Re:Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?
by samuell on Friday December 30, 2022 @04:40AM
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I have been way less than happy with my plain 4yo Latitude 7490, although rumor says Dells should be pretty durable:
- The battery got swollen and destroyed the clips in the underneath cover when it pushed it off.
- Memory modules requires re-seating at least a few times a month, especially if I run with the computer in a backpack (this is supposed to be possible to do with a durable laptop, no?)
- The NVMe SSD harddrive has needed multiple re-seatings.
- Some possible further glitches I might have forgotten.
Sad on a laptop which otherwise feels pretty great. I like the slighly rubberized coating, the keyboard, touchpad and screen, and weight is not too bad either.
Anyways, this makes me a slight bit skeptical about Dell's reputation as a durable brand in general.
- The battery got swollen and destroyed the clips in the underneath cover when it pushed it off.
- Memory modules requires re-seating at least a few times a month, especially if I run with the computer in a backpack (this is supposed to be possible to do with a durable laptop, no?)
- The NVMe SSD harddrive has needed multiple re-seatings.
- Some possible further glitches I might have forgotten.
Sad on a laptop which otherwise feels pretty great. I like the slighly rubberized coating, the keyboard, touchpad and screen, and weight is not too bad either.
Anyways, this makes me a slight bit skeptical about Dell's reputation as a durable brand in general.
Others having some more hard facts on this?