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  1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

    http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/it-just-works-dell-xps-13-developer-edition-linux-ultrabook-review/ Unfortunately all the people who'd typically enjoy arguing with me about this kind of thing have long since left the site.

    Monday, 22-Apr-13 10:55:44 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
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      @ceruleanspark I wouldn't buy it.

      Monday, 22-Apr-13 11:01:57 UTC from web
    2. Bit Shift Bit Shift

      @ceruleanspark The price seems a little steep, but on the other hand that's usually the case with the upper levels of SSDs and Sandy Bridge CPUs, and it has both. Interesting that it prices up pretty much identically to a similarly-specced Windows machine though, considering Windows also has the license cost.

      Monday, 22-Apr-13 17:23:58 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

        @bitshift I suppose getting the...whatever the software equivalent of "Fit and Finish" is just right probably cost them a chunk of R&D money that they'd like to recoup. Combine that with (comparatively) lower unit sales and you probably come out to about the same price as a Windows license per unit.

        Monday, 22-Apr-13 18:38:14 UTC from web
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          @ceruleanspark Mm, that makes sense. And is also a shame, but that doesn't change the facts.

          Monday, 22-Apr-13 18:44:12 UTC from web