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I was going to get the XPS 13 today and I ended up with an HP Spectre x360 13" (newer one--i7-8550U, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD that'll probably eventually be repla
by eropple 8y ago
I was going to get the XPS 13 today and I ended up with an HP Spectre x360 13" (newer one--i7-8550U, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD that'll probably eventually be replaced with a 2TB when the price comes down). Installing Fedora on it right now. I'm in on a chunkier trackpad click, and the HP has that over the rather light Dell click that's common across every Dell I tried. Also, I preferred the keyboard on the Spectre x360 and the overall look-and-feel of it, plus the pen (for when I am using Windows) feels a little nicer. I wish I could've found the newer ceramic white Spectre, which I was in on, but it was a two-week wait and the black-and-copper looks very sharp too.
Ultrabooks seem to have basically converged. Everybody's running more or less the same hardware. This has been good for Linux; hopefully my install goes as well.
- acomjean 8y agoLet us know how the install goes.. I'd be curious. Thanks
- eropple 8y agoAt a first approximation, everything in the actual machine works. The touchscreen was picked up immediately, the machine stays pretty cool, it's reading about 7h40m in battery life (this is the 4K model with the i7 and 16GB of RAM; I expect more like 4h to 5h). I really like the keyboard, and the keyboard correctly turns off when it's folded back. This seems at least as good as the XPS 13. Only downside so far is that the pen is a little finicky in Krita, but I haven't tested yet if that's a battery problem (it popped a battery warning right away) or a software problem. But this thing feels really good. I'll probably keep it.
- acomjean 8y agoThanks for the update!