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I've been given this laptop at work, I use it with Ubuntu. It's an amazing machine. Perfect under every aspect. Way better than the XPS13. It's really, really
by znpy 6y ago
I've been given this laptop at work, I use it with Ubuntu.
It's an amazing machine. Perfect under every aspect. Way better than the XPS13.
It's really, really remarkable. It's thin yet it has ALL the ports you might wish for in a modern laptop, 2xUSB type A, USB-c/Thunderbolt, HDMI, Ethernet, regular power plug, audio jack, sim card, micro-sd.
I'm glad it only has the intel integrated video card so I don't have to deal with proprietary drivers. The only downside is that the fingerprint reader isn't recognized and doesn't seem to be supported under gnu/linux.
Otherwise it would be 100% supported.
Wifi, bluetooth and camera all work out of the box. There's an IR camera, but I haven't tested it.
Had it had the trackpoint, I would have declared the TinkPad definitively dead and would have switched my personal laptop to this exact dell model (I currently use a ThinkPad T440 for personal stuff).
Mine came with a 4c/8t i7, 16 gb ram and a 512gb nvme disk.
It's really, really a remarkable small but capable machine.
- m-p-3 6y ago> I'm glad it only has the intel integrated video card so I don't have to deal with proprietary drivers. I'm not sure if there is a model with an AMD GPU, if there was I'd go with that.
- znpy 6y agoI don't know. But I can tell that intel cpu + intel graphics are a dream for gnu+linux compatibility.
- gigatexal 6y agobetter than the xps13 dev aka ubuntu edition?
- tbrock 6y agoHah yeah, it’s probably any thinkpad. The X1 carbon is such a better built machine that there isn’t even a comparison. The XPS13 looks good but feels cheap, also good luck getting service from dell if anything breaks.
- ZuLuuuuuu 6y agoOne thing I can't find in any other laptop other than XPS 13 and X1 Carbon is the smooth glass touchpad. I almost never use mouse with my XPS 13 and it became a habit. But unfortunately I haven't seen any other laptops having glass touchpads other than XPS 13 and X1 Carbon.
- tbrock 6y agoWell and a MacBook of course.
- nix23 6y agoGood luck upgrading your X1 Ram ;)
- znpy 6y agoyes. more ports, removable disk and ram. bigger battery. better screen. pretty much the same weight.
- broknbottle 6y agoI have the XPS 13 9360 which I believe was released around the same time as the notebook mentioned in the article. Mine has i5-8250u, 8GB RAM, 1TB Intel 660p NVMe, Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6/BT 5.0 card, 1080P matte display, 2xUSB 3.0 Type-A ports, 1xUSB-C/TB3 port, SD card slot, and a Headphone jack. I don't believe the RAM can be upgraded but the storage and the wireless card definitely can as mine originally came with a 128GB M.2 SSD and a shit Killer Wi-Fi card.
- znpy 6y agoeh, that's the point: the xps 13 costs more and gives you less. for the same money you could have bought a latitude that you could upgrade if you need to.
- vxNsr 6y agoThe 7xxx latitude line def costs more than the xps line. At least that's been my exp browsing the site. but the value is worth it, you get a more serviceable machine that comes with a better std warranty.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> regular power plug What's a 'regular' power plug? I thought these weren't standardised beyond USB-C?
- cesarb 6y agoIt's the traditional barrel power plug. It might not be standardized outside Dell, but it's standardized within Dell: the same power supply can be used for a long list of Dell laptop models (there are two power supply capacities, 65W and 90W; the list of compatible models for the 90W power supply I found at Dell's site has nearly 250 compatible laptop models).
- bxparks 6y agoDell now seems to use 2 types of barrel connectors, the older ones are 7.4mm and the newer ones are 4.5mm, usually for the thinner (e.g. XPS, Precision 55xx) laptops. Fortunately, you can get 4.5mm-to-7.4mm converter dongles and velcro them to the older power cords. As a side note, Dell power supplies also come in flavors of 130W, 180W and 230W. The 230W power brick is a monster.
- kilolima 6y agoMy 7390 is compatible with the power adapter from a circa 2008 Vostro 14! Threw that laptop away a long time ago but still have the power adapter. And because of this compatibility, generic or replacement Dell power adapters are cheap on EBay. The same is also true for replacement batteries.
- combatentropy 6y agoDoes anyone prefer a barrel plug over USB-C? I've owned many laptops, and the barrel plug on every one got loose over time. Sometimes slight, and power continued; but other times it was enough to require delicate jiggling to keep the power flowing; once or twice an accident was catastrophic, the plug and even the surrounding frame was damaged. It's why I won't buy a Dell laptop, now that the other brands offer USB-C.
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- earthscienceman 6y agoIt sounds to me like you just described the t480s, I'm having a hard time imagining why I would choose the Dell over the Thinkpad. How is the screen on the dell? The T480s is still a killer daily driver. Is the Dell as serviceable as a thinkpad? Easy disassembly?
- cesarb 6y ago> Is the Dell as serviceable as a thinkpad? Easy disassembly? You can check it for yourself, every Dell model has the full repair instructions posted somewhere on the Dell site (go to the Support page, select the model, and open the manuals tab). For instance, https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/latitude-13-7390-laptop_owners-manual4_en-us.pdf https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/latitude-13-7390-laptop_owne... is the one for the Dell Latitude 7390. I always check these guides before buying a laptop, to make sure I'm not getting something like non-replaceable RAM.
- young_unixer 6y agoThe Dell doesn't have that obnoxious Thinkpad logo.
- fetbaffe 6y agoTalking about Killer, that is the worst Wi-Fi adapter I have ever used, surprisingly used in Dell XPS.
- barbs 6y agoWhy was it so bad?
- brendoelfrendo 6y agoMy work laptop is a 7490, and it's great. Dell really blew it out of the water with this model. Also: I appreciate that it comes with a "regular" power plug, but mine also supports charging over USB-C. I think more laptops should give that option.
- sneak 6y ago> Perfect under every aspect. The display is 1920x1080 and 167ppi. 4k content is common now, as are vector fonts. I feel like to be called “perfect” a laptop display should be at least 200ppi, and at least 1500 pixels tall. Historically “PC” display standards seem to be closer to 2000 than 2020.
- vxNsr 6y agoA 13" screen is too small for 4K resolution without a dGPU, scaling still kinda sucks for most apps that don't have a lot of support/development.
- sneak 6y agoThe 12” Macbook shipped several years ago with integrated Intel GPU (fanless!) and a 12” 2304x1440, 226ppi display. It’s a bit slow, but it is a workable display. I recently got Gentoo running on mine. The fact that PC graphics software is still stuck in the 90s isn’t a good reason to ship low res displays.
- vxNsr 6y agoUnfortunately dell doesn't sell this model anymore, they've replaced it with the Latitude 7300 which is basically the same laptop except they removed the eth port for no real reason as the dimensions aren't discernibly different. Kinda frustrating, especially bec it means that if someone wants to logon to the domain for the first time you need to give them an eth adapter.