> > Best part - there's a team of people who make sure there's 100% driver support for everything on the computer.
> No, there totally isn't. I'm returning an Ubuntu certified Dell m3800.
OP was referring to the Sputnik laptops, which he linked to at the end of his post, not the m3800.
The Sputnik line actually has a team (albeit small) working on supporting Linux for the Sputnik machines specifically, including driver patches and all. What's more, they've pushed the patches upstream to the kernel, so you can actually get the benefits regardless of which distro you choose to run on it.
I have the original XPS 13 (though not the 2015 line... yet). There were initially reports of issues with the latest XPS 13 (which is why they pushed back the release of the Linux edition), but from what I've heard, those seem to be fixed now. And again, that's the point: there's a huge difference between having third-party/community support for Linux on a machine you buy and having the actual manufacturer offer support for it.
I currently use a Thinkpad that I had to get for work, but honestly, at my next job I'm going to make sure I get one of the new Sputnik machines. Even given Thinkpad's reputation of good support for Linux, the Sputnik was a better experience.
> No, there totally isn't. I'm returning an Ubuntu certified Dell m3800.
OP was referring to the Sputnik laptops, which he linked to at the end of his post, not the m3800.
The Sputnik line actually has a team (albeit small) working on supporting Linux for the Sputnik machines specifically, including driver patches and all. What's more, they've pushed the patches upstream to the kernel, so you can actually get the benefits regardless of which distro you choose to run on it.
I have the original XPS 13 (though not the 2015 line... yet). There were initially reports of issues with the latest XPS 13 (which is why they pushed back the release of the Linux edition), but from what I've heard, those seem to be fixed now. And again, that's the point: there's a huge difference between having third-party/community support for Linux on a machine you buy and having the actual manufacturer offer support for it.
I currently use a Thinkpad that I had to get for work, but honestly, at my next job I'm going to make sure I get one of the new Sputnik machines. Even given Thinkpad's reputation of good support for Linux, the Sputnik was a better experience.