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Would be very interested to see how well Ubuntu runs on this. As a once die-hard Apple fan I'm so sick of the mess that is Mac OS X Yosemite that I'm willing t
by lsllc 12y ago
Would be very interested to see how well Ubuntu runs on this. As a once die-hard Apple fan I'm so sick of the mess that is Mac OS X Yosemite that I'm willing to abandon Apple and try a Linux laptop, but only if:
1) The wifi and sound work out of the box
2) Battery life is better than 2hrs
3) Suspend/resume works
- dman 12y agoI get around 6 hours on the old pixel after a few tweaks in Ubuntu. I dont use suspend / resume so cannot comment on that. Wifi and sound work beautifully.
- dmitrygr 12y agoToshiba R30-ASMBN22 I have mine configured with: 256GB SSD 2TB HDD MATTE 1080p screen 16GB ram 802.11ac 2x2 wifi has lenovo-like nub mouse cost me less than 1500 runs windows 7, linux mint, and OSX battery life browsing web at medium brightness over wifi is over 10 hours in windows, 8 in linux, 7 in OSX
- notsony 12y agoA matte display is essential for a developer (imho) so the Pixel is a non-starter.
- 27182818284 12y agoI was Fedora, Ubuntu, and Arch before making the jump to OS X. I agree with you that they've gone downhill, but because of your numbers 1 and especially 2-3 I've always been negative on a laptop that isn't made by Apple. I've just had so many terrible experiences with PC laptops in those areas. They all work, but they have never worked as well.
- nfoz 12y agoYou may consider the Dell XPS13 when the Linux edition comes out. See http://bartongeorge.net/ http://bartongeorge.net/ for status updates. I too am shopping for a Linux laptop. It can be tough.