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Re:Ask HN: Developer laptop under $1500? by codegeek on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @11:20AM (#6090532)
How about Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu. Priced at $1549 [1]

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3537U processor (4M Cache,

2.0 GHz CPU w/ Max Turbo of 3.1 Ghz)

UBUNTU Linux 12.04 LTS

13.3" FHD 1080p

8GB2 DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz

256GB Solid State Drive

Intel HD 4000

1 Year ProSupport Service with 1 Year NBD Onsite Service after Remote Diagnosis

2.99 lbs

[1] http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd

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Re:Ask HN: Developer laptop under $1500? by nubela on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @11:34AM (#6090649)
Why haven't they upgraded to Haswell? Ugh. I've been waiting for the upgrade for the battery life bump.
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Re:Ask HN: Developer laptop under $1500? by primalpop on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @11:44AM (#6090734)
It's haswell or bust with the new laptop.
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