High school linux laptop

[Georgenin]

Hey guys , soon I'll be going to high school and would like to ask for recommendations on 13 inch laptops that can run linux well , I personally considered this xps 13 9370

I7 8550u

16gb ram 

512 gb ssd

4k touch screen

Would it be enough for everyday tasks , some light stuff and also KDE Neon?

[wojtepanik]

I wouldn't go for 4k touch, it lowers your battery life and bump up the price, glossy panel is also really annoying, take only if you strongly belive that you NEED touch functionality ( rather not), the same things linus said in his video about xps's

[Georgenin]

Touch screen aside , the xps 13 should be decent for school right?

[AskTJ]

1 minute ago, Georgenin said:

Touch screen aside , the xps 13 should be decent for school right?

Also the i7 might thermal throttle in the small body.

 

@wojtepanik they replied.

[wojtepanik]

3 minutes ago, Georgenin said:

Touch screen aside , the xps 13 should be decent for school right?

sure, best series of everyday laptops you could get

[Georgenin]

3 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

sure, best series of everyday laptops you could get

Yea , I'd like to spend more on something like that xps since it will last me 2-3 maybe even 4 years rather a year that a 200$ laptop would last me , also it will be my main pc so yeah , also is egpu doable? Like down the road could I connect a 1060 egpu to it and do 1080p60?

[AskTJ]

9 minutes ago, Georgenin said:

Yea , I'd like to spend more on something like that xps since it will last me 2-3 maybe even 4 years rather a year that a 200$ laptop would last me , also it will be my main pc so yeah , also is egpu doable? Like down the road could I connect a 1060 egpu to it and do 1080p60?

1060 will do 1080p60, but using Thunderbolt, you lose some of that bandwidth so you wont get full 1060 performance.

[wojtepanik]

totally doable, get some nice cooling stand for it 

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

59 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

I wouldn't go for 4k touch, it lowers your battery life and bump up the price, glossy panel is also really annoying, take only if you strongly belive that you NEED touch functionality ( rather not), the same things linus said in his video about xps's

it doesn't kill battery that bad and as long as your not using your laptop in sunlight the glossy panels fine and 4k is way more useful for the extra space especially if your going to be programming or taking notes while doing other stuff. 

[wojtepanik]

2 minutes ago, Alaradia said:

it doesn't kill battery that bad and as long as your not using your laptop in sunlight the glossy panels fine and 4k is way more useful for the extra space especially if your going to be programming or taking notes while doing other stuff. 

it is subjective, I admit that high res is really nice, I had surface pro and loved the screen, but my concerns turn me to 1080p matt display. btw I applied matt screen protector on the screen of the surface and it was better

[Froody129]

1 hour ago, Alaradia said:

it doesn't kill battery that bad and as long as your not using your laptop in sunlight the glossy panels fine and 4k is way more useful for the extra space especially if your going to be programming or taking notes while doing other stuff. 

13" is very small for 4k. I'm using 1080p at 15" and that's just right imo

[Georgenin]

33 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

13" is very small for 4k. I'm using 1080p at 15" and that's just right imo

Also does linux have issues with 4k?

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

5 hours ago, Froody129 said:

13" is very small for 4k. I'm using 1080p at 15" and that's just right imo

it does depend on the person id recommend going to a store and checking if 4k with no scaling on 13 inches is good for you but for me i love it since im used to having a lot of monitors so this way i can have the same space as 4 1080p monitors in a small form factor its also hilarious hearing teachers saying they can't read anything on your screen