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Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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post #13

I'm pretty disappointed with the compromises I have to make to use a Mac these days. I'm planning on getting one of the new XPS 15s with an i-9 - so excited!

What you don’t like exchanging all your ports for dongles? And the crappy keyboard? Or my favorite “Remind me again later” Because who would ever want the ability to say “no”

Better than your machine rebooting to update on its own.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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post #27

I went with a precision 5520 when I switched from my MacBook Pro and I love it. 32 GB of RAM, centered keyboard/trackpad of a 15" and a tiny screen bezel all with full Linux support.

Ah, good to see companies are finally noticing tenkeyless on larger laptops.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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post #36

What I'm mostly curious about these posts is, how the heck do you guys switch operating systems that easily? I guess it would work if you are already using Linux or Windows on a Mac hardware but that's gotta be rare. I mean, hardware is nothing compared to the OS.. I can switch to any other Mac and it would take me a couple hours to be comfortable. That would be it. If I'm switching to a Dell XPS, I don't really care…

A whole lot of people do everything on the web. They don't even need a laptop at all really because they don't need real applications. Any web kiosk would do. If they're a web developer they might also want an SSH client.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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post #36

What I'm mostly curious about these posts is, how the heck do you guys switch operating systems that easily? I guess it would work if you are already using Linux or Windows on a Mac hardware but that's gotta be rare. I mean, hardware is nothing compared to the OS.. I can switch to any other Mac and it would take me a couple hours to be comfortable. That would be it. If I'm switching to a Dell XPS, I don't really care…

Perhaps there's a market for a PC OEM about making their laptop convenient to convert into a Hackintosh.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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post #5

I like this writeup but I sort of expected it to contain a "Windows 10 Review from a lifelong macos user" embedded in it. I was surprised that this was just about the hardware. As a happy lifelong Windows user, surrounded by programmers who call me insane (or an idiot, even) for liking it, I was curious to learn more about what a developer who's used to Mac thinks about the Windows 10 dev experience. (notably for a m…

What I'd like most from a Laptop Win 10 review is a 2 year later review.

We use a macbook air at home, it still runs just as good as when we got it. I've always had issues with Windows where the out of the box experience is incredible, but 2 years later, I'm waiting 5 minutes after start for, 'things to finish' before the computer begins to feel fast again.

Whenever I look at replacing the Air, I get nearly to the end of the checkout with a new macbook pro 13" (what I use for work), when I get a sick feeling that I shouldn't be spending $2k for our house 'in front of the tv' laptop.

Re: Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

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post #22

I had a Dell XPS 13 for about 2 months but ended up selling and getting a 2017 Macbook Pro 13 non-touchbar. For the premium you're already spending on an XPS machine, a Mac for slightly more has so much better hardware. The price differential ~300-500$ is more than justified by the FULL metal construction, non-clicky trackpad, and the glorious screen. I immediately regretted my XPS purchase after noticing the screen’…

I love the hardware on Macs, but I do miss Linux. Homebrew does not qualify as a replacement for pacman or apt.
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