I'm in the same boat with a broken keyboard. Was like that new. Got it repaired (which involved flying to a different country). Better, but still happens.
Very frustrated. I was going to get the new XPS 13, but:
- Isn't available in my country (online store doesn't ship in my country anyways)
- Doesn't seem available in Singapore or Malaysia
- Only 8GB option in Taiwan
- 16GB option only available with UHD and 1TB SSD in HK (neither of which I want, nor want to pay for)
All these country-specific sites are awful to use and navigate and digest. If they can't get this right, I'm thinking the many complaints about the hardware aren't exaggerated.
So...ya. Still dreaming that Google's Pixelbook will officially support Linux at some point.
I went the same way. Used to have a MBP that lasted for years (from ~2008). When it finally imploded I got a MBA. Amazung battery life for my work pattern (mostly terminals and vim). It would routinely get 12-14hr, although that would drop to 8-9 if I opened a web-browser and watched video or did anything js heavy.
Sadly I had to get rid of the MBA and did not like the look pf this year’s macs, so I got a XPS13. It is a nice machine, but it has issues.
- Network adaptor is shit. Flakey, loses connection, incompatible with our cisco routers, power draw is completely unstable.
- Keyboard is really nice.
- Screen is a bit dim.
- Touchopad registers phantom touches constantly, driver support for elimination doesn’t work.
I’ve still got it running ubuntu 16.04. Everything on it mostly works, but to be a nice machine:
Very frustrated. I was going to get the new XPS 13, but:
- Isn't available in my country (online store doesn't ship in my country anyways)
- Doesn't seem available in Singapore or Malaysia
- Only 8GB option in Taiwan
- 16GB option only available with UHD and 1TB SSD in HK (neither of which I want, nor want to pay for)
All these country-specific sites are awful to use and navigate and digest. If they can't get this right, I'm thinking the many complaints about the hardware aren't exaggerated.
So...ya. Still dreaming that Google's Pixelbook will officially support Linux at some point.