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XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by slavik81 »

dangrossman wrote: post #199

I regret buying a maxed out XPS 13 a year and a half ago. My list of problems: * Coil whine * Noisy fans * Heat issues * USB-C port has a bad pin (only works in one orientation with pressure) * Charging port inconsistently charges * Bad cell in the battery, so it suddenly shuts off without warning when on battery The charging issues started just around the 12 month mark, so I quickly sent to a repair center under war…

Mine from two years ago is still sitting broken (unable to charge). It went through so many warrenty repairs, it was completely unreliable it's entire life. Each repair just bought a few months before a different failure.

An extended warranty would not have helped in my case. That would have just extend the pain.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by zbraniecki »

kingosticks wrote: post #80

My XPS 13 9350 is undoubtedly the best computer I've ever owned. I don't seem to have this coil whine thing or I just don't notice it. The 8GB of RAM has served me well and I'd never want to sacrifice any of the battery life for increasing that - it's an ultrabook after all. I've always run Ubuntu and while I did have problems with WiFi and resuming when it first came out, they are both rock solid now. I have never t…

Same experience. I got XPS 9350 and could not be happier. It's been my main machine for over a year until it got stolen :(

Then I got a Thinkpad Carbon X1 and I like it, but not as much as I liked my XPS.

Both are great dev machines, but XPS is somehow nicer to use in my experience (and I know all the Thinkpad fans will kill me for saying that :))

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by lozf »

gnopgnip wrote: post #41
joshmn wrote: post #23

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I'd think that the people who are buying a 32GB variant are probably the people who have their laptop plugged in when utilizing an excess amount of memory.

If that is the case there are a lot of options that are not ultra portable

Being ultra-portable makes it less of a chore to lug a high spec machine between the places it get's plugged in at for heavy work, and still allows lighter use on the go.

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Post by sturgill »

Mithaldu wrote: post #249
barton808 wrote: post #222

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Dan, I apologize for your experience. If you ever run into something like this again, besides contacting support directly, you can ping @dellcarespro on twitter and, if its related to the developer edition or project Sputnik you can loop me in @barton808. thanks!

Would you follow up on the issue he had if he provided you with the order details and repair communication? There should be a good chance of there being a paper trail to follow and a mismatch between communication to customer and repair hardware actually used, no?

I can personally speak to the fact that Barton means what he says. When Sputnik first came out in Beta, I bought a developer edition that had some keyboard issues. I dropped a casual note on Twitter and Barton went out of his way to make sure the issue got resolved.

I keep contemplating a full transition to Ubuntu as my work machine, but there are still certain environment impacts (like connected devices and the need to run some Mac-only software on occasion) that has prevented it.

But if I could convince myself to take the dive and go Linux-only, I wouldn't hesitate to run with the XPS line.

Disclaimer: Absolutely none other than Barton is a great guy who helped a random stranger that once complained on Twitter.

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Post by bluedino »

pkilgore wrote: post #256
zbobet2012 wrote: post #166

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I have an XPS 15 9560 and I _love_ it. Never had coil whine or any of those problems. I did spend a bit of time re-pasting the CPU* when I noticed CPU throttling during gaming. That fixed it. I put 32GB of ram and (now) Fedora 27 on it . I love everything about it. LOVE! The comment I get the most is "that screen is incredible" from mac users. * https://www.ultrabookreview.com/14875-fix-throttling-xps-15/ (PS, unlike…

What resolution screen? I love the screen on my precision 5520 (basically the same computer) but I'm having a hell of a time with DPI scaling with distros I've tried.

Scaling is ten times worse than it is on a Windows

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by gambiting »

dangrossman wrote: post #199

I regret buying a maxed out XPS 13 a year and a half ago. My list of problems: * Coil whine * Noisy fans * Heat issues * USB-C port has a bad pin (only works in one orientation with pressure) * Charging port inconsistently charges * Bad cell in the battery, so it suddenly shuts off without warning when on battery The charging issues started just around the 12 month mark, so I quickly sent to a repair center under war…

I'm writing this on a XPS 13 and my list of problems is similar.

- Coil whine

- noisy fans

- Computer doesn't shut down(or go to sleep) about 50% of the time. The screen turns off, but the fan stays on and the only way to wake it up again is to hold the power button down. Apparently it's a common issue with them and there's loads of threads about it on the internet with no solution anywhere.

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Post by bedros »

metaphor wrote: post #250
dangrossman wrote: post #199

I regret buying a maxed out XPS 13 a year and a half ago. My list of problems: * Coil whine * Noisy fans * Heat issues * USB-C port has a bad pin (only works in one orientation with pressure) * Charging port inconsistently charges * Bad cell in the battery, so it suddenly shuts off without warning when on battery The charging issues started just around the 12 month mark, so I quickly sent to a repair center under war…

> I do also recommend the touchscreen. Care to share your usecase(s) that drive why you'd recommend the touchscreen? On the plus side, I would imagine higher resolution translates to crisper text. But, at the moment, I couldn't justify it to myself for several reasons: 1. Perceived negative impact on battery uptime 2. Screen wobble and fingerprints on touch 3. $350 premium over equivalent non-touch spec

I bought XPS 15 9550 two years ago, maxed out with specs, and totally regret paying extra for touch screen and the hi-def screen, what a waste of money.

the screen cannot be folded backward so touch screen cannot be used as tablet and thus wasting my money

hi-def screen is is useless on 15" display

other than that, my laptop is working fine with no HW issues

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by PopsiclePete »

maxxxxx wrote: post #71

How is the trackpad on these? I still haven't seen a non-Apple laptop where the trackpad comes even close to the Macbook.

I have the XPS 9350 DE and the trackpad under Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 was completely unusable. Same exact trackpad is fine under Fedora Core 25+ as well as Debian 9 testing (what I currently run). I honestly don't see the point of Ubuntu anymore, now that Unity is going away.
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