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Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by eropple »

dguaraglia wrote: post #65
sohooo wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you look into the Razer Blade series? https://www.razerzone.com/gaming-laptops

Razers are nice-looking machines but last time I checked the biggest processor you could get for the most portable one was dual core, and the next model up (the 14 inch model) had pretty bad battery life. I'm still looking for the perfect replacement for a MacBook Pro. Hopefully when the 2018 XPS 15 comes out...

For me, that's basically the Alienware 13. With the discrete GPU off it seems to get 4-5 hours (at least, according to my brother, who owns one) and that's good enough for me, while also having 32GB of RAM and a 7700HQ.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by bpye »

pjmlp wrote: post #73

> As of today, the new XPS 13 developer edition is available online in Europe in the following countries: > UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland (French and German), Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark Yet another company that doesn't want my money.

> Beyond the thirteen countries above, there is a much longer list of countries where the 9370 is available offline. (I’ll be posting this list in the next few days.)

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by platinumrad »

cryptoz wrote: post #88

I ordered a Dell XPS 13 Developer edition in 2013. I picked Ubuntu Linux and the email confirmation said Ubuntu on it. Wait a week, it arrives, it runs Windows. Ugh. I was so confident that we had moved past it being this hard to buy a linux laptop, in 2013, but I guess not. All of my friends made fun of me for trying to buy a linux laptop. I ended up failing as hard as possible, being out thousands of dollars while…

I assume the process will have improved since 2013.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by bpye »

criddell wrote: post #75
cevn wrote: post #28

Why can't I get 16gb ram and have a 1080p screen? Is the touchpad still terrible? Does it still have coil whine?

> Why can't I get 16gb ram and have a 1080p screen? I'm guessing there isn't much demand for lo res screens on high end laptops. I think that's probably especially true for machines that are mostly about working with text. Who wants to look at jagged type?

The fact that it's available in Europe but not NA is a bit odd.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by Hinrik »

ebbv wrote: post #97
nkkollaw wrote: post #61

Very cool, but as an owner of the Cube Thinker/i35--which has the same exact 3000x2000 3:2 aspect ratio display as the Surface Book (but costs $500)--I can't imagine why any developer would put up with a 16:9 display. Specially if you have "developer" in your product name, why can't they figure out that 16:9 is not the best aspect ratio for everyone? I write code the whole day, not watch movies. That huge extra verti…

I learned to code in the era of 3:2 displays, and I don't miss them. I never code using the full width of my display. If your lines are that long you have issues. I also don't really need any more vertical space. On my 15" laptop and my 27" display I can see plenty of code at once. Having a few more lines on the top of bottom would not magically alleviate the need to scroll. I'm all for people using the tools that su…

>I learned to code in the era of 3:2 displays

What era was that?

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by bproven »

scorown wrote: post #56

My first Dell as developer machine is XPS 15 9560 but it is in no way a developer machine: - The thunderbolt dock wire out and laptop USB C are on opposite hands. I have to place my laptop on top of the dock like a giant book resting on a brick. - Awful coil whine on the power adapter. - Touchpad is annoying to use when clicking moves the finger resulting in wrong place click. - Had to replace Killer wifi card with I…

Yeah i've had issues with my XPS 15 9550 as well. I guess they have not been sorted in 9560 :( Once I customized everything (replace wifi card with an Intel based on, new battery under warranty, many many many BIOS fixes) it works well.

However, I would probably steer people to the Precision 5520 instead if you are going 15" and Dell. Comes with Linux and is business class which hopefully means less stupid QA issues and better tech support

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by platinumrad »

saycheese wrote: post #66
nkkollaw wrote: post #61

Very cool, but as an owner of the Cube Thinker/i35--which has the same exact 3000x2000 3:2 aspect ratio display as the Surface Book (but costs $500)--I can't imagine why any developer would put up with a 16:9 display. Specially if you have "developer" in your product name, why can't they figure out that 16:9 is not the best aspect ratio for everyone? I write code the whole day, not watch movies. That huge extra verti…

Not seeing a major difference between 3:2 and 16:9 aspect ratio displays, what am I missing? http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/panasonic-lx100/z-lx10...

16:10 vs 16:9 is very noticeable for me at screen sizes below 15 inches and 3:2 is even better.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by chimeracoder »

FBISurveillance wrote: post #82
chimeracoder wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> IMO, it does not make sense to buy any of those new models: whether it's Dell, HP, or else--before we see models with 32Gb of RAM. It's been told here over and over since 2016 when first Touchbar MacBook got released. What are you doing on an Ultrabook that actually needs 32GB of RAM? Even on my work laptop (Macbook Pro, 16GB), I pretty much never have issues that would be addressed by having 32GB of RAM. (Note: Ju…

I my case it adds up: Slack, Docker CE (that spins up a VM on Mac) for tests, corporate Docker EE setup (runs alongside Docker CE), elasticsearch, kafka, and 9 more services inside that corporate Docker setup, two Chromes (Chrome Stable and Chrome Canary), multiple VSCode instances. And if you need to build something with boost or folly you can add 3GB ram just for that. I realize that my setup is not common but I'd…

> I my case it adds up: Slack, Docker CE (that spins up a VM on Mac) for tests, corporate Docker EE setup (runs alongside Docker CE), elasticsearch, kafka, and 9 more services inside that corporate Docker setup, two Chromes (Chrome Stable and Chrome Canary), multiple VSCode instances. And if you need to build something with boost or folly you can add 3GB ram just for that.

Sure, but any Ultrabook is going to struggle running all of that, and more RAM isn't going to help by itself. You can run all of that on a Macbook Pro, but not a Macbook Air; the XPS 13 is intended to be comparable to the Macbook Air.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by ebbv »

Hinrik wrote: post #105
ebbv wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I learned to code in the era of 3:2 displays, and I don't miss them. I never code using the full width of my display. If your lines are that long you have issues. I also don't really need any more vertical space. On my 15" laptop and my 27" display I can see plenty of code at once. Having a few more lines on the top of bottom would not magically alleviate the need to scroll. I'm all for people using the tools that su…

>I learned to code in the era of 3:2 displays What era was that?

Ok, 4:3 displays. You get my point, more square displays than 16:9.
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