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On 1/9/22 07:49, William Kenworthy wrote: |
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> My MS surface pro4 has died (swelling battery has popped the screen - |
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> known problem) so I am looking for a better replacement. I bought it |
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> new years ago but it only got good Linux support (touchscreen etc.) in |
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> the last couple of years so its been a bit frustrating. |
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> So the question is - whats a good replacement? Criteria is good |
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> battery life, can dual boot windows (this is my only windows machine |
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> these days and there are still some cases - Logitech harmony remote |
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> for one) and gentoo with everything working/supported. I do like the |
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> tablet with detachable physical keyboard design but I mostly use it |
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> with keyboard attached. And non-microsoft hardware is preferred (the |
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> sp4 failure is a design issue for which MS suffered a class action |
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> lawsuit to get them to honour the warranty - I don't want a repeat) |
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> BillK |
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Do you really need/want dual boot, or would Windows in a VM work? |
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