The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?
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While I have just gotten my new Dell - I'm setting it up as WIndows ,... for now. But - I am doing a hard consideration to 'follow' @scottalanmiller in the ways of Ubuntu with a Win10VM.
This Dell Inspiron is nicer than the last Dell, but I don't think as good as the ACER that just died... but as I just got it yesterday, I'm still setting and moving things.
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@scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
@Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
I've no use for the tablet mode, I was thinking it was more optimized.
The Surface are like... anti-optimized.
I was going to ask - optimized in what way? What were you expecting that you didn't get?
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@Dashrender said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
@scottalanmiller said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
@Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
I've no use for the tablet mode, I was thinking it was more optimized.
The Surface are like... anti-optimized.
I was going to ask - optimized in what way? What were you expecting that you didn't get?
Well for one thing they run Windows 10 which is specifically terrible on a tablet. Slow, unresponsive, hard to use on a touch screen.
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@gjacobse said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
This Dell Inspiron is nicer than the last Dell, but I don't think as good as the ACER that just died... but as I just got it yesterday, I'm still setting and moving things.
What makes it not as good?
The Inspiron line is the consumer line, so there's always that too.
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@Dashrender said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
@gjacobse said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
This Dell Inspiron is nicer than the last Dell, but I don't think as good as the ACER that just died... but as I just got it yesterday, I'm still setting and moving things.
What makes it not as good?
The Inspiron line is the consumer line, so there's always that too.
Inspirons are a freaking nightmare to work on. Like disassemble the whole damned thing to get to RAM or HDD. I told the owner here if he ever ordered anymore of them, I would smash them to bits. But he had seen me struggling to change a drive in one, so no more Inspirons.
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@Dashrender said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
@gjacobse said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
This Dell Inspiron is nicer than the last Dell, but I don't think as good as the ACER that just died... but as I just got it yesterday, I'm still setting and moving things.
What makes it not as good?
The Inspiron line is the consumer line, so there's always that too.
yes,... I know the Inspiron line is consumer,.. but so was the Acer as it was bought as BestBuy...
First thing maybe is the battery life - I am pretty sure I was pushing 6-8 hours on the ACER,.. but last night this Dell was showing 2-3 hours on battery..
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@gjacobse said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
First thing maybe is the battery life - I am pretty sure I was pushing 6-8 hours on the ACER,.. but last night this Dell was showing 2-3 hours on battery..
faster processor now? more RAM? lower capacity battery in the Dell?
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@Dashrender said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
@gjacobse said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
First thing maybe is the battery life - I am pretty sure I was pushing 6-8 hours on the ACER,.. but last night this Dell was showing 2-3 hours on battery..
faster processor now? more RAM? lower capacity battery in the Dell?
All good questions... and I'll have to compare them.
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The last question for you all… I'm going to get a Dell XPS 9360, but I cannot decide between regolar FHQ and touch QHD screen…
FHD
- more battery life
- more compatibility with standard Linux GUI
- little cheaper, little lighter
QHD
- more brightness
- a lot more pixel
- touch capability
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@Francesco-Provino said in The Sysadmin / CTO machine - A Surface + Cloud to rule them all?:
The last question for you all… I'm going to get a Dell XPS 9360, but I cannot decide between regolar FHQ and touch QHD screen…
FHD
- more battery life
- more compatibility with standard Linux GUI
- little cheaper, little lighter
QHD
- more brightness
- a lot more pixel
- touch capability
Are you going for mobility or what?
Unless you REALLY plan on using the touch screen a lot... I'd go for battery life.
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I consider those things really a personal preference.
I'm not sure what makes a lower resolution display more compatibility with standard Linux GUI it's just a resolution. I suppose you could mean - it has the same scaling problem that Microsoft Windows has with high resolution screens (they are a bit better, but really only a bit).
You've nailed it with the list of differences, you have to decide for yourself what is important, that's not something can decide for you.
