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Dell XPS 15 l502x

Dell XPS 15Dell XPS 15 I've just bought a Dell XPS 15 l502x laptop, with a full HD (1920x1080) 15.6" screen, Sandybridge i7-2670QM CPU (quad core 2.20 GHz, up to 3.1 GHz turbo boost) with a larger 9 cell battery and cool backlit keyboard. Initial indications are good, it is quick, the screen is great and the sound (2.1 - yes, it has a mini sub in it!) from JBL is amazing for a laptop. It also has a 2 GB nvidia GT540M GPU, which is set up using optimus switching technology with the integrated intel HD3000 GPU. This should be interesting to get running with linux, as nvidia don't support optimus with their linux driver. It comes running Windows 7 Home Premium, and while I don't mind Windows 7 (it is certainly much better than earlier efforts), the aim is of course to run linux on it - so let's see how it goes.

I'll be trying to get my distro of choice running on it, Arch Linux, with KDE (4.7.3).

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