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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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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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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
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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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          marcinozga
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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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          • stacksofplatesS
            stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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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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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
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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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              • stacksofplatesS
                stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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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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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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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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                  • PenguinWranglerP
                    PenguinWrangler @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:

                    https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                    The fact that it has an ethernet port is a real winner in my book.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @PenguinWrangler
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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:

                      https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                      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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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by stacksofplates

                        @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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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates @PenguinWrangler
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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:

                          https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                          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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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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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:

                            https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                            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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                            • stacksofplatesS
                              stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by stacksofplates

                              @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:

                              https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                              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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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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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:

                                https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                                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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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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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:

                                  https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                                  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.

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                                  • StrongBadS
                                    StrongBad
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                                    I want a new ultrabook, where do I sign up?

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                                    • PenguinWranglerP
                                      PenguinWrangler @stacksofplates
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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:

                                      https://system76.com/laptops/galago

                                      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.

                                      They sure do. It is what I am typing on right now. I just don't like the fact that some laptops are dropping the ethernet port. No ethernet on my Chromebook, that is fine. On my actual laptop please give me that ethernet port. I don't want to have to remember a USB dongle.

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                                      • PenguinWranglerP
                                        PenguinWrangler
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                                        What about this? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7AB5HF1677

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @PenguinWrangler
                                          last edited by

                                          @penguinwrangler said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:

                                          What about this? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7AB5HF1677

                                          Less powerful, more expensive. Looks nice, though.

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                                          • hobbit666H
                                            hobbit666 @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:

                                            I tried customizing those, and 16GB of RAM wasn't available.

                                            Yeah I've noticed the customization option on all products has gone down hill a lot.

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