<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><div>On Jan 31, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Alexander J. Marsh <<a href="mailto:ajmarsh@gmail.com">ajmarsh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Dell formed a partnership with Ubuntu some time back. I've heard good things about the Dell XPS developer machines, but have not tried one myself. Most Lenovo machines will be linux compatible but do your research before putting your credit card down.</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>I have one of their XPS-13 models, although I run Fedora 20 on it, not Ubuntu. It's not a 14"-15" display but 13", although it is quite nice. Quick to boot with an SSD, and the touchpad is (now) well-supported. I like it. And I didn't pay the MS tax.<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>--</div><div>Jonathan Billings <<a href="mailto:billings@negate.org">billings@negate.org</a>></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span>
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