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I have had two Dells. One of them bloated like a balloon after a few months, and the other one overheated all the time. I have worked with other powerful lapt

by mkl95 4y ago

I have had two Dells. One of them bloated like a balloon after a few months, and the other one overheated all the time. I have worked with other powerful laptops and none of them had those issues, which points at Dell not caring too much about quality. I'm not saying this laptop sucks, but I'd wait for a while before buying it.

TobbenTM 4y ago
Dell's have so many issues that make me hesitant to ever get one again. Ranging from warranty being voided for placing them in a bag: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28639952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28639952 To having to _buy_ access to drivers; Dell support told me I had to pay to get access to the Windows 7 drivers of a Dell laptop I explicitly bought because of the Windows 7 compatibility.
winternett 4y ago
My XPS 15 got a faulty HDMI port suddenly after a forced Windows 11 update. It caused permanent problems for my HDTV as well that I had it plugged into. The battery went bad after 2 years, and it is running hot regularly. Right now I just will use it to stream videos until it dies. Most of the Dell computers I've purchased in the past 8 years have had major issues just after purchase which conveniently occur just after warranty expires. I got an R13 earlier this year prior to my laptop failures, it's still sitting its box unused for when my 8300 fails. My previous non-ssd XPS 16 still runs, after 10 years. That's the reason why I once was loyal to the brand.
gentleman11 4y ago
I have the same swelling issue. I had to order an expensive screw kit to get the fire hazard battery out. Their machines aren’t just bad, they’re dangerous
- Symbiote 4y ago
  My company has about 40 laptops, roughly 50-50 Mac and PC. In the last 3 years or so we've had two Mac batteries swell up and one PC one. We've had one Mac battery no longer hold charge (but not swell), and 3 PC ones. (Doesn't the XPS have normal crosshead screws? My fairly old one does.)
  - gentleman11 4y ago
    T5 or some sort, I needed to order a kit to find it. Nowhere in my city sells the screw drivers, I spent weeks looking
    - Symbiote 4y ago
      Apologies, you are correct. I didn't notice the problem since I have a set of Torx screwdrivers at home and another at work. They're fairly common in some European countries. Here's sets for sale in the UK[1] and Denmark[2], just the first I found. There are larger (T20?) Torx screws in my apartment in very boring places. [1] https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/halfords-advanced-precision-torx-screwdriver-set-926428.html https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/hal... [2] https://www.biltema.dk/en-dk/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers/precision-screwdrivers/precision-screwdriver-set-7-parts-2000041293 https://www.biltema.dk/en-dk/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers/p...

by mkl95 4y ago

TobbenTM 4y ago

Dell's have so many issues that make me hesitant to ever get one again. Ranging from warranty being voided for placing them in a bag: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28639952 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28639952 To having to _buy_ access to drivers; Dell support told me I had to pay to get access to the Windows 7 drivers of a Dell laptop I explicitly bought because of the Windows 7 compatibility.

winternett 4y ago

My XPS 15 got a faulty HDMI port suddenly after a forced Windows 11 update. It caused permanent problems for my HDTV as well that I had it plugged into. The battery went bad after 2 years, and it is running hot regularly. Right now I just will use it to stream videos until it dies. Most of the Dell computers I've purchased in the past 8 years have had major issues just after purchase which conveniently occur just after warranty expires. I got an R13 earlier this year prior to my laptop failures, it's still sitting its box unused for when my 8300 fails. My previous non-ssd XPS 16 still runs, after 10 years. That's the reason why I once was loyal to the brand.

gentleman11 4y ago

I have the same swelling issue. I had to order an expensive screw kit to get the fire hazard battery out. Their machines aren’t just bad, they’re dangerous

Symbiote 4y ago
My company has about 40 laptops, roughly 50-50 Mac and PC. In the last 3 years or so we've had two Mac batteries swell up and one PC one. We've had one Mac battery no longer hold charge (but not swell), and 3 PC ones. (Doesn't the XPS have normal crosshead screws? My fairly old one does.)
- gentleman11 4y ago
  T5 or some sort, I needed to order a kit to find it. Nowhere in my city sells the screw drivers, I spent weeks looking
  - Symbiote 4y ago
    Apologies, you are correct. I didn't notice the problem since I have a set of Torx screwdrivers at home and another at work. They're fairly common in some European countries. Here's sets for sale in the UK[1] and Denmark[2], just the first I found. There are larger (T20?) Torx screws in my apartment in very boring places. [1] https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/halfords-advanced-precision-torx-screwdriver-set-926428.html https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/all-hand-tools/hal... [2] https://www.biltema.dk/en-dk/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers/precision-screwdrivers/precision-screwdriver-set-7-parts-2000041293 https://www.biltema.dk/en-dk/tools/hand-tools/screwdrivers/p...