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I've been using an XPS 13 for 8 months as my main development machine and battery life hasn't been an issue. I regularly go out for a (e.g. coffee shop) working
by smhg 11y ago
I've been using an XPS 13 for 8 months as my main development machine and battery life hasn't been an issue. I regularly go out for a (e.g. coffee shop) working day and I don't have to charge.
There were some issues with earlier Ubuntu/Linux/BIOS versions, but most have disappeared with new releases. The last one is a palm detection issue with the touchpad, but it should to be fixed in 16.04. And if you can't wait, at least you can fix things yourself if you want.
- criddell 11y ago> The last one is a palm detection issue with the touchpad, but it should to be fixed in 16.04. And if you can't wait, at least you can fix things yourself if you want. I'm not sure if I could fix palm detection. I am certain that I could spend a lot of time trying to fix it and for me, that time would probably be better spent elsewhere.
- jakebasile 11y agoAre you using the sputnik "developer edition" or the standard retail version of the XPS 13?
- smhg 11y agoThe Sputnik version. That indeed reminds me I swapped the wifi card for an Intel one. Because they are better supported and it was cheap. The original one was definitely working though.
- tehwalrus 11y agoOoh, can you do that? Broadcom driver drives me up the wall every time I tweak something... (Apart from that and the HiDPI, the latter of which is the DE devs' fault, the laptop is awesome.)
- smhg 11y agoThis fantastic iFixit (Step 10) has all the details you need: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell+XPS+13+Teardown/36157#s81006 https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell+XPS+13+Teardown/36157#s...
- kingosticks 11y agoI was just about to ask what wifi card you had working there. It took me quite a while to get my xps13's broadcom card working with 15.10 and I'm not sure I even remember how I did it. It's putting me off upgrading.