Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development
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I need to get a new laptop and I need something that is powerful, fast, light and tiny. I know, hard to get. It looks like both Asus and Dell used to make things like this. But it appears more and more that both have abandoned these product lines. I'm not sure how that happens, but what is out there?
I really like the looks of the Asus UX390UA, but it came out last October and appears to have already been dropped: https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-3-UX390UA/Features/
Dell XPS 13 seems okay, but you can't get 16GB of RAM on it. Really? And it doesn't have as fast of RAM as the Asus did a year ago. Seems like an older product.
MacBook Air is stuck on Intel Gen 5, while Asus is on 7 and Dell has at least one on 8 now. So also seems like Apple has left the product behind.
Is anyone making a good, actually purchasable, ultrabook in the 12.5 - 13.3" size category, 16GB, SSD, Kaby Lake or later proc (AMD okay) that hopefully even runs Linux? I'm not a laptop guy and am not even sure where to look. Going directly to vendors seems to net me nothing. Asus' website, for example, is completely useless.
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Just buy an iPad pro with keyboard or any macbook 12.
Develop on a hosted machine, in your company colo or any cloud you like.It's cheaper and more reliable than any of the other alternatives, I've already been on that path.
Going deeper: XPS 13 has coil whine and horrible webcam position; UX390UA runs too hot, especially with Linux.
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@francesco-provino said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
Just buy an iPad pro with keyboard or any macbook 12.
Develop on a hosted machine, in your company colo or any cloud you like.It's cheaper and more reliable than any of the other alternatives, I've already been on that path.
Going deeper: XPS 13 has coil whine and horrible webcam position; UX390UA runs too hot, especially with Linux.
It's specifically for travel. So machine assumed to need remote connectivity don't work. Need the ability to virtualize the production environment on it.
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I can get you powerful and fast with a Dell Precision 7720, but it definitely will not be light and tiny. This laptop might as well be a full size desktop, its that massive. It will fulfill all of your requirements except for light and tiny.
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@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
That's probably going to be your best bet right there.
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Dell xps 13/15 Developer Edition.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/dells-new-xps-15-isnt-the-best-at-everything-but-its-not-bad-at-anything/
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@scottalanmiller There's just something about the bezel on that laptop that makes me think of my old EEE 901 pc. It looks so "cheap" compared to other devices in the price range. The specs do look decent, though it appears to be designed for Ubuntu. I wonder if there are any binaries exclusive to their hardware that would prevent one from running Fedora or alternatives on it?
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@manxam said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller There's just something about the bezel on that laptop that makes me think of my old EEE 901 pc. It looks so "cheap" compared to other devices in the price range. The specs do look decent, though it appears to be designed for Ubuntu. I wonder if there are any binaries exclusive to their hardware that would prevent one from running Fedora or alternatives on it?
I'm guessing not. They are working on their own OS now too.
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@momurda said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
Dell xps 13/15 Developer Edition.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/dells-new-xps-15-isnt-the-best-at-everything-but-its-not-bad-at-anything/
theres also a 13 in version.Not a real product. Every review site lists it. But Dell doesn't make it.
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@nerdydad said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
That's probably going to be your best bet right there.
That's how I'm feeling.
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@nerdydad said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
That's probably going to be your best bet right there.
$1404 as I need it configured.
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What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
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If you need a 13" then the Latitudes are really nice. My e7270 has 16GB, an i7, and an m.2 drive. Its a 12" so it doesn't have the infinity edge display, but the 13" looks just like an XPS.
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The latitude keyboards are much better than the XPS. That's the only gripe I have with mine.
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@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
Lenovo is a dirty word. Remember, you own Lenovo= You are breached.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/14538/lenovo-if-it-s-on-your-network-you-are-breached -
@travisdh1 Oph, good read and you win.
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@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@travisdh1 Oph, good read and you win.
I've been bitten my them twice now, once with an X220, and once with a Motorola cell phone, so it's kinda seared into my memory.
