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FHD versions suck at inverted color schemes (white on black text). (The 4k version can be patched) When there as primarily black on the screen, the monitor dim
by anotheryou 9y ago
FHD versions suck at inverted color schemes (white on black text). (The 4k version can be patched)
When there as primarily black on the screen, the monitor dims the backlight and brightens the screen. This saves backlight, but cut's of the peak brightness (the white of your text). You can test if you are effected here: http://tylerwatt12.com/dc/ http://tylerwatt12.com/dc/
There is no patch for the FHD version, the problem exists since 2015, so for several generations of these things... https://github.com/advancingu/XPS13Linux/issues/2 https://github.com/advancingu/XPS13Linux/issues/2
Also a lot of coil whine and without up to date drivers a lot of bluescreens.
Oh and the only big USB-C Dell Dock, it has no USB-C out, so it uses up all your USB-C. Not very future proof.
- mort96 9y agoI have an XPS 13 from 2015, the full HD variant, running Linux. For the most part, it's a great machine, and I have no noticable coil while. However, since I always code with a black terminal window and bright text, I'm very affected by that dynamic backlight bullshit. I can't comfortably code if there's a lot of sunlight in the room (not to mention being outside on a sunny day). It's really quite annoying.
- anotheryou 9y agoMe too and I moved from lenovo to dell for the brighter screen :'(