{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/konklone/debian/issues/7","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/konklone/debian/issues/7/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/konklone/debian/issues/7/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/konklone/debian/issues/7/events","html_url":"https://github.com/konklone/debian/issues/7","id":60214019,"number":7,"title":"Few questions about the usage of the xps","user":{"login":"coalwater","id":1215841,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1215841?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater","html_url":"https://github.com/coalwater","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/coalwater/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-03-07T16:48:34Z","updated_at":"2015-03-08T21:41:13Z","closed_at":"2015-03-08T21:41:13Z","body":"This isn't an actual issue, but I am planning to buy a new laptop and I had the XPS in mind, I use debian jessie as my main OS so I wanted to get a little insight from your experience\r\n\r\n - The main usage of your laptop\r\nWhat do you use your laptop mainly for? the answer is to mainly help answer the next question.\r\n\r\n - The screen size\r\nI'm mainly a web developer, so I'm going to spend a long time writing code and switching back and forth between code and browser, do you think a 13' screen would be a pain for that purpose? should I go for 14' , 15' better?\r\n\r\n - Battery life\r\nI currently have debian on a samsung laptop, the battery life isn't that good, does debian handle power management better on the XPS ? does it suffer ( a noticeable ) reduced performance on battery?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/konklone/debian/issues/comments/77776147","html_url":"https://github.com/konklone/debian/issues/7#issuecomment-77776147","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/konklone/debian/issues/7","id":77776147,"user":{"login":"konklone","id":4592,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4592?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone","html_url":"https://github.com/konklone","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/konklone/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-08T21:41:13Z","updated_at":"2015-03-08T21:41:13Z","body":"> What do you use your laptop mainly for?\r\n\r\nI'm also a software (mostly web) developer. My work is maybe 50% writing code, 50% writing prose. I also use it to play games, whenever they work on Linux (e.g. some Steam games).\r\n\r\n> I'm mainly a web developer, so I'm going to spend a long time writing code and switching back and forth between code and browser, do you think a 13' screen would be a pain for that purpose? should I go for 14' , 15' better?\r\n\r\nI don't mind the 13\" screen, but I also prefer a single screen to dual-monitor, which may make me unusual among developers. I find that I adapt pretty well to the screen in front of me.\r\n\r\n> I currently have debian on a samsung laptop, the battery life isn't that good, does debian handle power management better on the XPS ? does it suffer ( a noticeable ) reduced performance on battery?\r\n\r\nIt's hard to compare, because I haven't used a Dell XPS with Windows. I know that my previous computer (a high-end Thinkpad) had notably worse battery power on Linux than on Windows. \r\n\r\nA good bit of that seemed to depend on using the high-end graphics card, though. The Dell XPS 13 that I have does not have a high-end graphics card. This is not great for my love of playing games, but it does mean that I can usually get 4-5 hours of battery life.\r\n\r\nThat said, 4-5 hours of battery life is not as great by today's standards as it once was. I do often have to \"think about battery\", and it's not as nice as what I think a lot of people get out of their Macbook Airs, for example.\r\n\r\nAlllll of that said, you should know that Dell recently [refreshed their line of Linux computers](http://dell.com/ubuntu) to include an updated XPS 13, and the M3800. I don't have personal experience with either of those.\r\n\r\nI'm closing the issue, but feel free to continue the conversation."}}