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I'm very happy with my XPS 13, great build quality, great battery life, new hardware, tiny screen borders(resulting in a tiny laptop) and linux support.

jdalgetty 10y ago
I had the skylake version of this and returned it in two weeks. It was a nice little computer but had a lot of weird issues.
- ktt 10y ago
  I should've done the same. After 8 months of having it it still has a lot of very weird issues. I hoped Dell would somehow fix it with a firmware update but nope... everything is still the same.
fpoling 10y ago
I have XPS 13 with Linux but consider installing Windows and using Linux in VM. The external display support is terrible, WiFi speed is halve or even less than one gets under Windows and touchpad is rather imprecise and often misses taps. This is with Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04. I also tried Fedora 25 beta few days ago. That seems to work better, but still hardware works worse than under Windows. Also, the display is too reflective. It was a mistake to go with 3200 resolution.
ktt 10y ago
Which version? I've got XPS 13 9350 and it's been a constant pain. Boot time is very slow [0], bluetooth connectivity is weak, I've got constant graphic glitches when on battery. Latest update of the video driver introduced annoying coil noise, I had to downgrade. Actually I have two XPS 13s at home and both of them have some issues. I'm also using Dell Thunderbold Dock TB15 and it drops video output and USB connections after 3h (because of heat) [1]. Of course I've got everything updated. I had an excellent experience with XPS 12 years ago but this 9350 is constantly driving me crazy. I would certainly not recommend it. [0]: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19660648/20948703#20948703 http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/... [1]: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19677047/20949352#20949352 http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/...
swiley 10y ago
XPS 13 seems to refer to a pretty large number of completely different computers manufactured by dell (some of which of some pretty serious issues).
sparky2012 10y ago
Same here, haven't seen any of the issues that people are reporting below, dual booted with Arch and Ubuntu, runs like a dream.

jdalgetty 10y ago

I had the skylake version of this and returned it in two weeks. It was a nice little computer but had a lot of weird issues.

ktt 10y ago
I should've done the same. After 8 months of having it it still has a lot of very weird issues. I hoped Dell would somehow fix it with a firmware update but nope... everything is still the same.

fpoling 10y ago

I have XPS 13 with Linux but consider installing Windows and using Linux in VM. The external display support is terrible, WiFi speed is halve or even less than one gets under Windows and touchpad is rather imprecise and often misses taps. This is with Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04. I also tried Fedora 25 beta few days ago. That seems to work better, but still hardware works worse than under Windows. Also, the display is too reflective. It was a mistake to go with 3200 resolution.

ktt 10y ago

Which version? I've got XPS 13 9350 and it's been a constant pain. Boot time is very slow [0], bluetooth connectivity is weak, I've got constant graphic glitches when on battery. Latest update of the video driver introduced annoying coil noise, I had to downgrade. Actually I have two XPS 13s at home and both of them have some issues. I'm also using Dell Thunderbold Dock TB15 and it drops video output and USB connections after 3h (because of heat) [1]. Of course I've got everything updated. I had an excellent experience with XPS 12 years ago but this 9350 is constantly driving me crazy. I would certainly not recommend it. [0]: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19660648/20948703#20948703 http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/... [1]: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19677047/20949352#20949352 http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/...

swiley 10y ago

XPS 13 seems to refer to a pretty large number of completely different computers manufactured by dell (some of which of some pretty serious issues).

sparky2012 10y ago

Same here, haven't seen any of the issues that people are reporting below, dual booted with Arch and Ubuntu, runs like a dream.