Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte Ted Gould so:

> On 09/25/2017 01:21 PM, der.hans wrote:
>> I don't see a way to buy it without the windows tax. Anyone know a way to
>> get an unloaded XPS from Dell?
>
> You have to search for "developer edition." Here is a link to one:
>
> http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/cax13w10p7b5135ubuntu

Oh, cool. Much better!

...and with a $25 discount :)

> Also the awesome part is that the support also handles Ubuntu, so if a
> motherboard goes out they don't complain that Linux must have broke it.

Sweet!

> I'm currently using a Surface Pro 3. It was the only tablet that I could
> find with an i7 in it, which I need. Everything else had the m3 or m5
> which just isn't enough for what I use it for.

Yeah, I don't need a portable render farm :).

ciao,

der.hans
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