I bought an XPS laptop for my wife several years ago, specifically because of how nice its display was. I hardly ever use it, and so it took me a couple years to notice there's a hot pixel. It now wears away at my sanity.
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#82> They produce far too many models of laptops and 2-in-1. There are currently 285 models, it takes 24 pages of store just to display them all! (Compare this to Apple which is a far larger company and has ~5 laptop models)
Meh. Some people don't like the Apple "you can have any color you want, as long as it's black" product strategy. It's not a bad thing to not ape Apple.
I actually got a Dell recently, it it was solely because they offered an affordably-priced 16:10 model. If they did the Apple, "we offer 4 models, take it or leave it," I guarantee, none of them would have been affordably-priced 16:10 models.
> 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...
> Look at this camera positioning. Great for showing off your nose hairs!
Meh, again. I'm almost certain that camera placement is due to the economic decision to use a 16:9 screen on that machine, leaving a giant bezel that's just inviting someone to put something in it. 16:9 panels in laptops are a stupid fact of life, because people like cheap, but it's kind of dumb to jump to the conclusion that "no one is designing them" based on stuff like that and an experience with one of Dell's competitors.
> What is with the naming?
> There is a laptop named “New XPS 15”. Who the fuck names a laptop “New XPS 15? How am I supposed to talk about it in a year when Dell creates another XPS 15?
Is this guy even paying attention? The literal answer is in the screenshot with the broken image link right below this passage. That reveals that the "New XPS 17" has proper model number, and they offer both the old and the new model in their store (which is not a bad thing). It's obviously a just a good temporary label to make that situation clear to a user of their store. This guy obviously lionizes Apple (in comparison, at least), but they're worse in this regard: they've marketed literally dozens of models as "MacBook Pro 15," and the best they do to differentiate them is tack on a year, which doesn't tell you which is the new one unless you know thier whole product lineup.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
They used to be fast booting before switching to the UEFI monster they have now.
I need to time one of the latest ones we have, but as far as I remember, even they are faster than a certain company's servers, and Intel's reference/development servers.
Both were booting in 5+ minutes under normal circumstances.
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#84Why is it that comments on this post as well as elsewhere make it seem that there's either a love it or hate it relationship with Dell? Is there really a bimodal distribution in their customers?
Most people don't spend energy to post "meh".
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#85> They produce far too many models of laptops and 2-in-1. There are currently 285 models, it takes 24 pages of store just to display them all! (Compare this to Apple which is a far larger company and has ~5 laptop models) Meh. Some people don't like the Apple "you can have any color you want, as long as it's black" product strategy. It's not a bad thing to not ape Apple. I actually got a Dell recently, it it was sole…
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#86> They produce far too many models of laptops and 2-in-1. There are currently 285 models, it takes 24 pages of store just to display them all! (Compare this to Apple which is a far larger company and has ~5 laptop models) Meh. Some people don't like the Apple "you can have any color you want, as long as it's black" product strategy. It's not a bad thing to not ape Apple. I actually got a Dell recently, it it was sole…
On Apple pcs you have maybe 4 main models, but you can still configure them however you like
Why not do the same thing? Have a few main models and allow customization (I haven’t checked if that’s actually possible on Dell)
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#87100% agree. I have one of the XPS13 Dev that doesn't deep sleep properly which is supposed to have first class support for sleeping. Yes it does sleep but kills the entire battery in a few hours.
Dell won't fix it https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/XPS-13-9310-Ubuntu-deep-s...
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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?
Sounds like you want a desktop
The term is "mobile workstation" and some people are willing to pay the cost in weight for flexibility.
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#89On 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…
My daughter bought an Alienware laptop and a key broke off the keyboard after about a month. I contacted Dell through Twitter and they sent a technician to her college dorm next day and fixed it.
Yeah similar experiences. The difference between getting my dell laptops fixed vs the absolute nightmarish hellscape of dealing with the apple store to get one fixed is enough to keep me a dell customer forever.
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#90So what's the serious laptop choice for the professional, besides Apple? (not that Apple is without its own problems, at least in some generations)