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Tempting but how is the coil whine on the new model? I had a 9370 for two days last year but the coil whine was irksome to the point of returning it. Also what

Tempting but how is the coil whine on the new model? I had a 9370 for two days last year but the coil whine was irksome to the point of returning it. Also what is the point of 4K on a 13" laptop? Honestly the 1080p model needs scaling to at least 1.25 as 1.0 is just painful even with perfect vision. Am I missing something obvious or is it just so Dell can tick the 4K marketing check box? Providing it has no coil whine the only potential issue I see is the crappy SOLDERED(!) Killer wifi card. Damn shame you can't get it with an Intel one.

kevinherron 8y ago
4K has got to be marketing driven. The ideal high DPI resolution for a screen of this size would be 3200x1800, allowing an effective resolution of 1600x900 with even 2x integer scaling.
eikenberry 8y ago
I'm curious about the Killer wifi cards as I've never heard of them and I've always had issues with the Intel wifi cards in my Thinkpads. I went so far as to buy USB wifi for those times when the Intel one wouldn't work. Basically I'm saying that when I first saw it I was happy to see it wasn't Intel, but you are saying it's worse? [edit] Oh... and you can get the 16G model without the 4K display. Just select the i7/8G model and upgrade it.
kowdermeister 8y ago
> Also what is the point of 4K on a 13" laptop? Nothing, that's pointless, I have the 1080 version and luckily no coil whine.
tamrix 8y ago
The coil whine is per device not per model. You can get lucky and have no coil whine or unlucky and have it loud af on the same model laptops produced at the same time.
- craftyguy 8y ago
  I must be incredibly unlucky for having owned several XPS 13 systems over the last 5 years, each with the coil whine.
  - mixmastamyk 8y ago
    What exactly is coil whine? Mine makes a light chatter sound when scrolling or animation happens onscreen. Is that the same?
    - craftyguy 8y ago
      Yep, that's it. https://youtube/watch?v=blyswNKEPEY https://youtube/watch?v=blyswNKEPEY
- satysin 8y ago
  True but it seems that Dell's XPS models seem to suffer from coil whine much more than I have ever experienced with other makes using the same primary components (CPU, RAM make, SSD make, etc.) so it is clearly something Dell does (or doesn't do) that makes the matter worse.
jhasse 8y ago
I have a 9370 and no coil whine at all. (also no problems with WiFi either)

kevinherron 8y ago

4K has got to be marketing driven. The ideal high DPI resolution for a screen of this size would be 3200x1800, allowing an effective resolution of 1600x900 with even 2x integer scaling.

eikenberry 8y ago

I'm curious about the Killer wifi cards as I've never heard of them and I've always had issues with the Intel wifi cards in my Thinkpads. I went so far as to buy USB wifi for those times when the Intel one wouldn't work. Basically I'm saying that when I first saw it I was happy to see it wasn't Intel, but you are saying it's worse? [edit] Oh... and you can get the 16G model without the 4K display. Just select the i7/8G model and upgrade it.

kowdermeister 8y ago

> Also what is the point of 4K on a 13" laptop? Nothing, that's pointless, I have the 1080 version and luckily no coil whine.

tamrix 8y ago

The coil whine is per device not per model. You can get lucky and have no coil whine or unlucky and have it loud af on the same model laptops produced at the same time.

craftyguy 8y ago
I must be incredibly unlucky for having owned several XPS 13 systems over the last 5 years, each with the coil whine.
- mixmastamyk 8y ago
  What exactly is coil whine? Mine makes a light chatter sound when scrolling or animation happens onscreen. Is that the same?
  - craftyguy 8y ago
    Yep, that's it. https://youtube/watch?v=blyswNKEPEY https://youtube/watch?v=blyswNKEPEY
satysin 8y ago
True but it seems that Dell's XPS models seem to suffer from coil whine much more than I have ever experienced with other makes using the same primary components (CPU, RAM make, SSD make, etc.) so it is clearly something Dell does (or doesn't do) that makes the matter worse.

jhasse 8y ago

I have a 9370 and no coil whine at all. (also no problems with WiFi either)