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March 24th, 2025 23:13
xps 14 9440 performance nonsense
I need recommendations for what workload this laptop was developed. Why windows is so slow on this laptop. Ubuntu, and arch are much more usable. By default, I disable nvidia, because blender 3d is working better with arc gpu in every field, what make no sense. So, why there is nvidia, why it is so under-powerd? Maybe AI trend thing, but even deepseek LLM model is slow on that and cpu can handle it better. I am so confused now, that my idea was to configure it as media center and nothing more.
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ejn63
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March 24th, 2025 23:20
It certainly wasn't designed for Linux, which Dell has no support for. It's designed as an ultra potable notebook to compete with the Macbook Pro models. No, it's not the ideal platform for having a relatively power-hungry CPU and GPU (it's too thin for a decent cooling system), but it does have the nVidia option presumably for casual gamers.
It's really not designed as a productivity notebook -- it's a consumer-grade multimedia notebook more than anything.