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I'm returning my Lenovo laptop that gave me tons of compatibility issues and getting this Dell XPS 13 instead. Thoughts? (www.bestbuy.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by jezebelley3d to c/[email protected]

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I'm going with this Dell and returning my Lenovo Slim 7 Pro. In my previous thread saying I switched to Windows I read that Dells offer great compatibility. I ordered this Dell XPS 13 and plan on going with Pop OS. Thoughts on this? Good choice?

Edit: Apparently it's certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I assume I should go with This particular Ubuntu version then?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I have great experience with my framework AMD, excellent Linux hardware support and excellent support team. I have never encountered less problem on any system I own, including dell and hp.

Linux specific manufactures like system 76, tuxedo, slimbook, starlab, and nova custom are also great options, but I cannot endorse them since I never used any of them.

With framework, you get:

assembled in Taiwan, with many components made in Taiwan
more "cutting-edge" hardware (might require some minor tweaking, like running couple commands; but they have extremely detailed documentations on these tweaks).
better upgradablity (upgrade CPU, main board and battery)
3:2 display with reasonable DPI (but need fractional scaling)

With other linux manufacture, you have

(some) coreboot, system76 even has intel ME disabled.
standard screen resolution (1080P is bit grainy for me but you dont need fractional scaling)
preconfigured and preinstalled linux distro; 100% works out of the box, no tweaking or command.

BTW, I think most of these laptops have great windows support as well (but check before you buy), so you are not locked into linux.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Another vote for the framework. They are the only manufacturer actively supporting Windows and Linux.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think tuxedo (do not offer to pre-install Windows), nova custom, slim book, starlab also officially supports Windows 11. But framework definitely have much more detailed documentation on configuring Windows.

In general, if they are using common consumer hardware that supports linux, then it is almost guaranteed to have pretty good windows support as well.