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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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Not 100% sure but mostly due to battery life, the more ram you have, the more power you use. 32 gigs probably shaves hour or so off the battery (don't know for sure) and that might be the reason.

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

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

#42

Only 16 gigs of RAM? Why do companies still hold that limit in 2018? I was hoping for 32 gigs back in 2015.

And then RAM prices shot way up. That may have something to do with it. I'm holding off on a new home virtualization server build for now, hoping that RAM prices come back down.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

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Why is it said to be for developpers and have a 16/9 screen?! Is Apple the only one to understand dev needs (screen needs at least)?

I think these wide ratios became popular, not because of video but because of ability to ship less screen and still claim to have a certain diagonal size. Saying 13" at 16:9 is much less area than a 3:4 screen at the same diagonal measurement.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

#49

Does it still have that awful coil whine?

So glad I am not the only one with that issue on my 9560. I also found out that if I put CPU under stress, the whine goes away. So when I am using the adapter, I run HeavyLoad on 3 cores and that takes whine away, with enough computing power for happy compiling.

Re: XPS 13 developer edition 7th generation available

#50

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. It's 2018 and all of us, including manufacturers, are locked with 16GB of RAM and those upgrades look like a joke. Within last month I noticed myötähäpeä when someone asks me for laptop advice. Hopefull…

There's a global RAM shortage now. 32G would likely put too much of a sticker shock on the price tag.
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