Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development
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@nadnerb said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
Just keep in mind that Intel are releasing their 8th Gen on 5th October. By releasing, I mean the big product launch with the fanfare and propaganda etc.
Some bedtime reading:
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/intel-coffee-lake-price-specs-release-date/
- https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/intel-14nm-coffee-lake-release-date
Why is this relevant to the discussion? Well, there is bound to be a pile of laptop refreshes by the various vendors in the next three weeks. So don't jump too soon.
Need one very much in the short term, unfortunately.
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@nadnerb said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
Inspiron 13 7000
Specs: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-13-7370-laptop/dncwka005h?oc=dncwka005h&l=en&s=dhsJust placed this "order" with the people doing the ordering. Fingers crossed that it works well.
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Thanks everyone for helping to look at options. With the 8th gen procs set to be available any day, it is a terrible time to be picking out laptops. But cannot be helped.
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@scottalanmiller I figured you would have gone with them System76 laptop.
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@scottalanmiller I use the Inspiron 2-in-1 line and love it for lower cost and great functionality.
Not the best laptop in the world, but I also didn't pay $2000 for it.
I have been running Korora 25 and then Fedora 26 on my laptop with no issues.
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@jaredbusch said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller I use the Inspiron 2-in-1 line and love it for lower cost and great functionality.
Not the best laptop in the world, but I also didn't pay $2000 for it.
I have been running Korora 25 and then Fedora 26 on my laptop with no issues.
I feel the nearly half price justifies it. I'm easy on laptops, if this thing lasts anywhere near 50% as long as a more expensive one, it's a huge win as it is faster now and when I replace them twice as often, they will be way faster yet!
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@nerdydad said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller I figured you would have gone with them System76 laptop.
It looks nice, but it is more expensive and lacks the specs of the Dell. Why pay more for less?
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Apple said Air line was getting an update later this year. Perhaps around black friday? That's when I usually buy their hardware.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@nerdydad said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller I figured you would have gone with them System76 laptop.
It looks nice, but it is more expensive and lacks the specs of the Dell. Why pay more for less?
I’ve never been a fan of the way they look. However if you need a portable desktop the Bonobo is hard to beat.
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I need quite a bit of RAM, but little else, really. So pretty far from a portable desktop.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
I need quite a bit of RAM, but little else, really. So pretty far from a portable desktop.
Oh right. Just saying in general.
What do you need that much for? I run a few vagrant boxes on mine for Ansible development and only have 8GB.
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@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
I need quite a bit of RAM, but little else, really. So pretty far from a portable desktop.
Oh right. Just saying in general.
What do you need that much for? I run a few vagrant boxes on mine for Ansible development and only have 8GB.
Need to mirror the production build out environment. So a few GB here and there for different machines on KVM. Plus running some dev tools on the main desktop. Nothing crazy, but it only takes a few database VMs to add up.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
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@penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
That is really nice, for sure. However, this is not a desktop replacement for me, only a mobile device.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
I need quite a bit of RAM, but little else, really. So pretty far from a portable desktop.
Oh right. Just saying in general.
What do you need that much for? I run a few vagrant boxes on mine for Ansible development and only have 8GB.
Need to mirror the production build out environment. So a few GB here and there for different machines on KVM. Plus running some dev tools on the main desktop. Nothing crazy, but it only takes a few database VMs to add up.
Ah ok. Ya I think the most I have running at once is 3-4 but it’s usually auto builds with molecule/vagrant so not much is eaten up (~2-3GB)
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@penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
The latitudes still have an Ethernet port. It is really nice.
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@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
The latitudes still have an Ethernet port. It is really nice.
Not the one that I am looking at.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
The latitudes still have an Ethernet port. It is really nice.
Not the one that I am looking at.
The e7270s and e7280s still have them. I didn’t look at the one you linked.
Edit: the one you said you ordered is an Inspiron?
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@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
The latitudes still have an Ethernet port. It is really nice.
Not the one that I am looking at.
The e7270s and e7280s still have them. I didn’t look at the one you linked.
Edit: the one you said you ordered is an Inspiron?
Oh, sorry, yes.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.
The latitudes still have an Ethernet port. It is really nice.
Not the one that I am looking at.
The e7270s and e7280s still have them. I didn’t look at the one you linked.
Edit: the one you said you ordered is an Inspiron?
Oh, sorry, yes.
My 7270 has a normal ethernet on the back. The 7280s have one on the side and it's one of those weird fold down ones. All so they could shave like .2" off the back.
