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I just wish they'd give me this in a 13inch package. (like the Alienware 13, just with a more mature chassis)
by Roritharr 10y ago
I just wish they'd give me this in a 13inch package.
(like the Alienware 13, just with a more mature chassis)
- sliken 10y agoWouldn't that be the XPS13?
- sethhochberg 10y agoCan't get an XPS 13 with a discrete GPU, however
- sliken 10y agoCorrect, but if you get the 2015 you can get the Iris 540 which is a pretty decent GPU (at least compared to anything else intel ships). Beats some of the low/medium range chipsets. Sadly dell makes makes you pick on the XPS13: Lousy CPU No iris graphics 8GB ram small disk Great battery nice matte display And: Nice CPU Iris 540 graphics 16GB ram 3200x1800 shiny/reflective display (that halves your battery life) Sadly I was looking for the Iris 540, 1080P display, and 16GB ram. A very rare combination. Hopefully the new dell makes the 1080P option independ of the rest of the laptop. Sadly the kaby lake + iris graphics won't be out for a few more months. So the 2015 XPS13 is WAY faster at graphics than the 2016 kaby lake.
- ido 10y agoThe highest end i7 xps13 actually has surprisingly good graphics performance despite the intel integrated gpu (been using one the moment the 2016 version became available).
- slantyyz 10y agoIt might be good, but it doesn't even remotely compare to the Nvidia GTX 1060 in the VR capable 13R3. Although battery life suffers immensely because of it.
- Roritharr 10y agoThe 13 doesn't have a real quad core, just a dual-core and only goes up to 16gb of ram. I want 32 and a quad-core, in an 13-inch form-factor. Both of which the Alienware 13 offers, but thats a gaming machine.
- slantyyz 10y agoThe problem with the Alienware 13R3 is that it's a great professional machine with the most incredibly stupid looking adornments. I absolutely hate how the best machines are Gaming machines, which means you're stuck with all sorts of LED bling-crap. The 13R3 looks like an absolutely killer machine for everyday work. OLED touch, quad core CPU (HQ series), fast GPU, physical touchpad buttons, ports out the wazoo, user serviceable RAM (up to 32!) and storage, etc.
- Roritharr 10y agoYou are absolutely right.
- hashhar 10y agoTry the Razer Blade or the Razer Blade Pro. Except for the green logo on the top nothing makes it look like a gaming machine. And the Pro even has mechanical switches.
- slantyyz 10y agoThose are nice machines, but for any laptop I buy for work reasons, I like to invest in a 3 year extended warranty. With brands like Apple, Dell, HP and Lenovo, I know I'll get at least OK support. Because Razer is more of a niche brand without a mature support infrastructure like the aforementioned companies, I do have some concerns.
- hashhar 10y agoI do agree with the support. I have a cheap Dell Inspiron with 1 year complete warranty which I extended to 3 years (very cheap package) and their service is so great that they came the next day I called them to ask about a keyboard replacement and fixed it on the spot in my home.
- Roritharr 10y agoLast time i looked neither the 13 nor the 14 offered 32gb ram.