New XPS 15 Laptop • Hacker News Board

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by reitanqild » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:44 PM UTC

falcolas wrote: post #81

m_mueller wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

For better and worse, it apes the OSX interface, which includes menus in the title bar of the entire window.

This is for worse IMO. iIf I want a Mac I can buy a Mac.

They aren't that expensive as a pro tool when you factor in a typical lifetime of 3+ years.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by reitanqild » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:45 PM UTC

0wl3x wrote: post #79

m_mueller wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

I really like using Ubuntu but I don't like Unity. My solution? Run Awesome WM instead :)

Same here, except KDE 5, nicely wrapped up in the Neon distro by the KDE people.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by akmittal » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:46 PM UTC

3adawi wrote: post #24

i bought the older version about 10 days ago (still within window to return), apart from the CPU, what changes have they made?

New GPU and killer wireless instead of Intel.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by farresito » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

The only reason why I regret buying a Thinkpad is that I see good machines like the XPS, but I'm not willing to buy them because I have been spoiled by Thinkpad's keyboards.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by zarkov99 » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

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.

the XPS 13 runs linux perfectly.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by FreakyT » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

pluglus wrote: post #97

Trackpad. How is the trackpad on this one? I keep buying Apple HW for my Windows as every time I try new PC, trackpad experience doesn't yield itself to the change. Period.

Apple's trackpad drivers for Windows are some of the worst on the market. They just don't care.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by fortytw2 » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

vladharbuz wrote: post #96

Anyone else getting an access denied error? Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-15-9560-laptop" on this server. Reference #18.f4741602.1482244883.2126641

It seems like they block access to the US store from outside the US? No VPN here, just a DE IP and it's blocked.

Incredible to see the price differential between the US and DE stores though, on top of the 18% VAT you expect

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by caleblloyd » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

hatsunearu wrote: post #95

GTX 1050 for the laptop? Why aren't there more laptops with this SKU...

The current gen (9550) graphics run in NVidia Optimus. There is no way to change to Only Integrated or Only Dedicated graphics in the BIOS. This means that you depend on the NVidia driver to switch to the graphics card based off which application you are running in Windows.

It's a big pain in the ass for linux. You have to fool around with nouveau or Bumblebee to get Optimus working. Even then I was never sure the graphics card was doing anything in Linux.

I wish all manufacturers would put a hardware mux on the graphics so that it could be switched from Optimus to Only Integrated or Only Dedicated. It seems to be going the other way where they don't and only offer Optimus though.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by nix0n » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

andrewvijay wrote: post #70

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.

In my experience a few years ago, Dells are much easier to open up and work on than most other laptops. If you are the sort of person to build your own desktop PC you might consider doing your own laptop repair rather than deal with warranty support.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by arcticfox » Tue, Dec 20, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

mozumder wrote: post #34

Why would developers get a Windows laptop that don't have touch-screens? It seems the entire purpose of Windows laptops would be to test out touch-screen capabilities for your Windows apps. If you want to get a laptop without a touch screen, a Mac Book Pro would be the way to go. Especially with the great trackpad. But otherwise it looks great. It just needs that touch-screen for developing touch-enabled apps. Edit:…

Maybe because not everyone prefers Mac like you?

I have a 2016 Windows laptop and it performs brilliantly at half the price of an equivalent Mac.