Seth Kontny
Fuck I need to buy a new laptop. Cannot decide
Simon Janes
Laptops are really hard to shop for, I feel your pain. If I had to buy one today, I would probably aim to get something like the asus.com/transform...
🏒 Lucian Marin
I'm waiting for a MacBook (Pro or not) with a Kaby Lake processor. Intel added H.265 (HEVC) and VP9 hardware decoding. The main reason for this is that I watch videos daily on my laptop because I don't have a TV.
Seth Kontny
Should be this month and I also watch everything needed on (laptop).
😀 Tom
Also consider the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, though it more expensive. I would buy one for myself if I needed a new laptop today.
Xasasfdasfd
I've got a Dell XPS 13 DE from the first round they put out. It's been a serviceable machine, but lots of niggling little issues (trackpad driver flakey, bluetooth intermittent, that sort of thing. These days I'm spending more time on a Lenovo 100S Chromebook repaved with GalliumOS. As a dirt-cheap box that is good enough for editing code, it works.
😀 Tom
There 2017 version comes out tomorrow in the US (already released in other countries). Supposedly it still has a "coil whine" that is caused by the graphics hardware/firmware. Though it has a completely new WiFi/Bluetooth card that is the same in both the DE and windoe versions of the laptop. I'm hoping it has a super key instead of the Windows key.
Seth Kontny
the MacBook pros in the us? did not occur?
Xasasfdasfd
"Coil whine" was never an issue for me. Could be my ears are just too old. But I can't hear any such thing with the first version.
Seth Kontny
thanks a good input
Adam Douglas
Consider the Toshiba Chromebook 2 with full HD screen. Dirt cheap Linux machine and Chrome OS is actually a very nice thing to use for mucking about on the interweb. Otherwise hold out for price drops on Macbooks I guess.
Seth Kontny
I've thought about dabbing in chrombooks for such things. thanks man