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Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by chx »

hussong wrote: post #130
easytiger wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The X1 Carbon (latest.. 4th? gen) is my daily laptop since release and I can't wait to get rid of it. In anything other than low light/perfect lighting the screen is unbearably dull, speakers are appalling (though in ubuntu you can override to > 100% volume). Keyboard is pretty unsatisfying to use also. I got it because i wanted a 14" laptop and it was the only one on the market. Screen size is perfect (15" is a bit…

I was surprised how light the T-Series models have become, hadn't looked at them in years and only remembered the heavy clunky units that made me go for the X-Series. The current model T460s is also interesting, quite a bit more performance than its predecessor, albeit in a different price bracket. I'm mostly going for the 450 because there's tons of decent refurb available and I'm frugal that way ;-)

You need to understand the R series became the T4x0 and the T4x0s is the real continuation of the T series.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by lucideer »

bronz wrote: post #139

i feel like a new trend is emerging with these nice, 15 inch non-apple laptops. i say non-apple because they are attracting the pro crowd that used to buy apple exclusively. my personal fantasy is a laptop that isnt shy about being thick, affording it a huge battery, tons of ports, OLED screen and solid state trackpad like the macbook. with very reliable linux drivers for all the hardware. a very utilitarian machine.

The Dell Precision range (and probably the old Thinkpad W-range, which has since been renamed...) used to be the laptops targeted at people with your utilitarian requirements list.

It's a few years since I retired my old Precision laptop, but it definitely ticked the thick, durable, huge battery, tons of ports and reliable Linux drivers back then. I'm not sure how the contemporary models hold up.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by jonathantm »

ohyoutravel wrote: post #147
Roritharr wrote: post #16

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Yup, we have one here, it's a beast of a machine when fully decked out.

How is the battery? I got a 13 because of the supposed bad battery life of the 15.

Get the lower resolution 1920x1080 without touchscreen and it's better than the 4k touchscreen.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by jonathantm »

DocG wrote: post #133
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.

XPS 15 and 13 have (one of the) best trackpads on windows. I finally understand how people live without mouse. Apparently not the same as mac, but the closest experience available.

But that it's not centered relative to the keyboard!!! ARG!!

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by chx »

creshal wrote: post #157
farresito wrote: post #104

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.

Rumours have it that next year's line-up will return to having slim bezels like the current XPS series has (and Thinkpads had a decade ago…).

A cautious promise included a Thinkpad Retro hopefully with the old keyboard next year. If it happens, I am buying it and I am not going to look at the price tag.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by mikestew »

webaholic wrote: post #183
creshal wrote: post #161

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Dell's XPS series has been around since 2013, they just didn't make it to HN. Lenovo also had more compact-ish 15" models with the T540p and later the T550/T560. Not sure about HP's Envy series, I'm not following them too closely.

what? I have a 2008 dell xps. XPS is Dell's premium laptop line that has been around since forever now.

I had an XPS when I worked Microsoft. I haven't worked at Microsoft in over ten years. IIRC, XPS goes back to the 90s.

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by spikej »

projectramo wrote: post #153

How does one tell which XPS 15 one is ordering? Suppose you order one through Amazon, other than doing a feature by feature comparison, can you tell it is the "latest" one?

The cpu model number is usually listed and the cpu generation gives an indication as well...

Re: New XPS 15 Laptop

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Post by Yhippa »

lmm wrote: post #181
bronz wrote: post #139

i feel like a new trend is emerging with these nice, 15 inch non-apple laptops. i say non-apple because they are attracting the pro crowd that used to buy apple exclusively. my personal fantasy is a laptop that isnt shy about being thick, affording it a huge battery, tons of ports, OLED screen and solid state trackpad like the macbook. with very reliable linux drivers for all the hardware. a very utilitarian machine.

I used to think that was what I wanted. But I think at this point a thin laptop can be good enough, and being able to get away from having a dev laptop and a travel netbook is a huge win. Moving all the ports onto a dock - provided it's a first-party fully-supported dock - is also a win, since it enables me to leave everything plugged in at home and take my computer travelling without having to unplug and replug ever…

First-party docks are very underrated. I like having one connection from the laptop that gives you access to KVM or whatever. I love my MBP (early 2015) but the thing looks like Medusa and I think twice about having to remove all the cables from it to use it on the couch.
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