I've had two XPS13s which both died for the exact same reason: worn out power connector.
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#32The XPS 13 I bought a few years ago ended up being a decent development machine, with a price point hard to match for the form factor and specs. And the Dell crapware on it was relatively low. What are good alternatives for non-Apple slim 13' laptops with good screen real estate, low weight, loads of RAM and a decent price range?
Have you looked at framework? I have not used them but you can load them up to 64 gigs of ram by buying the memory on your own.
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#33 Poor linux support on Developer Edition
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#34Did anyone actually read the article? TL;DR: GPT-3 wrote this from looking at, I guess, various internet review sites and forums etc.
GPT-3 wrote one paragraph at the beginning which is in blockquotes and clearly marked as written by GPT-3. It did not write the whole article.
I am actually almost certain that a paragraph like this:
> The design of their machines is so bad I have come to the conclusion that no one is designing them. I know this sounds like a ridiculous claim, but I am quite certain it’s true. I happened to work on a laptop project with a Dell competitor and saw how their “design” process worked. They wanted to make a laptop with an outstanding webcam, that was the purpose of the laptop.
Would not be written by a human in a serious critique of one of top producers of business line laptops though.
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#35On the contrary I've had great experiences with Dell's business line (Latitude, Precision models). Likewise the business warranty is excellent - log into TechDirect and I can submit a ticket for any one of the machines in my fleet. Dell will either send a technician out to service it in the field, or they'll mail me an empty box so I can send the unit in for repair. Consumer _anything_ is going to be hit or miss. Thi…
> Buying Dell's consumer line and having a hard time trying to cash in on the consumer warranty doesn't mean Dell is shit, just means their priorities are elsewhere.
This is the whole point of the site: don't buy products from companies whose priorities are elsewhere.
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#36The extreme heat generated by my 4yr old latitude is great for heating the office in winter...not so much in summer. Solid laptop otherwise, no complaints &runs Linux fine except for the usual sleep problems.
Looking to replace it with a 17" looks like the Precision range is the way to go... hopefully the business lines have kept up standards. Any other 17" laptops that are recommended? Not sure how anyone codes on a 13" (without an external screen)
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#37At least they still give out the repair guide for just about every device. I think that should be the most highlighted thing about them.
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#38Their monitors are top notch, though I did buy two and both of them have manufacturing defects
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#39On the contrary I've had great experiences with Dell's business line (Latitude, Precision models). Likewise the business warranty is excellent - log into TechDirect and I can submit a ticket for any one of the machines in my fleet. Dell will either send a technician out to service it in the field, or they'll mail me an empty box so I can send the unit in for repair. Consumer _anything_ is going to be hit or miss. Thi…
We have a fleet of Dell servers, and they are the fastest booting, most enduring, easily configured and managed machines.
This is true for many generations we have. We also have servers from other usual big manufacturers, and while some are close, Dells are much better.
Ah, also they're much more silent w.r.t. other servers even when you don't enable acoustic management.
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#40Don't buy any laptop except of an old Thinkpad because anything else is either proprietary crap or overpriced or even both.
> old Thinkpad Except older hardware is terrible from a price/performance/power point of view. The minute you actually start to use the computer for something intensive, you'd rather have a more modern, faster, lower power-consumption laptop. It shouldn't be too hard to find 8+ hours of battery life from a typical $700 laptop these days. Add a few more hundreds of dollars to get 12th or 13th gen Intel and/or M1 Macbo…
> It shouldn't be too hard to find
How about decent keyboard with not flat caps? Enough interfaces? Changeable battery, maybe RAM and CPU also?