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An alternative: Dell 7520 line. Runs Linux nicely out of the box. * No camera or mic is an option (I took it) * No HiDPI display is an option (I took it) * 3
by bitexploder 9y ago
An alternative: Dell 7520 line. Runs Linux nicely out of the box.
* No camera or mic is an option (I took it)
* No HiDPI display is an option (I took it)
* 32 GB ram
* 1TB very fast class of ssd
* Legit quad core Xeon
* Discrete GPU (decent)
* Real keyboard
* Charger is approximately size of an actual red brick (blah)
* Laptop is bulky
* I love it, best Linux and Laptop I have ever owned. Let's just leave it tied with my 2015 MacBook.
- prolikewhoa 9y agoXPS 13 also a fantastic choice for linux. Everything works out of the box.
- dijit 9y agoAs does the precision line. I have a 5520 and it's absolutely rock solid. I don't think Dell get enough credit for how compatible their systems are in the high end and what kind of build quality you get. In my opinion Dell stuff is the only thing on the market that could take over Thinkpads mantle as "Best laptops on the market".
- prolikewhoa 9y agoI agree. This is my Thinkpad killer. HiDPI screen is gorgeous, keyboard and touchpad are fine, battery life is 10-11 hours in Arch, all of my media keys work, build quality is phenomenal. I haven't been able to get tear free video working, but I haven't ventured past xf86-intel-video yet on this machine. Dell has really been impressing me. Their monitors are great and so are their laptops.
- dijit 9y agoTry to use vaapi decoders. mpv has some flags for this and you need some packages but thats how I got tear free video (and lower resource usage on video too)
- bitexploder 9y agoI started with an XPS 13 Developer edition. It had some minor issues, but I generally agree it was a good Linux experience.
- exceptione 9y agoI like the options but with its weight of 2.8kg I don't consider this a competitor to the X1.
- bitexploder 9y agoI am sure it is something of a competitor, but if you want a sleeker laptop and size is your constraint then, no, they don't compete. If price and performance are more important then I think the Dell definitely "competes" in the same way 13" MBP competes with 15" MBP
- lorenzhs 9y agoI run last year’s X1 Carbon and it worked flawlessly with Debian out of the box. Battery life is excellent (3.5W isle with medium brightness) and the only thing that doesn’t work with Linux is the fingerprint scanner. It’s a great device that I would definitely recommend. ThinkPads generally do really well with Linux. And the keyboards are even better than Dell’s ;)
- igravious 9y agoWhen you `lsusb' what device id and description does it give for the fingerprint reader?
- lorenzhs 9y agoI don’t have the device at hand but I’m pretty sure it’s a Validity Sensor 138a:0097. There’s an effort to reverse engineer the Windows drivers for this class of fingerprint sensors at https://github.com/nmikhailov/Validity90 https://github.com/nmikhailov/Validity90 but honestly I don’t care much about fingerprint readers on a laptop.
- lorenzhs 9y agoFor the record, I checked and 138a:0097 is in fact the correct vendor/product ID.
- deepbreath 9y ago+1. Also using Debian on a X1 Carbon 5th gen (2017). Everything except the fingerprint reader (which I don't much care for) works perfectly.
- Erlich_Bachman 9y agoYou forgot one important detail: Dell gives you an ability to have ECC memory.
- bitexploder 9y agoOoooh yeah. I have that. Not a thing you notice, but I got it.