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Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by rocketon »

PopsiclePete wrote: post #132
rocketon wrote: post #131

Dell is trash and thats why I will soon release www.shitdell.com - to let people around the world to know what kind of shitty product they are getting. I'm from Brazil and over here everything that Dell sells is trash. Dell Inspiron's hinge breaks usually after 1 year, so you better buy an extended warranty... but why in the hell would you buy an middle to expensive notebook that you know it is made with bad quality…

Inspiron is not great, yeah. But my XPS 13" 9350 rocks. No hinge problems. I have a feeling it's your country's insane import tariffs that are the real problem...

The import taxes are insane and, yes, I would agree that they are so high that they could generate the blue screen of death for some... but never heard of taxes causing hardware problems lol

A quick scan through the comments and you can see that Americans aren't that happy with Dell's hardware neither... and the hinge problem, tons of reports at Dell's USA community forum. So if I were you, would start getting careful with the hinge... or, like customer support from Dell suggested me one time: not open and close the notebook that much.

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by lvillani »

blunte wrote: post #49

My experience with my 1-month-old maxed out 9560: - less precise trackpad than my 3 year old rMBP - palm-sensitive trackpad - failure that politely states that I need to reboot (if I try to use fingerprint reader to login too quickly after opening the laptop) - unplanned reboots due to updates - laggy and choppy video on a single external 4k monitor (compared to no apparent lag when the old rMBP drives 2x 4k monitors…

> despite the screen covering deterioration in weird spotty ways

If it's like images at [1] you may be eligible for a free screen replacement. I got Apple to change mine after it started showing the defect (granted, I went to an Apple Store mere weeks before the Apple Care+ coverage ended). Mine is a late 2013 rMBP. The new screen, however, is starting to show the same kind of damage around the edges.

[1] http://www.staingate.org/#gallery

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by Matthias247 »

vladimir-y wrote: post #140

I'd rather get Thinkpad Carbon X1 5th gen or Thinkpad T470.

I got a T470s for work and I can't recommend it. My current major issue is that the main screen attached to my docking station (Dell 4k 27") goes off for a second in random intervals. At some times as often as every minute, which makes it super annoying to work with it. After Win10 creators update I had another major issue where the video driver did not work anymore after standby. That was at least fixed with some driver updates. Besides that I experienced more bluescreens with it in 2 month than with any other PC that I owned.

Besides the stability issues the screen and the keyboard are quite good. However the touchpad is no comparison to the one on a Macbook. I can work without a mouse on a Macbook without missing anything, but not on the Lenovo. According to some reviews the T470 should be better in that area than the T470s, but I don't have one for comparison.

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by laurencei »

blunte wrote: post #49

My experience with my 1-month-old maxed out 9560: - less precise trackpad than my 3 year old rMBP - palm-sensitive trackpad - failure that politely states that I need to reboot (if I try to use fingerprint reader to login too quickly after opening the laptop) - unplanned reboots due to updates - laggy and choppy video on a single external 4k monitor (compared to no apparent lag when the old rMBP drives 2x 4k monitors…

I had the exact opposite experience. I cant fault my XPS15 9560. No issues, very fast, no crashes.

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by post_break »

mwambua wrote: post #122
post_break wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm rocking a thinkpad x230 and I will probably continue to do so until they stop making decent batteries for it. I will weep when I can no longer use it.

I use an x230 as my primary as well... but I can't seem to suppress my desire for a FHD screen. Do you know if any of the newer X-series are worth the money?

Nitrocaster FHD mod. I just had an X250 with a FHD screen and I hated it. I sold it just this weekend.

https://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=122640

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by rocky1138 »

nonamechicken wrote: post #99
rocky1138 wrote: post #96

> The XPS 15 was never a gaming laptop With a full GTX 1050 it pretty much can be. This looks like a great machine. How is Linux support?

I have the older xps 15 9530. If you try to run any decent game (spec wise easy for the laptop to handle), it will throttle down to 10 fps or less within 5 minutes. When I contacted customer care, they said since this is an ultrabook, this is expected and that they couldn't do anything. So, my advice would be to research thoroughly if you are buying an XPS for gaming.

That is such bullshit. If the machine can't keep up with its own hardware running at 100% then it shouldn't be in there.

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by inertial »

Can anyone help me understand the pricing on this one. An Inspiron with core i5 / 8GB RAM / 256GB SSD costs about $500, whereas a similar spec'd XPS 15 retails for more than twice.

Is the "premium" really worth the extra $500-$800 or Dell is overcharging because there's hardly any good Windows machine in this space (except maybe Thinkpads) ?

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by platipuss »

highace wrote: post #28

As a developer I can't imagine buying anything other than a Macbook Pro, and I mainly use Windows. The build quality is top of the line, the drivers are solid, and everything just works. The trackpad is industry leading, and the keyboard is great too. Performance is exceptional, especially in the 15" which comes with a HQ processor (not ultrabook-grade) and a discrete graphics card. It has a PCI-e SSD. The price is r…

As a fellow developer, I purchased a xps 15 with the 1080p screen. The keyboard is top notch, minus the fact it doesn't have a dedicated end key. The touch pad is good enough as I don't need it very often in the IDE world. The windows 10 touch pad gestures work great. I would highly recomend it.

Re: Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

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Post by chimeracoder »

vetinari wrote: post #128
chimeracoder wrote: post #123

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> Right now I'm sitting behind 4K (Dell P2715Q) monitor connected to rMBP (13", 2015). What I'm supposed to miss? What exactly is not displaying correctly and I didn't notice? I use the same monitor as well. Until recently, I had the 15" version of that laptop, and now I have the latest 15" Macbook Pro. Both use 2560x1440 on the external monitor even though it's capable of 3840x2160, because that's what OS X defaults…

> I use the same monitor as well. Until recently, I had the 15" version of that laptop, and now I have the latest 15" Macbook Pro. Both use 2560x1440 on the external monitor even though it's capable of 3840x2160, because that's what OS X defaults to, and every time I try increasing the resolution, I only make it a few minutes before I can't stand how terrible the experience is and end up switching back. I would sugge…

> I would suggest to try using different DisplayPort cable.

It has nothing to do with the cable. I've had this issue on every single 4K monitor I've used with these laptops - which is at least three different monitors, with different cables - and it even manifests with HDMI 4K output (at 30Hz). All of these setups work perfectly fine with my XPS 13 running at 4K on Linux. I don't understand why you think that the OS's inability to scale the system UI or applications in a reasonable way would have anything to do with the cable.

Try it with a Linux laptop running Unity, and you'll see the difference.

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