Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by karlmdavis on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:46PM (#17315688)

> I want my technology to work out the box, and Mac does that.

Same here, but with a twist: out of the box, Linux makes it easier for me to install the things I need to do my job. The display, power management, etc. issues are all frustrating, true, but ultimately not as important.

Different folks have different priorities.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by karlmdavis on Sunday June 17, 2018 @05:31PM (#17334442)

I'm a software developer so for me: dev tools, basic shell utilities, PostgreSQL, Docker, etc.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by koffiezet on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @11:10AM (#17347368)

All those things work pretty well on OSX. I really really like Linux, but only on CLI. Every time I touch a desktop running linux I get frustrated. OSX isn't perfect - but as a productive environment, it's the best fit or me personally.

And I'd love to upgrade my 2013 13" mba with an mbp, mainly for the display, but the keyboard issues on recent mbp's make me hesitant of spending that much money on it...

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by jbob2000 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:53PM (#17315754)

What is your job? What kind of things do you install?

Kind of curious, because no matter what machine I use, every time I start fresh, it takes about a day to get up and running. Linux is even worse because of drivers.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by Shorel on Thursday June 14, 2018 @06:46PM (#17316076)

> Linux is even worse because of drivers.

In my hardware that's where Linux excels over Windows. YMMV.

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