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I recently switched from a MacBoop Pro to a Dell XPS 13. The battery life is great. I haven't measured it but I think 8 hours is not an unreasonable estimate. T

I recently switched from a MacBoop Pro to a Dell XPS 13. The battery life is great. I haven't measured it but I think 8 hours is not an unreasonable estimate. The laptop is built for Linux (Ubuntu) so there are no driver issues. I wrote a review of the experience here: https://fman.io/blog/home-and-hotel/ https://fman.io/blog/home-and-hotel/

contacha 9y ago
How is your trackpad working? Did you tweak it?
- mherrmann 9y ago
  I have no issues with it(?)
  - contacha 9y ago
    No issues with palm detection (synaptic) or taps sometimes not registering (libinput)? I can't figure how to make this work.
    - mherrmann 9y ago
      Not really, no. Sometimes I accidentally touch the trackpad while typing, but rarely and it's easy to avoid.
djsumdog 9y ago
I've owned (and sold) an XPS 13 and now have an XPS 15. Battery life is pretty terrible though. I barely get over four hours. I have TLP running and I'm running Gentoo as my distro. I did buy it refurbished, so I wonder if it might just have a bad battery or if I'm just screwing up some of the power fine tuning.
- bproven 9y ago
  you might - my xps 15 9550 (once tweaked with TLP, powertop, non-4K screen) gets 10-12 hours. There was a recall on batteries for the 9550 so this is with my new battery. However, this doesnt discount the other issues I had with the box. BUT, once sorted it runs well now even after several upgrades ( Ubuntu 16.10 thru 17.10)
inamberclad 9y ago
You have to check for a Broadcomm wifi chip, since those can sometimes give trouble. However, if that's switched out then there's no issues.
- bproven 9y ago
  yep, the broadcom that came with my xps 15 9550 was total garbage in both Windows and Linux. I swapped for an Intel and it has been smooth sailing...