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On 09/01/2022 12:49, 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 new |
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> years ago but it only got good Linux support (touchscreen etc.) in the |
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> 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 battery |
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> life, can dual boot windows (this is my only windows machine these days |
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> and there are still some cases - Logitech harmony remote for one) and |
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> gentoo with everything working/supported. I do like the tablet with |
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> detachable physical keyboard design but I mostly use it with keyboard |
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> attached. And non-microsoft hardware is preferred (the sp4 failure is a |
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> design issue for which MS suffered a class action lawsuit to get them to |
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> honour the warranty - I don't want a repeat) |
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> BillK |
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I've bought a laptop off these people ... |
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https://junocomputers.com/product-category/laptops/ |
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They're UK or US but I guess they probably can ship to you. I bought the |
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NyX 14 v2 or similar for my wife (weight was the primary concern, at |
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1.2kg her previous laptop was heavy, this added 2" on the screen for |
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100g but was the lightest I could find that wasn't an astronomic price). |
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I'm looking at the NyX 15 AMD v2 for me, I want AMD and don't want more |
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than a 15" screen. I've had a 17" - it's too big for a laptop. Luggable, |
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maybe ... :-) |
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You can get a Windows Pro OEM licence pretty cheap off Amazon or |
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wherever, I configured my wife's laptop as dual boot. However, it was |
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some grief. Make sure you install linux first or you'll find the EFI |
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partition is too small to multi-boot. |
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And whatever you choose make sure you investigate upping the spec, I |
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think the difference between a 256GB or 512GB m2 was about £10 ... |
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Cheers, |
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