Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop
I disagree. The hardware and build quality of the XPS13 is notably better than my MBP, except for better CPU performance which I do not notice at all in daily usage (I know all ultrabook keyboards are terrible but the MBP is an a whole other level of awful.)<p>Linux on the XPS has surprised me. I hadn&#x27;t used desktop Linux for ~6 years, but I remember lots of tinkering to get what I wanted. Now... If I had to describe it in one word it would be &quot;boring&quot;. Boring because it just works. Honestly, I have spent significantly more time fixing problems in OSX behaviour than I do fixing problems on Linux. Even just weird things like Terminal text rendering breaking after an OS update which I&#x27;ve never seen on Linux.<p>Admittedly I have never used the default Mail&#x2F;Calendar apps on either OS. I appreciate I&#x27;m biased because I know how to use Linux fairly well, in spite of a 6 year hiatus. The writer can of course hold his own opinion, but I take it with a large grain of salt. It&#x27;s also disingenuous to present his own problems as reasons not to use something. It&#x27;s fine to have a preference but I don&#x27;t see why he needs to try and influence other people&#x27;s decisions.