Seth Kontny
Fuck I need to buy a new laptop. Cannot decide
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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...
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🦿 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.
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Seth Kontny
Should be this month and I also watch everything needed on (laptop).
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😀 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.
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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.
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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.
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Seth Kontny
I've thought about dabbing in chrombooks for such things. thanks man
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