And, at least with this '13 version, and are awefully close to and. I dock it a lot, but for those other times, 13' is just a tad bit too small to do serious damage for me. My only regret is that I didn't go for the larger 15'. I do like the XPS, it feels rugged, fast, polished, it has roughly the same ports that my MacBook Pro had, battery life is good.

There may be superior options to an XPS for sure, probably research any hardware you intend on buying for Linux compatibility (also just for things like webcams) and you'll find good options. In short: less surprises is better for me now. But these days with a family and a company rightfully demanding my time, the time I spend behind a computer needs to be accounted for and it can't really be: 3 days, got webcam to work. I learned a lot and would not trade that experience for anything. Back then (5.10 Breezy) it was not uncommon to compile Wi-Fi support into your kernel. There's a time and a place for those things, and it's called ~college Honestly: I really enjoyed experimenting with Linux and occasionally breaking it around my 20s. They come with Ubuntu pre-installed so you know you won't have to go through hoops to get all the hardware going. So what machine did I get? I played it safe and went for a Dell XPS. It's the keyboard that ultimately made me feel just really concerned about having my productivity/company/future so tightly coupled to what Apple ships next. I personally also feel macOS has taken a freefall regarding robustness and polish, but that might be just me. Those are unplanned holidays that are dragging my productivity–and basically my company down. So far I've brought it in for repairs three times, and each time I'm without my workhorse for a week. But sometimes I visit my co-founder in Berlin, or want to work from a coffee shop, and then it's nice to have a working keyboard. When I dock it and use a different keyboard, it's fine of course. I spent the most money I ever did on this MacBook Pro, and it's also the worst machine I ever had because the keyboard breaks down (like, it won't register the s).

And I liked having 4 USB-C+ ports that I could do anything with. Why? I (guess I'm the only person alive that) didn't mind the TouchBar or lack of a real escape key (can map Caps Lock to that). Both in terms of productivity and delight I had my best years on Apple and I didn't think I'd ever look back. I started out on MS, from DOS to XP, then Ubuntu from 5.10 Breezy to 9.10 Karmic, then on Apple from OSX 10.5 Leopard to macOS 10.14 Mojave. I've been, as they say, around the block when it comes to operating systems. It's not the first time I'm switching to Ubuntu.

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