Hardware

May 8, 2012

Posted By:  trahfo

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I am a Ruby developer working on a 14" TravelMate 8471 (Core 2 ULV, 4GB RAM) - I am looking for an ultra portable in the next few months. I'd wait for the Dell if it has:

- a good, bright and preferably mate screen with at least 1366px resolution
- Core i7 and 8GB of RAMs - a must have for my next machine
- fast SSD drive, preferably 256GB
- 7 hours of battery life must be possible (at least when I am turning off WIFI and make the screen darker)

... I'd care less about the software as everything is easy to install in Ubuntu. A virtual Windows7 preinstalled (ready to enter the license key) would be awesome.

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    Posted By: TuxRaiderPen

    "A virtual Windows7 preinstalled (ready to enter the license key) would be awesome."

    No that would be a deal breaker...

    Linux only, please. Don't use,support or care about that OS... and do NOT want it on my machines, thats one of the reasons I build my own servers and desktops. Laptops still come from Dell etc... and they get wiped immediately.