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Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10

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535 points raddad | 4 comments | 30 Mar 16 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. tarr11 ◴[30 Mar 16 16:43 UTC] No.11390628[source]▶
Interesting, as a rails dev who develops mainly on vim, the main reason I've switched to an MBP from a Thinkpad was because of this.

Will reconsider a windows laptop again next, if build quality and battery life are comparable.

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2. eswat ◴[30 Mar 16 16:48 UTC] No.11390701[source]▶
Base coming to Windows has nudged me to strongly consider going back as well. But finding a laptop with comparable build quality to a MacBook is also what I’m finding troublesome to accomplish.
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3. izacus ◴[30 Mar 16 16:59 UTC] No.11390834[source]▶
Hmm? Pretty much everything in MacBook pricing bracket is comparable (highend ASUS Zenbooks, Dell XPSs, highend Thinkpads, etc.)
4. mkozlows ◴[30 Mar 16 16:59 UTC] No.11390835[source]▶
The Windows version of gVim is much worse than MacVim, if that's a thing that matters to you.