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Except Dell's QA is an utter shit. Around here we have eight XPS 13, two XPS 15, and only one XPS 15 and one XPS 13 didn't had any problems. From stuck fan to f
by apetrovic 9y ago
Except Dell's QA is an utter shit. Around here we have eight XPS 13, two XPS 15, and only one XPS 15 and one XPS 13 didn't had any problems. From stuck fan to failed SSD or the computer that just won't wake up.
- djsumdog 9y agoYea my XPS 15 running Linux is falling apart. The compatibility was all there, but the touchpad already broke; speakers are blown (no hardware limiter and it was over 100% when I unplugged some USB speakers) and the battery is even starting to swell. I just use it as a desktop now. I use an HP Spectre as my Linux laptop now. Everything worked on a modern kernel out of the box and the quality seems way better.
- denis1 9y agoFYI Dell issued a recall for XPS batteries. You should check their support pages and make sure to get it replaced (or have one shipped to you).
- sjellis 9y ago"I use an HP Spectre as my Linux laptop now. Everything worked on a modern kernel out of the box and the quality seems way better." I know that Martin Wimpress, the Ubuntu MATE lead, sometimes uses a Spectre. They look to be quite a different thing to what we might expect from a HP laptop.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoProbooks and Elitebooks have generally been quite good, we used them for many years at my current workplace, before switching to Thinkpads around the end of the T430/X230 generation. I certainly didn't have any complaints about them. Absolutely stay away from consumer models, obviously.