Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

I seriously hope Dell finally found a way to make more solid laptops because half of the ~30 XPS laptops I've seen around me needed to be send back because of issues with the device freezing or with the display.

I started out in November last year with an XPS and after multiple freezes I requested an repair that would take my laptop out for multiple weeks. Having seen my previous company send multiple laptops back multiple times I didn't have much trust in the certainty of resolution for my issues with the xps. My coworker at the time didn't have any issues with her XPS but I gave up on Dell and switched to Mac. Sadly my coworkers XPS broke down after 2 months and it's still being repaired after 5 weeks...

The specs of the XPS certainly are the best and the feel is great and I so hoped it would be a succes but it just sucks the experience is so bad. I often hear others still raving and reading about non problems so somehow I still think I might have seen a really bad batch enter the Netherlands over 2 years time.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by tchaffee » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:39 PM UTC

My current Dell XPS had the pretty common battery swelling problem but within months of purchase. On previous models they replaced it for free but they stopped doing that. So add a possible battery replacement to their list price if you still want a Dell. Based on my experience with customer support and this battery issue this will be my last Dell. I'm looking at Lenovo for my next laptop.

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Post by baylearn » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:43 PM UTC

Doesn't look too bad.

The page mentioned that: 10th generation Intel® Core™ 10nm mobile processors and up to 32 gigabytes of RAM

But on the product page, we can only get either 8 or 16 GB of memory. Do you know if it's possible to buy these with 32GB of RAM from Dell?

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Post by auggierose » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:45 PM UTC

baylearn wrote: post #6

Doesn't look too bad. The page mentioned that: 10th generation Intel® Core™ 10nm mobile processors and up to 32 gigabytes of RAM But on the product page, we can only get either 8 or 16 GB of memory. Do you know if it's possible to buy these with 32GB of RAM from Dell?

Dell has a strange website. Last time I was looking for a model with lots of RAM it took me ages until I understood how to get to the part that lets me configure it freely.

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Post by parsimo2010 » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:48 PM UTC

baylearn wrote: post #6

Doesn't look too bad. The page mentioned that: 10th generation Intel® Core™ 10nm mobile processors and up to 32 gigabytes of RAM But on the product page, we can only get either 8 or 16 GB of memory. Do you know if it's possible to buy these with 32GB of RAM from Dell?

You have to start with the higher end configuration to see the 32GB option https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebo...

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Post by drej » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:50 PM UTC

What’s the story with full disk encryption on Ubuntu these days? Last time I checked (a while ago) it was a bit clunky, but now I’m considering a Linux desktop after 10 yrs of macOS and filevault, so checking my options. Thanks!

Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed

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Post by auggierose » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 12:51 PM UTC

auggierose wrote: post #7

baylearn wrote: post #6

Doesn't look too bad. The page mentioned that: 10th generation Intel® Core™ 10nm mobile processors and up to 32 gigabytes of RAM But on the product page, we can only get either 8 or 16 GB of memory. Do you know if it's possible to buy these with 32GB of RAM from Dell?

Dell has a strange website. Last time I was looking for a model with lots of RAM it took me ages until I understood how to get to the part that lets me configure it freely.

No, seems to me as well that 32GB is not available for Ubuntu.