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I am using HP Spectre x360. Really close to MBP 13". Never actually used the tablet mode. Bonus points for hassle-free linux experience.

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I am surprised that most of these posts tend to gather recommendation for dell, and very few people mention the spectre which to me seems great and is on my shortlist of laptops to get when my old macbook finally kicks the can

How are you finding it in linux? does everything work well?

[edit] my perception of the x360 was based on the older models, after reading this[1] on the stylus issues on the newer ones I am starting to wonder now

[1]http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Video-Display-and-Touc...

I agree the Spectre looks good, and I'd be delighted to find it's reliable, but I've had too many incidents with HP over the last 15 years or so to feel confident... Whether it's my own kit or fixing that bought by others (friends & family). But perhaps it's time to give them a shot again

Updated HP Spectre x360 looks very promising, probably the best Macbook competitor for now, I wrote some related details there https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12816033

I've been using it since December 2015, and for the most part everything was working nicely. The issues I had would be present on any other laptop running linux, so it's not related only to this one:

- Hi-DPI still deserves some love, especially if you're using different DPI on different screens (e.g an external 4k display), although ubuntu gnome seems to handle it better than plain ubuntu and definitely better than xubuntu.

- Tablet mode is funny: orientation sensors don't work well, keyboard & touchpad are not autodisabled in tablet mode, but then again it's not my use-case, so I just disabled all those features.

- (ok this one is a flaw of this particular laptop): When the display lid is closed, the touchpad is not auto-disabled, which results in weird mouse movement and clicks, since the lid presses on it. I had to hook an X-event with a script to disable the touchpad input device when the lid is closed.

Other than that - everything works flawlessly.

Same here, I just picked up the latest iteration with Kaby Lake (released this month) with maxed out specs, for only $1300. Just aesthetically it has to be one of the nicest looking laptops I've seen.

I installed Arch Linux for dual-booting, which was definitely hassle-free as you said. The convertible/tablet mode works great in Windows, but I haven't gotten it to work well on Linux (need to disable the keyboard & trackpad). But I can develop in Linux, then reboot and browse the web or watch a movie.

Some Arch Linux related info https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=HP_Spectre_x360_4... Though it's about previous Spectre generation.

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