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Consensus on Linus's favorite Ultrabook currently?

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Is it the S7, XPS 12, or the Blade?

Or is there one I am missing?

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It's the XPS12

 

However, I'd recommend the Surface Pro 3 if you were looking to buy one. They are so much better than he would lead you to believe.

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It's the XPS12

However, I'd recommend the Surface Pro 3 if you were looking to buy one. They are so much better than he would lead you to believe.

Honestly not a fan of the keyboard =\

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I think it's the xps 12, but why don't you just pm him and ask? :P

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i thought it was the blade, but its just to expensive for him

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Honestly not a fan of the keyboard =\

Why? It's a good keyboard; it's completely non-essential imo and it's definitely better than the majority of ultrabooks on the market at the moment.

You would have to have a significantly thicker keyboard to get the higher travel distance that most would agree it needs.

 

The only other one that I rather like is the MacBook Air (which is probs better than the XPS 12, although I have not tried the XPS 12)

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Why? It's a good keyboard; it's completely non-essential imo and it's definitely better than the majority of ultrabooks on the market at the moment.

You would have to have a significantly thicker keyboard to get the higher travel distance that most would agree it needs.

The only other one that I rather like is the MacBook Air (which is probs better than the XPS 12, although I have not tried the XPS 12)

I have an Air already. I don't know, keyboard just seems to thin to my liking.

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Perhaps @LinusTech would be kind enough to let us know what his favorite is right now...

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I use the XPS 12 and I'm reasonably happy with it, but the revision of the product that I use (Sandy Bridge) has some issues - crappy touchpad and screen burn-in come to mind - that would make it hard for me to recommend even though it's served my purposes very well and has proven to be surprisingly rugged.

 

I love the Blade 14, but it's too rich for my blood, and I love the S7, but Acer made me send it back and I didn't feel like it was ENOUGH of an upgrade over the XPS 12 to run out and buy one.

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Not the s7. He mentioned on Twitter I believe that he couldn't keep the Acer, but he was able to keep the Dell. He may like the blade better though.

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I use the XPS 12 and I'm reasonably happy with it, but the revision of the product that I use (Sandy Bridge) has some issues - crappy touchpad and screen burn-in come to mind - that would make it hard for me to recommend even though it's served my purposes very well and has proven to be surprisingly rugged.

I love the Blade 14, but it's too rich for my blood, and I love the S7, but Acer made me send it back and I didn't feel like it was ENOUGH of an upgrade over the XPS 12 to run out and buy one.

So which one would you choose out of all of them?

 

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