Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by ismavis » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

Dell XPS 13 Review
anandtech.com

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by noja » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:06 PM UTC

Does the left usb port support full power devices like hard drives? The 2013 model didn't.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by jkot » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:07 PM UTC

This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

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Post by dabeeeenster » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:07 PM UTC

jkot wrote: post #3

This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

14.04 is almost a year old?

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by rootbear » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:11 PM UTC

dabeeeenster wrote: post #4

jkot wrote: post #3

This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

14.04 is almost a year old?

It is the most recent Long Term Support release and will be supported into 2019. I expect that is why they are shipping that version.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by alexmunroe » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:14 PM UTC

dabeeeenster wrote: post #4

jkot wrote: post #3

This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

14.04 is almost a year old?

14.04 is the LTS release, most corporate environments using Ubuntu that I've encountered jump between the LTS releases due to the five year support cycle. Being that a fairly large portion of the Dell's customer base it does make sense.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by bryanlarsen » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:18 PM UTC

The interesting difference between this review and that of most others is that Anandtech endorsed Dell's claims of 15 hours of battery life.

Reviews like at The Verge[1] measured the battery life at 6.5 hours.

I trust Anandtech more than The Verge to conduct properly controlled tests, but it really does illustrate the point that usage has a far bigger impact on battery life on modern notebooks than it did in the past.

1: http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/13/8030821/dell-xps-13-laptop...

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by at-fates-hands » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:19 PM UTC

As much as I love SSD's, is 256GB actually enough for power users? Or are they assuming the OS will be on the SSD and you can hook up an external HD for more space?

Just curious.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review

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Post by QuantumRoar » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:28 PM UTC

at-fates-hands wrote: post #8

As much as I love SSD's, is 256GB actually enough for power users? Or are they assuming the OS will be on the SSD and you can hook up an external HD for more space? Just curious.

As a power user, I can live with a 256GB SSD. But I can't live with less than 384GB of RAM.

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Post by bpodgursky » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 8:30 PM UTC

at-fates-hands wrote: post #8

As much as I love SSD's, is 256GB actually enough for power users? Or are they assuming the OS will be on the SSD and you can hook up an external HD for more space? Just curious.

I'm a "power user" and I'm doing fine with a 64GB partition. I use a ton of RAM and CPU but I don't have any need to store digital media with Netflix / Amazon / etc.