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On 29 July 2014 11:52, yossarian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yossarian@aktivix.org" target="_blank">yossarian@aktivix.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Just to be a little different: if you want something small and powerful, I have had very good success with the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition. <br><br>From a processing power and physical size point of view, it is roughly the same size and weight as a MacBook Air, but with an i7 processor and 8GB of RAM, it's about halfway to a MacBook Pro. <br>
<br>It comes with Ubuntu 12.04 preloaded, works fine with 14.04, haven't tried Debian. <br><br><a href="http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd" target="_blank">http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd</a><br>
<br>Downsides: <br><br>* you may or may not like the 1080 resolution on a 13" screen<br><br>* 8GB of RAM is soldered in place, it's not upgradeable, so it's not a good Big Data laptop<br><br>Yoss</div></blockquote>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Nice but be wary of ultra-slim laptops as the SSD hard drives are non-standard and not always easily replaceable, so check the warranty/replacement availability. A related tale of woe from Stuart Langridge:</div>
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