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Dell just released their native-linux-running XPS: http://www.dell.com/Learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop?c=us&l=en&s=biz http://www.dell.com/Learn/us/

• qznc 14y ago
  No NVIDIA or ATI card? How is the graphics performance?
  • richo 14y ago
    Not sure. I haven't seen one in the flesh, but I've heard good things about it. Nothing first, or even second hand though. Personally, I wouldn't buy an ultrabook for the graphics performance, cooling is just too problematic to do anything overly shiny in my view, but I can't imagine you'd have issues running a shiny window manager or decoding 1080p video, which is the two most graphics intensive tasks I do.
  • 14113 14y ago
    After my current experiences running linux on a laptop with an optimus enabled graphics card I can safely say that I am never again going to buy a laptop with discrete graphics to run linux. It's been a pain getting Bumblebee to work (optimus drivers), and even with it working certain parts of the hardware are still closed off, thanks to limited driver support.
• loxs 14y ago
  My problem with Dell is that their keyboards usually suck. They are not that bad, but certainly worse than ThinkPads and MacBooks. Also, this actual model is more expensive than the Chromebook Pixel, and is arguably worse at every detail (except for the bigger SSD).
  • richo 14y ago
    Portability goes a long way, and iirc it's a smaller form factor. That said, I'm not sure that I'd choose it over the pixel either.