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I went the same way. Used to have a MBP that lasted for years (from ~2008). When it finally imploded I got a MBA. Amazung battery life for my work pattern (most
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I went the same way. Used to have a MBP that lasted for years (from ~2008). When it finally imploded I got a MBA. Amazung battery life for my work pattern (mostly terminals and vim). It would routinely get 12-14hr, although that would drop to 8-9 if I opened a web-browser and watched video or did anything js heavy.
Sadly I had to get rid of the MBA and did not like the look pf this year’s macs, so I got a XPS13. It is a nice machine, but it has issues.
- Network adaptor is shit. Flakey, loses connection, incompatible with our cisco routers, power draw is completely unstable.
- Keyboard is really nice.
- Screen is a bit dim.
- Touchopad registers phantom touches constantly, driver support for elimination doesn’t work.
I’ve still got it running ubuntu 16.04. Everything on it mostly works, but to be a nice machine:
- network adaptor needs a complete replacement.
- get used to disabling the touchpad.