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This has already been posted, so I'll paste my comment on that post: I've been given this laptop at work, I use it with Ubuntu. It's an amazing machine. Perfe
by znpy 6y ago
This has already been posted, so I'll paste my comment on that post:
I've been given this laptop at work, I use it with Ubuntu.
It's an amazing machine. Perfect under every aspect. Way better than the XPS13.
It's really, really remarkable. It's thin yet it has ALL the ports you might wish for in a modern laptop, 2xUSB type A, USB-c/Thunderbolt, HDMI, Ethernet, regular power plug, audio jack, sim card, micro-sd.
I'm glad it only has the intel integrated video card so I don't have to deal with proprietary drivers. The only downside is that the fingerprint reader isn't recognized and doesn't seem to be supported under gnu/linux.
Otherwise it would be 100% supported.
Wifi, bluetooth and camera all work out of the box. There's an IR camera, but I haven't tested it.
Had it had the trackpoint, I would have declared the TinkPad definitively dead and would have switched my personal laptop to this exact dell model (I currently use a ThinkPad T440 for personal stuff).
Mine came with a 4c/8t i7, 16 gb ram and a 512gb nvme disk.
It's really, really a remarkable small but capable machine.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't copy/paste comments on HN. It lowers the signal/noise ratio and makes for pain when we go to merge duplicate threads. I've consolidated all the replies to your comment under the other one (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23269802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23269802). If you want to refer to something you posted elsewhere, please use a link. Better still, when you see a split discussion, email hn@ycombinator.com so we can merge them. We'll make sure your comment ends up in the winning thread. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20copy%20merge&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- znpy 6y agowell duplicate posting lowers the signal/noise ratio too. how about, maybe, deleting the duplicate posting instead of bothering people that contributes with genuine personal opinions based on first-hand experience?
- dang 6y agoHN's software deliberately allows reposts as a way of giving good submissions multiple cracks at the bat. We want to mitigate the randomness of what gets noticed on the /newest page, which can be something of a lottery. When there are duplicate threads, we resolve the signal/noise issue by merging them: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20moved%20comments&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... That's one reason we ask people not to copy/paste their comments, as I mentioned.