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ethan
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Any suggestions on a laptop for a dev? I hope to dual boot Windows and Linux. Any suggestions are appreciated! 😃

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    I use debian testing singleboot. Its stable and actual enough for me.
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    Use asus, best experience so far
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    Lenovo Thinkpad T460/560
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    XPS 13 - 16gb - 512 SSD. You can't go wrong.
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    Little but maybe already known tip: set the system clock of windows to UTC in the registry to avoid timezone headaches.
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    I dualboot Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE) and Windows 10 on my Lenovo Flex 3, i7 edition
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    Thats true had a lot of then actually thought windows had no sense of time ! @darksideplease
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    There are two several ways some of them are, partition the disk and use a VM. Any laptop with a SSD 128+ will suffice.
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    Lenovo ideapad y700 or wait until CES 2017 when new laptops are released
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    Am i the only one that uses MacBook Pro for dev? 😊
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    @zpook probably not but booting windows and Linux in a crap book pro? Doesn't sound right
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    What kind of dev? Of you are a game dev look at the Lenovo y series. Good bang for your buck
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    The Lenovo T-series is robust. I use an old T520.
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    How about T440s?
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    Lenovo thinkpad X1 carbon(kinda old) or dell xps 13
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    @ddulic I'm actually a student right now so I've been doing a variety of different things. I also work in IT for a local credit union. I write scripts and do some web development.
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    @Drekt I've been looking at the XPS 13. It seems nice and 512gb SSD is enough to give both OS's enough space.
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    @ethan it's a killer laptop. Got mine a few weeks back and love it. Storage is changeable so you can bump it up to 1TB if needed, future proof with a USB type c port and its a 13 inch laptop in the body of an 11 inch laptop. So easy to carry around all day. Only thing I would suggest. Get 16gb of ram as it is soldered on.
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    @jpichardo I'm doing all my coding in MacOS. I don't need Window or Linux.
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    @zpook that's cool, btw it was a joke (crap book), in fact I have several friends who do the same.
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