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by rotskoff 2825 days ago
I only used Apple products for about a decade, but last year I bought a Dell XPS which I run Ubuntu on. If you're looking to run linux, the XPS is a great choice. The hardware quality is extremely high---long battery life, ridiculous screen resolution (and it's a touchscreen), fast processor, and plenty of storage.

My only complaints stem from the fact that, when using linux, there are inevitably things that don't work as smoothly as they do on OSX, e.g., syncing with google drive.

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I had so many problems with my XPS that I switched to a Macbook for the first time ever after 1.5 years of using it. My development process went something like this:

- Start to code. - Find weird quirk (laptop keeps typing multiple letters, screen resolution doesn't match up, random lag). - Research weird quirk to see if I can fix it. - Forget why I was even on my computer.

I have an XPS 13 which I run Debian 9 and the coil whine is unbelievable! When I open Google Maps it sounds like how one might imagine a supercomputer in a children's TV show.