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What do you guys think of it? I think it's beautiful!

pmiller2 10y ago
Anything smaller than a 15" screen feels cramped to me these days. I'd like to see it in person before passing judgement, but the specs don't really seem worth the premium price to me. For that kind of money, you can get into a pretty nice Macbook Pro.
- treve 10y ago
  I prefer my XPS13 over a Macbook Pro though. It's lighter, much smaller, same screen size, the carbon fiber inside feels comfier than the macbook's cold and hard aluminum. And it's definitely drawn more attention than the (now) rather plain looking macbook pro. The biggest negative is the webcam position. It's under the screen, and makes me look terrible on calls.
  - lttlrck 10y ago
    The webcam is also obscured by typing fingers which is more annoying than the weird angle to me.
- obtino 10y ago
  The problem with the screen on the 13" version is that it's edge-to-edge. This, in my opinion, coupled with the high-resolution display makes it very difficult when it comes to text heavy work. I would prefer to go for the 15" version of this product over this one. The benefits of the 13" version is that it's chargeable over USB-C (using the Google Pixel charger).
tobltobs 10y ago
I am working since one year with the last XPS 13, the lower priced version and it is a very good notebook for developers imho, I might would buy it again. Only might because Dell sold the last model including quite a few bugs (Sound and Keyboard didn't work). Before you could work with it you had to upgrade the bios and the OS. Considering the amount of time required for this it was expensive. Dell did know about the problems but sold it anyway. I sweared I will never buy a Dell again, but then there aren't too many other options left anymore.
AdmiralAsshat 10y ago
Using a Windows version of the 2015 edition, and it's pretty damn nice. Honestly, I'm just waiting to see how the July update with Ubuntu tools for Windows 10 pans out. If it doesn't, I might just throw Linux onto this one. The only problem is that the Linux Edition of the laptops use slightly different hardware that's better supported by open drivers--in this case, the Linux version has an Intel wifi card as opposed to a Broadcomm one so as not to need a proprietary driver. That's definitely a concern if I do decide to throw Linux onto it, since this thing doesn't have an ethernet port.
- tobltobs 10y ago
  To avoid Wifi I am using it with a "USB 3.0 3 port Hub & Gigabit Lan adapter" from Digitus which costs about 20$.
- grawlinson 10y ago
  Judging by what people are saying on Reddit and other message boards, they just buy the normal XPS13 and replace the Broadcom wifi chip with an Intel chip.

Anything smaller than a 15" screen feels cramped to me these days. I'd like to see it in person before passing judgement, but the specs don't really seem worth the premium price to me. For that kind of money, you can get into a pretty nice Macbook Pro.

treve 10y ago
I prefer my XPS13 over a Macbook Pro though. It's lighter, much smaller, same screen size, the carbon fiber inside feels comfier than the macbook's cold and hard aluminum. And it's definitely drawn more attention than the (now) rather plain looking macbook pro. The biggest negative is the webcam position. It's under the screen, and makes me look terrible on calls.
- lttlrck 10y ago
  The webcam is also obscured by typing fingers which is more annoying than the weird angle to me.
obtino 10y ago
The problem with the screen on the 13" version is that it's edge-to-edge. This, in my opinion, coupled with the high-resolution display makes it very difficult when it comes to text heavy work. I would prefer to go for the 15" version of this product over this one. The benefits of the 13" version is that it's chargeable over USB-C (using the Google Pixel charger).

tobltobs 10y ago

I am working since one year with the last XPS 13, the lower priced version and it is a very good notebook for developers imho, I might would buy it again. Only might because Dell sold the last model including quite a few bugs (Sound and Keyboard didn't work). Before you could work with it you had to upgrade the bios and the OS. Considering the amount of time required for this it was expensive. Dell did know about the problems but sold it anyway. I sweared I will never buy a Dell again, but then there aren't too many other options left anymore.

AdmiralAsshat 10y ago

Using a Windows version of the 2015 edition, and it's pretty damn nice. Honestly, I'm just waiting to see how the July update with Ubuntu tools for Windows 10 pans out. If it doesn't, I might just throw Linux onto this one. The only problem is that the Linux Edition of the laptops use slightly different hardware that's better supported by open drivers--in this case, the Linux version has an Intel wifi card as opposed to a Broadcomm one so as not to need a proprietary driver. That's definitely a concern if I do decide to throw Linux onto it, since this thing doesn't have an ethernet port.

tobltobs 10y ago
To avoid Wifi I am using it with a "USB 3.0 3 port Hub & Gigabit Lan adapter" from Digitus which costs about 20$.
grawlinson 10y ago
Judging by what people are saying on Reddit and other message boards, they just buy the normal XPS13 and replace the Broadcom wifi chip with an Intel chip.