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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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jezebelley3d@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

XPS machine are generally pretty well built machines. But 1300 for a 12th gen machine right after 14th gen has just come out?

I don't think Dell has 14th gen based XPS 13 yet but I wouldn't pay MSRP for a machine with a 2 year old CPU. I'm sure you can find it for a lot less elsewhere.

[–] jezebelley3d@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using slightly older architecture has better support for Linux. Compatibility is the most important thing to me here and this chip is Ubuntu certified.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In terms of what matters for compatibility 12th and 13th gen are largely the same, just a better P core. iGPU is identical, chipsets are largely the same etc. 14th gen almost certainly will post a problem, but 13th gen is a nice step up.

Alternatively just pay a lot less for the machine. I'm surprised best buy has the balls to list it for that much without any discounts. With 14th gen rolling out I'd hope prices will tank on those machines, if not new then used they're getting close to the 3 year mark and their value will plummet.