| My company-supplied Dell Latitude 7480, running Debian stable with its stock
kernel: > - M2 SSD requires changing some BIOS preferences to work on Linux No BIOS fiddling, except for disabling Thunderbolt security for docking
station to work (external monitor, network card, USB ports including
keyboard, second sound card (though no volume control here)). But this is
because Linux kernel doesn't support it yet. Or maybe I did change its "RAID" to something that's not a lie, I don't really
remember. > - Nvidia graphics card is a pain on Ubuntu. Do a Google search for nouveau.modeset Mine has Intel. I had no problems with running it. > - The fans are on most of the time, even during idle. The machine isn't hot either - it just likes to run the fans Quiet most of the time. > - The 1920x1080 screen isn't that great and a "4K" option is quite expensive 1920x1080 gives way too small bitmap fonts on a 14" screen. I'd rather have
1280x800 or similar, but nobody ships that resolution anymore. > - The carbon-fibre looking plastic looks cheap and is a magnet for finger prints. It does not look good and is difficult to clean The plastic seems OK, but maybe I don't know what to look at. > - It's not a great machine to move about with. Mine weighs almost 2KG 1.5kg > - No Ethernet port unlike a T470. You need a USB adapter Ethernet port present. |