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Ars Reviewer is Happily Bored With Dell's Linux Ultrabook

Posted by timothy on from the best-way-to-be-bored dept.

Ars Technica reviewer Lee Hutchinson says that Dell's Ubuntu-loaded 13" Ultrabook (the product of "Project Sputnik") is "functional," "polished," and (for a Linux laptop) remarkably unremarkable. "It just works," he says. Hutchinson points out that this is a sadly low bar, but nonetheless gives Dell great credit for surpassing it. He finds the Ultrabook's keyboard to be spongy, but has praise for most elements of the hardware itself, right down to (not everyone's favorite) the glossy screen.

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  1. Sadly, that's actually noteworthy these days by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "It works" and "it's not riddled with crappy 'trial' ware you can't easily get rid of" has become something worth mentioning when reviewing laptops.

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  2. Re:Still fiddly if you RTFA by Kenja · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Also still 1,500$. I can't find that much money in the hardware, so where did it go?

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