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Did you look at Dell's line of XPS ultrabooks? I don't own one myself, but the ultra narrow bezels and industrial design look quite nice.
by jitl 11y ago
Did you look at Dell's line of XPS ultrabooks? I don't own one myself, but the ultra narrow bezels and industrial design look quite nice.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI looked at the 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Skylake variant of the XPS 13. Amazing looking machine, fits my filter criteria of "has service manual available to mortals" except for one problem - Dell won't sell me one, and neither will Microsoft (Signature Edition). They only seem to be available in the US and even if I was willing to spend the nearly $4000AUD to import one they won't ship to a non-US address.
- ank_the_elder 11y agoSeveral of the best Dell laptops are sold here in Australia with a considerable markup, even allowing for exchange rate. I tried to buy an XPS variant which was considered a 'workstation' for Australian Dell and so had an exorbitant markup which I'm not willing to pay. Hopefully things have improved now.
- voltagex_ 11y agoIf you find the right discount code or sales person (over the phone) you can get the price down. Many employers also have deals with Dell that give you 10-15 percent off. My issue is that the variant isn't available at all.
- dnautics 11y agoYou're dodging a bullet. (See my response to op)
- benologist 11y agoAmazon has global shipping that might deliver from US to your door. Not all products on their site are included. http://www.amazon.com/International-Shipping-Direct/b?node=230659011 http://www.amazon.com/International-Shipping-Direct/b?node=2...
- alfiedotwtf 11y agoI got my XPS 15 from two weeks ago from JB HiFi on Elizabeth street (Melbourne), and $1000 cheaper that what you've been quoted ($2999). It's an awesome machine and everyone in the office is envious - to the point that we'll probably get more soon. At the moment, the only thing that doesn't work yet in Debian Testing is the wifi... but I'm happy to wait - currently on a Ethernet-to-USB dongle. Edit: oh, just noticed you were after the 13". It's nice, but I'm pretty damn happy with the 15"
- fl0wenol 11y agoIf you would have gotten the Latitude 14 7000 instead of the XPS, then you get the Intel wireless + BT out of the box which always seems to just work. It also has an option for an insane 10-hour battery; the default is like 6. Unfortunately Dell never puts the Latitude line front and center on the website, so you have to know to look for them.
- scholia 11y agoXPS is a high-end consumer line. Latitude is an entry-level business line (the consumer equivalent is Inspiron).
- spronkey 11y agoLatitude isn't entry-level, it's just the business line. Yes, they have the high end Precision workstation line, but Latitude models typically are built as good as or better than XPS models.
- scholia 11y agoNope. Latitude is the entry-level business line, then there's Optiplex, with Precison workstations on top. There's also Vostro, which is the small/home office line. I wasn't making a comment on build quality, just on Dell's branding and pricing.
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- aesthetics1 11y agoPosting this from an XPS 13. You're right - they look quite nice, and the performance is really there for an ultrabook. Dell has a developer edition that comes with Ubuntu on it out of the box if that's more your style, but Windows 10 is actually not too bad either.
- coin 11y agoDell's website is even worse. I can't just navigate to buy laptop, I have to decide upfront if it's "for work" or "for home". Why does it matter? Will picking one eliminate options? Once I choose, I'm presented with 6 lines - Latitude, Vostro, Inspiron, Precision, XPS, and Chromebook. What's the difference? I guess I have to go read the marketing description for all of them. Who has time for this?
- gbrown 11y agoThe Precision M3800 is also a great 15" laptop for running Linux (but you can't trust them not to screw up the bundled Ubuntu distro, and need to write some systemd wifi-restart scripts).