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Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by stonecodegump » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:22 PM UTC

gressquel wrote: post #52

anyone else here thinking dell designs are kinda boring? I bought macbook to run win10 because it had great design. I am thinking of buying surface book next. Why can't Dell focus on a creative design?

Out of curiosity, what makes a design interesting for you?

To me a laptop is two rectangular bits, with a screen on one and a keyboard on another. My macbook has silver rectangular bits, that Dell has black rectangular bits. I don't really see any other significant difference between the two..

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by m_mueller » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

partisan wrote: post #45

mSparks wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

dell "developer" releases come with linux preinstalled. so almost certainly. although i wouldnt touch ubuntu with a barge pole. e.g. http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-9350-laptop-ubuntu/...

> i wouldnt touch ubuntu with a barge pole Just curious what makes you say that?

Not P but just ab example: Sublime Text won't even show menus in unity without some extension hackery. Who thought this titlebar would be a good idea? People with an 11 inch laptop? Is that the target audience now?

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by peller » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

valarauca1 wrote: post #28

rhodysurf wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The colors on your screen will not affect battery life (Unless it is AMOLED)

Huh, thanks for pointing out this misconception I was harboring :D

Colors, I don't think explicitly shorten battery life, but greater brightness and higher resolutions, yes.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by obtino » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

The webcam is still awkwardly positioned. Have they fixed the coil noise issue yet?

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by obtino » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

The webcam is still awkwardly positioned. Have they fixed the coil noise issue yet?

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by StavrosK » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:25 PM UTC

pilooch wrote: post #59

StavrosK wrote: post #51

Speaking of laptops, what would you recommend to someone running Ubuntu? My 2013 MacBook Air is feeling it, with its non-upgradable 4 GB RAM. A discrete graphics card so I could play DotA2 once in a while would be nice, even if it's at medium graphics quality.

I ve switched from air running Ubuntu to XPS 13 dev edition with Ubuntu. Not everything beautiful but a decent switch, great power, autonomy and screen.

Thank you! What are some things you don't like about it?

Looking for a laptop is pretty frustrating, there are a ton of models and each has a ton of versions, it's really hard to know what to get :(

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by procyon82 » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:25 PM UTC

A 1050???? What a huge disappointment. I was gonna buy this as I was expecting a 1060.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by procyon82 » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:25 PM UTC

A 1050???? What a huge disappointment. I was gonna buy this as I was expecting a 1060.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by codewiz » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:25 PM UTC

No USB Type-C, seriously?

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by andrewvijay » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:25 PM UTC

Looks nice but their customer service will fuck you over if you have a hardware problem serious enough to replace some vital part. There was a huge thread here only recently by some poor guy being harassed by them.