[geeks] FreeBSD Laptop

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

The Dell XPS 13 in its high end config, is an inch larger in the screen, about as high res as the newly announced MacBook (the superthin one), and the same price or less:

http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-9343-laptop/pd

i5 instead of lowpower CPU, 2 USB ports, SD reader, etc.

Myself, I pretty much treat laptops as near-disposable beasties these days - buy a new one every 3 years was my prior plan; but with the loaded refurb I got, I might go new-to-me refurb every 2 years instead (same or less cash outlay per-month).

With everything being sealed these days on the Mac side, it is another strike against buying one.  Can't replace the battery, or add more RAM? Basically they are turning their laptops into very expensive iPads.

--Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cory Smelosky" <b4 at gewt.net>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 9:50:31 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [geeks] FreeBSD Laptop

On Wed, 11 Mar 2015, Andrew Jones wrote:

> I'm surprised you're not considering a newer MacBook. The high-DPI screens 
> are glorious.
>

Price. ;)

What I want puts me near $2k unless I get a refurb

> Linux works fine on mine, so I assume FreeBSD support isn't completely out of 
> the question.
>
>

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