPS (13 or 15) over it if you want something lightweight with good battery life.