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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 vertical space _does_ make a difference.
Does it still have that awful coil whine?
Like many others, I was told by their Twitter people that coil whine on my 9560 was "not a known issue per se" and that I just needed to update my BIOS. I won't be buying a Dell next time.
Should I hold off on buying a computer until this spectre and meltdown issues are fixed?
It might also seem like just getting an AMD CPU instead of an Intel one would let you avoid the Meltdown performance hit, because AMD claims their CPU is not vulnerable to it, and the Meltdown paper says that they didn't get it to work with AMD CPUs, though the people behind the paper didn't seem to be 100% sure that there is no way to do a similar attack on AMD CPUs.
Spectre is a different beast. I imagine that one will take significantly longer to fix; from what I understand, the issue is pretty fundamental to branch prediction and speculative execution, which is a big reason why CPUs are fast. Also, since that issue applies to everyone and not just Intel, I imagine Intel will be less focused on fixing it since there's less bad PR directed specifically at Intel for that. I personally wouldn't expect it to be fixed within some years.
I'd love if someone more knowledgable about CPU design would correct me if I'm wrong or clarify something.
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.
Maybe I'm a crazy conspiracy theorist but I wouldn't at all be surprised if DRAM manufacturers weren't colluding to limit supply to inflate prices rather than competing with one another on the open market.
I think the same of Flash prices too.
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Lenovo's higher-end machines are still solid, but their midrange and low-end machines are really disappointing. Sucks that you've had this experience, but among the folks I work with, Dell's high-end machines have a rep for being really reliable in both Windows and Linux. My next machine's probably an Alienware 13, but the lighter XPS 13 is real tempting too.
Did you look into the Razer Blade series? https://www.razerzone.com/gaming-laptops
I'm still looking for the perfect replacement for a MacBook Pro. Hopefully when the 2018 XPS 15 comes out...
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…
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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!
Why does the XPS keep putting the camera at the base the screen instead the top of where it is on most laptops?
To have a smaller bezel at the top because most of their target audience doesn't use the webcam anyway.
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I use my laptop almost always with a power supply (either home or office) so I would happily trade some battery life for more RAM.
Then a 13" ultrabook is probably not the right thing for you; search for "mobile workstation" on any of the major manufacturers sites and you'll find ones that can be configured up to 64GB of ram.
Only 16 gigs of RAM? Why do companies still hold that limit in 2018? I was hoping for 32 gigs back in 2015.
