If I were in the market for a laptop, I'd be pretty interested in this unit. Seems like it might be a bit of a hacker sweet spot, assuming they haven't resorted to lots of non-free shenanigans--a laptop that is fully supported by a non-bleeding edge Linux is much better than a laptop that is stuck with a particular Linux distribution.<p>Seems like I know a lot of folks "coming home" from OS X to other platforms. My homecoming was to an OpenBSD workstation because I decided I didn't want or need my work to be portable. But if I had, I'd be taking a long hard look at this machine with the larger high-res screen, decent CPU, and MacBook Air-ish design.
How much memory is sufficient these days. I mean with all the development work, I can max out my 8 gigs of ram.<p>I understand that it would be difficult to fit 16 gigs or 12 gigs of ram in an 13in laptop.
Last I heard Linux and ultra high res screen were a kind of hit and miss. Has dell done anything to uptimize Ubuntu or has it matured enough on its own?