Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux
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@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
So, as I didn't get the one on the sale, I did some research and ended up getting an Acer Aspire 7 with Ryzen 5 3rd Gen and a discrete Nvidia GPU for $750 that seems like it is going to be perfect. Solid, middle of the road laptop, no weird gimmicks or parts, great price. All I have to do is add a second 8GB stick to it and I'm all good to go.
That's exactly the kind of laptop I would buy myself.
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@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
So, as I didn't get the one on the sale, I did some research and ended up getting an Acer Aspire 7 with Ryzen 5 3rd Gen and a discrete Nvidia GPU for $750 that seems like it is going to be perfect. Solid, middle of the road laptop, no weird gimmicks or parts, great price. All I have to do is add a second 8GB stick to it and I'm all good to go.
That's exactly the kind of laptop I would buy myself.
I've used several lower end models from the Aspire line over the last two years and consistently really like their feel, build quality, and price. We recommend them often. So I'm pretty happy going with the next to top of the line Aspire. There is one model at twice the price of this one, but very little additional benefit. This seems to be the sweet spot model where it's just $750 instead of $1400+, but nearly the same performance as the top end model once you add the 8GB of extra RAM.
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@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
I'm looking at buying this Asus ZenBook, but find no resources talking about what challenges there are getting Linux, hopefully Ubuntu, running on there. Generally the ZenBooks rank really well for use with Linux, but this one has this weird touch pad that worries me. Anyone know anything about it?
Sorry, I don't. But why even bother with something weird like this? Why not buy something you know for sure works?
What product would that be? Lenovo Carbon X1 yes, at much higher price.
XPS. They ship with Linux.
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@stacksofplates said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
I'm looking at buying this Asus ZenBook, but find no resources talking about what challenges there are getting Linux, hopefully Ubuntu, running on there. Generally the ZenBooks rank really well for use with Linux, but this one has this weird touch pad that worries me. Anyone know anything about it?
Sorry, I don't. But why even bother with something weird like this? Why not buy something you know for sure works?
What product would that be? Lenovo Carbon X1 yes, at much higher price.
XPS. They ship with Linux.
Scott said he wanted a real GPU, not Intel's CPU integrated, for video editing.
XPS is small and neat (and an ergonomic disaster to work with IMHO) but doesn't have a real GPU.
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@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@stacksofplates said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
I'm looking at buying this Asus ZenBook, but find no resources talking about what challenges there are getting Linux, hopefully Ubuntu, running on there. Generally the ZenBooks rank really well for use with Linux, but this one has this weird touch pad that worries me. Anyone know anything about it?
Sorry, I don't. But why even bother with something weird like this? Why not buy something you know for sure works?
What product would that be? Lenovo Carbon X1 yes, at much higher price.
XPS. They ship with Linux.
Scott said he wanted a real GPU, not Intel's CPU integrated, for video editing.
XPS is small and neat (and an ergonomic disaster to work with IMHO) but doesn't have a real GPU.
Idk why you're assuming I meant a 13. The 15s have an NVIDIA card, same with the latitudes which also will ship with Linux. I'm not 100% sure if the XPS 15 ships with Linux I'd have to double check ( the latitudes will) but it works great on them. XPS also has a 17" model now.
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@stacksofplates said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@stacksofplates said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
I'm looking at buying this Asus ZenBook, but find no resources talking about what challenges there are getting Linux, hopefully Ubuntu, running on there. Generally the ZenBooks rank really well for use with Linux, but this one has this weird touch pad that worries me. Anyone know anything about it?
Sorry, I don't. But why even bother with something weird like this? Why not buy something you know for sure works?
What product would that be? Lenovo Carbon X1 yes, at much higher price.
XPS. They ship with Linux.
Scott said he wanted a real GPU, not Intel's CPU integrated, for video editing.
XPS is small and neat (and an ergonomic disaster to work with IMHO) but doesn't have a real GPU.
Idk why you're assuming I meant a 13. The 15s have an NVIDIA card, same with the latitudes which also will ship with Linux. I'm not 100% sure if the XPS 15 ships with Linux I'd have to double check ( the latitudes will) but it works great on them. XPS also has a 17" model now.
Sorry, I was just assuming 13" since 13-14" was what Scott wanted at first.
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@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@stacksofplates said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@stacksofplates said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@Pete-S said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
I'm looking at buying this Asus ZenBook, but find no resources talking about what challenges there are getting Linux, hopefully Ubuntu, running on there. Generally the ZenBooks rank really well for use with Linux, but this one has this weird touch pad that worries me. Anyone know anything about it?
Sorry, I don't. But why even bother with something weird like this? Why not buy something you know for sure works?
What product would that be? Lenovo Carbon X1 yes, at much higher price.
XPS. They ship with Linux.
Scott said he wanted a real GPU, not Intel's CPU integrated, for video editing.
XPS is small and neat (and an ergonomic disaster to work with IMHO) but doesn't have a real GPU.
Idk why you're assuming I meant a 13. The 15s have an NVIDIA card, same with the latitudes which also will ship with Linux. I'm not 100% sure if the XPS 15 ships with Linux I'd have to double check ( the latitudes will) but it works great on them. XPS also has a 17" model now.
Sorry, I was just assuming 13" since 13-14" was what Scott wanted at first.
The 15 is really like 14", the 13 is like 12". Because of the infinity display the body sizes are smaller than others.
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The Acer Aspire 7 that I ordered just arrived.
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@scottalanmiller How's the Aspire Linux support working out ?
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@warren-stanley said in Asus ZenBook UX334FLC-AH79 with Linux:
@scottalanmiller How's the Aspire Linux support working out ?
So far, it's been great. Really liking it.
