On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 12:27:53PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Dell has a sequence of specials for the next few (7?) days. I'm kind of interested in a notebook with an UltraHD display, so I thought I'd look.
This is what I discovered. This is likely uninteresting to most people -- feel free to stop reading now, before I waste your time!
<http://www.dell.com/en-ca/work/shop/deals/laptop-deals>
Most of the laptop pages come with preconfigured display, and none is UHD. But the Precision 7520 Mobile Workstation lets you configure a lot of things, including selecting Ubuntu and selecting a UHD screen.
Interesting things about selecting Ubuntu (replacing Win 10 pro):
- clicking on Ubuntu saves $200
- it's still Ubuntu 16.04
+ why not 18.04? I assume that would work.
+ but the heading is "Ubuntu 12.04 Long term Support" (surely a typo)
- it won't work with the default wireless card, so you have to change from Dell to Intel. There's no charge so I guess that they think that the Dell is better in some way (not obvious to me). The Intel is marked "vPro" so it is potentially vulnerable to Outside Agents.
- it warns me that Ubuntu isn't compatible with Productivity Software. Just select "none" instead of "free 30-day trial of Microsoft Office". That sounds like a good idea even for Windows users.
Interesting things about selecting the UltraHD display
- adds $220 over the IPS FullHD display, which itself adds $280 or $260 over TN FullHD display options. Ouch on both those numbers.
Well a Thinkpad T580 with an 8th gen i5 and the IPS UHD display appears to be cheaper and they don't demand buying their expensive ram. Intel graphics unless you go to a higher CPU and get nvidia graphics. -- Len Sorensen