How to buy a Dell laptop with the Intel ME disabled from the factory

Re:How to buy a Dell laptop with the Intel ME disabled from ... by tuxxy on Saturday December 02, 2017 @05:28AM (#15831298)

This is pretty neat. Anyone know how well these run Arch Linux? I tried out a new Dell XPS, but it didn't handle Arch very well..

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Re:How to buy a Dell laptop with the Intel ME disabled from ... by ylere on Saturday December 02, 2017 @09:44AM (#15831997)

I have an XPS15 (9560) and it runs really well. The arch wiki has lots of information: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_15_9560 You do have to tweak it a bit to make everything to work perfectly and get the power consumption down. Overall I'm quite impressed with the machine and the experience. I switched to Dell after having used a MacBook Pro for many years. The 4K screen is gorgeous, it's fast, it has 32gb of RAM and the build quality is good. The TouchPad is a tad bellow Apple level in terms of feel & precision though. One big benefit of Dell is that you can get proper, next day Support if something breaks (while with apple, you are supposed to drive your work machines to the Apple Store and then wait for a replacement).

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Re:How to buy a Dell laptop with the Intel ME disabled from ... by curiousgal on Saturday December 02, 2017 @01:49PM (#15833306)

I have the same machine, how much battery life do you get? 97wh batter.

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Re:How to buy a Dell laptop with the Intel ME disabled from ... by thepiwo on Saturday December 02, 2017 @06:25AM (#15831437)

The newest XPS13 handles Arch really well

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Re:How to buy a Dell laptop with the Intel ME disabled from ... by dijit on Saturday December 02, 2017 @08:03AM (#15831705)

I have a precision 5520, running arch, everything works flawlessly. Including the dock on the latest 1.5.0 UEFI firmware.

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