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...but did they fix the coil wine? I was very interested in an XPS in 2017, my main criteria for a new laptop was a Linux machine, and yet during all my researc

...but did they fix the coil wine? I was very interested in an XPS in 2017, my main criteria for a new laptop was a Linux machine, and yet during all my research quality concerns continued to rise up regarding to XPS, either it was coil wine, an icky track pad, poor keyboard, bad finishes.. you name it. I ended up snagging a non touch bar MBP and haven't looked back. The elite cell manufacturers have been able to bridge the gap between their hardware quality and the iPhone.. why hasn't Dell?

adorton 8y ago
I have a pretty new one (9370 I think) and I love it. No coil whine, the build feels great, and I have no complaints about that keyboard or trackpad. My only real complaint so far is the bluetooth is flaky.
- Boulth 8y ago
  Haha, I was just going to ask about Bluetooth. I've got 9350 and while single device Bluetooth works quite well (okay, today it broke but it usually works) connecting Bluetooth headphones and a Bluetooth mouse at the same time makes the connection super unstable. That's with the proprietary firmware. There are all kinds of issues in XPSes as far as I've seen. But generally it works well on Linux. I mean the same issues plague Windows too (I compared).
  - johnchristopher 8y ago
    I have given up on bluetooth ever being sane. If I don't connect my JBL, my xbox remote or anything bluetooth for more than a week then the connection is kapput and I have to delete and re-add the device. Windows, Linux, doesn't matter. It magically stops working when not used enough.
- bamboozled 8y ago
  Does the Bluetooth connection just drop out between suspensions? I’ve have this issue across both XPS 13’s I’ve owned. It’s incredibly frustrating and seems to be a long running issue [1]. If you care about Bluetooth I wouldn’t recommend an XPS 13 1.https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/XPS-13-9370-no-bluetooth-after-suspend/td-p/6022892/page/10 https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/XPS-1...
  - adorton 8y ago
    Yeah, mine drops after suspending. Sometimes it shows the device is disconnected and I need to re-pair it. Not sure if that is a problem with the system or my MX Ergo, but it never has problems on my Windows machine. Occasionally the whole bluetooth system dies and I need to reset.

adorton 8y ago

I have a pretty new one (9370 I think) and I love it. No coil whine, the build feels great, and I have no complaints about that keyboard or trackpad. My only real complaint so far is the bluetooth is flaky.

Boulth 8y ago
Haha, I was just going to ask about Bluetooth. I've got 9350 and while single device Bluetooth works quite well (okay, today it broke but it usually works) connecting Bluetooth headphones and a Bluetooth mouse at the same time makes the connection super unstable. That's with the proprietary firmware. There are all kinds of issues in XPSes as far as I've seen. But generally it works well on Linux. I mean the same issues plague Windows too (I compared).
- johnchristopher 8y ago
  I have given up on bluetooth ever being sane. If I don't connect my JBL, my xbox remote or anything bluetooth for more than a week then the connection is kapput and I have to delete and re-add the device. Windows, Linux, doesn't matter. It magically stops working when not used enough.
bamboozled 8y ago
Does the Bluetooth connection just drop out between suspensions? I’ve have this issue across both XPS 13’s I’ve owned. It’s incredibly frustrating and seems to be a long running issue [1]. If you care about Bluetooth I wouldn’t recommend an XPS 13 1.https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/XPS-13-9370-no-bluetooth-after-suspend/td-p/6022892/page/10 https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/XPS-1...
- adorton 8y ago
  Yeah, mine drops after suspending. Sometimes it shows the device is disconnected and I need to re-pair it. Not sure if that is a problem with the system or my MX Ergo, but it never has problems on my Windows machine. Occasionally the whole bluetooth system dies and I need to reset.