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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 virtualwhys »

dijit wrote: post #164
examancer wrote: post #81

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Expected the new XPS to have a developer flavor soon, but also expected it to be limited to 16GB still. Was not surprised since the Windows version has the same limit. Went ahead and purchased a 32GB System76 Galaga Pro last week with the same i7-8550U available on the XPS. It's a slightly larger 13", but feels a lot closer to my 5th gen XPS 13 than the MacBook Pro the Galaga replaces. Comes with a retina-like matte…

You could go precision though. Which is what I did. Precision 5520 has an Ubuntu option and works flawlessly with Linux. 32-64g of DDR4 and 12h of battery with the 9cell upgrade I should know. I’ve been using one for nearly a year.

What's the added weight of default 3 cell to 9 cell battery? Last I checked you could only upgrade to 6 cell.

Holding out for next generation of Intel (or, now, AMD) CPUs before picking up another Precision. Great, beastly powerful machines, have been running Fedora since 2010 on Precision line.

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Post by bluedino »

aceoflala wrote: post #204
dingo_bat wrote: post #52

Where's the fucking USB ports?!? I have literally used or observed zero USB C devices till now. I've seen newer phones but who plugs phones into computers anymore? The main issue is flash drives, external HDDs, mice, keyboards, LTE modems, Kindle, and so on. None of those are available in type C variants and I don't want to be inconvenienced by my new laptop. If I wanted to hurt myself I'd just buy from Apple!

>who plugs phones into computers anymore? Eh? How do I transfer my music to my phone?

iTunes WiFi sync Or just stream everything

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by RRRA »

The XPS13 9350 is nice, I had no issue except that I swapped the Wi-Fi card for an Intel as it was badly supported when I first got it (Self installed Ubuntu before any Dell Linux support).

I fried the headphone port because the office wasn't grounded and had a shock, but everything else works well after 2+ years.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by bluedino »

jcelerier wrote: post #230
julesallen wrote: post #219

I can't tell you how much I would love a Linux laptop, so much has been solved around power consumption and battery life, wifi stability, and so on. The one show stopper continues to be spotty HiDPI support for essential apps like The GIMP — the menu and fonts stubbornly stayed at 1x resolution and the icons were teeny. Ugh. Had a 9360 for a short time before reluctantly returning it. So for me it's a Samsung Pro Chr…

> The one show stopper continues to be spotty HiDPI support for essential apps like The GIMP — the menu and fonts stubbornly stayed at 1x resolution and the icons were teeny. just put Xft.dpi: 144 (or more) in your .Xresources. (at least for menus & fonts) Here's how it looks for me at 192: https://imgur.com/9KKhpZq.png

Toolbars and brushes don't scale?

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Post by bluedino »

marsRoverDev wrote: post #114
rootbear wrote: post #78

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It's a mess. Palm rejection is terrible. I use a wireless mouse with my XPS 13.

On Ubuntu? I dual boot with windows and while your statement is 100% factual with Ubuntu, it seems to be better handled on windows. This appears to be a software issue; admittedly one which I think that they should be dealing with as a matter of urgency. At least disable the thing while typing, Dell.

Disable while typing seems like a no brained but drives me nuts on my Dell 7xxx

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Post by robert_foss »

bedros wrote: post #268
metaphor wrote: post #250

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> 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

I too have an 9550, but enjoy the 4k screen a lot, it really helps with my workflow.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by paultopia »

Interesting competitive profile. I'd guess the most direct comparison for people who want a really small machine running a non-windows OS would be the i5/8/256/non-touch/$1175 xps13 vs the m3/8/256/$1300 macbook. That's not bad at all---I'd consider trading a half pound or so in weight and some display resolution for a faster processor, bigger screen, and a hundred bucks, so long as battery life and reliability hold.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Post by Anticapitalist »

torgard wrote: post #98

Max 8gb for regular display... I mean, who uses touch screens for development? I can't really imagine a scenario where it would be helpful for me. Maybe when doing work in Illustrator and Photoshop, but I usually use a different machine for that anyhow, because of Adobe's lack of Linux support. I don't want to pay for something I won't use. I am otherwise actively looking for a laptop. System76 does not have European…

If you go with the precision line from small business it's the same hardware, but with much more customization
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