New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by aesthetics1 on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:15AM (#12816720)

The XPS machines (both the 13 and the 15) are excellent. I haven't found anything else that compares across the board.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by acron0 on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:36AM (#12817094)

+1 The XPS is a fantastic line

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by blowski on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:38AM (#12817126)

I had an XPS 13 in 2008, and was really happy with it. The quality was much higher than most of the Dell laptops I've seen.

Do you know how well they work with Linux?

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by aesthetics1 on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:41AM (#12817159)

They work excellent with Linux. Dell actually sells a "Developer Edition" of the XPS line with Ubuntu pre-installed.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by blowski on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:50AM (#12817275)

Seems like the Developer Edition is EOL in the UK at least. I'll look for some reviews about the standard edition.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by Brakenshire on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:16PM (#12817585)

There was a new update a month or two back, I think they're just waiting for it to filter through to the UK.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by nikon on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:17PM (#12817609)

I thought this too, I then found this link which brings you to the Ubuntu XPS editions: http://pilot.search.dell.com/xps%2013%20ubuntu

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by blowski on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:23PM (#12817682)

Does sound like a great spec - but only available in the US right now. I'm in the UK.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by djdmngz on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:37PM (#12818558)

It's available in the UK. We've moved the XPS 13 Developer Edition to be in the same place as the Windows version. One side affect is that this (well, the internal details of how that's done in our catalog) makes it easier for us to change up the Dev Ed configs. If you go to http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-9360-laptop/pd and scroll to the right ("Next" button) you'll see them.

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