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On 10/1/22 00:26, Jack wrote: |
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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.) |
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>> in 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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No, has to be a hardware install. Trying to do usb flashing using vm's |
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(which I have) has not worked well. (logitech harmony, bluefin, ...) |
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BillK |
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