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I own the new xps 15. Best laptop I have seen yet. No complaints. Great screen, color calibration, cpu, size, weight, good keyboard when on the lap (could be b

I own the new xps 15. Best laptop I have seen yet. No complaints. Great screen, color calibration, cpu, size, weight, good keyboard when on the lap (could be better on a desk), smooth trackpad. Battery lasts about 4 hours of programming work, 6 or so browsing. What horror stories have you heard?

eknkc 10y ago
Mostly about poor external display connectivity, poor trackpad accuracy and annoying coil whine. I saw 2-3 people mention the trackpad as a con and that was actually enough for me to keep waiting for Apple's event. Maybe those were isolated incidents. Also there are a lot of XPS models, gotta check for a specific one I guess.
- izzard 10y ago
  Strange feedback about the trackpad, I actually think this is the best I've ever used on a Windows laptop. FWIW, I've read a lot about the 'coil whine' too, but neither of my XPS laptops have that problem. Not sure what to make of it.
- zumzumzum 10y ago
  The trackpad is pretty good for a windows laptop, maybe the best aside from the Surface Book, but still not as good as a MBP. It also has problems registering two finger right click. I had some driver issues on my XPS15 that led to dispay flicker, and also Windows is braindead when it comes to external display management, even though OSX isn't perfect either. I had no coil whine. It's not bad, but when you're coming from a MBP, the XPS15 still needs refinement. I will admit that I might just be used to all of OSX's little quirks and issues, and that the new ones seem more painful on the XPS15 just because they're new. But I don't know, I have Win10 on my desktop and it's fast and I love it, but on a laptop it's pretty annoying. I just feel more expressive on a OSX laptop. I can't get over switching from cmd-stuff with my thumb to ctrl-stuff with my pinky.
- Illniyar 10y ago
  There used to be issues with external monitor flicker in the xps 15 but they were solved some time ago, the only issues I know of that remain (and they drive me crazy) is connecting external displays through a usb-c dock (such as the dell TB15) - but at least in my case it's not so bad. Trackpad is excellent - responsive and smooth. two finger scroll, pinch to zoom and just normal delay and sensitivity is great. Not sure what more one needs (I don't use 3 or 4 fingers really). Never had coil whine.
rayiner 10y ago
Only? My 2013 rMBP lasts a solid 8-9 while browsing.
- Illniyar 10y ago
  Yep, Battery life is a big disadvantage. I rarely go 3 hours without charging anyway, so this wasn't a problem for me. The 1920x1080 version is supposed to have better battery life.

eknkc 10y ago

Mostly about poor external display connectivity, poor trackpad accuracy and annoying coil whine. I saw 2-3 people mention the trackpad as a con and that was actually enough for me to keep waiting for Apple's event. Maybe those were isolated incidents. Also there are a lot of XPS models, gotta check for a specific one I guess.

izzard 10y ago
Strange feedback about the trackpad, I actually think this is the best I've ever used on a Windows laptop. FWIW, I've read a lot about the 'coil whine' too, but neither of my XPS laptops have that problem. Not sure what to make of it.
zumzumzum 10y ago
The trackpad is pretty good for a windows laptop, maybe the best aside from the Surface Book, but still not as good as a MBP. It also has problems registering two finger right click. I had some driver issues on my XPS15 that led to dispay flicker, and also Windows is braindead when it comes to external display management, even though OSX isn't perfect either. I had no coil whine. It's not bad, but when you're coming from a MBP, the XPS15 still needs refinement. I will admit that I might just be used to all of OSX's little quirks and issues, and that the new ones seem more painful on the XPS15 just because they're new. But I don't know, I have Win10 on my desktop and it's fast and I love it, but on a laptop it's pretty annoying. I just feel more expressive on a OSX laptop. I can't get over switching from cmd-stuff with my thumb to ctrl-stuff with my pinky.
Illniyar 10y ago
There used to be issues with external monitor flicker in the xps 15 but they were solved some time ago, the only issues I know of that remain (and they drive me crazy) is connecting external displays through a usb-c dock (such as the dell TB15) - but at least in my case it's not so bad. Trackpad is excellent - responsive and smooth. two finger scroll, pinch to zoom and just normal delay and sensitivity is great. Not sure what more one needs (I don't use 3 or 4 fingers really). Never had coil whine.

rayiner 10y ago

Only? My 2013 rMBP lasts a solid 8-9 while browsing.

Illniyar 10y ago
Yep, Battery life is a big disadvantage. I rarely go 3 hours without charging anyway, so this wasn't a problem for me. The 1920x1080 version is supposed to have better battery life.