My current Dell XPS 13 has been my trusty old companion for the past 4.5 years and I’m very happy with it.
Inevitably, the battery isn’t what it used to be anymore - it won’t reach full charge anymore and discharges in 2-3 hours of normal use (webrowsing, coding etc).
I could replace the battery, but at 4.5 years, I guess it’s time for an upgrade.
My general requirements:
- Good Linux support
- Portable (13-14")
- Great battery life
- Good keyboard
- A nice screen that doesn’t have too much glare
- At least 16Gb RAM / 1Tb SSD
This is my work machine so I’m not especially budget-sensitive.
Durable build would be awesome, I travel quite a lot and it gets banged around in my bag.
I work in cybersecurity and do coding, so it doesn’t need “content creator” features. The less “bells and whistles”, the better.
I’d love a microSD-card slot.
I think I’d melt of happiness if it also has a HDMI port.
I don’t game on this machine (except chess.com, lol) , so don’t really need gfx performance.
I don’t need touchscreen or 2-in-1 functions.
Reasonable mic/cam - but I think that’s pretty much given on a modern high-end laptop…
I’m thinking I’m probably going with new Dell XPS 13 or some ThinkPad variant, but I’d be happy to hear some suggestions and experiences (both good and bad) of recent purchases from the community.
Ps. Framework/System76 don’t ship here. Unfortunately. I’m stuck with the big-corpo brands.