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It doesn't help much with your dongle frustrations but I've been really happy with my new Dell XPS 13". It's all usbc like the new MacBooks but you can buy it with Ubuntu installed - Dell even have a compatible Ubuntu iso on the website you can download. So far it's been a great MacBook replacement.

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What about the infamous XPS coil whine, the 2018 model doesn't have this problem anymore? Otherwise it's looks like a top notch piece or hardware.

The laptop's really quiet in general, no coil whine so far (3 weeks in). Fans rarely kick in loud enough to be heard (for all I'm doing anyway).

How's the touchpad nowadays? I'm probably spoiled by Macbooks, but that's my one bug bear with the older model. It just feels very cheap and unresponsive.

Sure the macbook with the haptic clicking is likely nicer but I don't feel like the Dell is a massive downgrade personally. The Dell distro clearly has all the right drivers and the touchpad works very well.

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