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I'm very happy that I bought Dell XPS 13 (aka Sputnik 3) instead of MacBook Air. There were some problems regarding driver support thought... but in the latest

by otar 11y ago

I'm very happy that I bought Dell XPS 13 (aka Sputnik 3) instead of MacBook Air. There were some problems regarding driver support thought... but in the latest Ubuntu 15.04 most of them, maybe even all of them, are gone. I've been using it for almost 1.5 years and can't recommend it higher.

aroman 11y ago
How's the battery life? Durability? Does the computer sleep/wake up when opening/closing the lid (as expected)?
- otar 11y ago
  Note: I have a late 2013 edition, Sputnik 3, there's a newer - 2015 edition which has a much better battery life from what I've read. On average lasts ~7 hours, less if you're watching a video. Yes, sleep/wake up is working as expected. I myself was very impressed when I got the laptop, I didn't expect such beautiful and fine tuned laptop from Dell.
  - kogepathic 11y ago
    I have a Dell E6320 (Core i3-2310M) from 2011 that I'm running Arch on with a 6 cell battery. The laptop can easily go for 6 hours with WiFi on if you're just editing code or managing some servers via SSH. Upgraded to 16GB of RAM and an SSD. The only thing I wish was that the screen was higher resolution than 1366x768, but otherwise it's absolutely fantastic for Linux. The dock works so seamlessly it's amazing.
- Adaptive 11y ago
  On my 2015 XPS 13 I my power will idle (with wifi/bt on and 50% screen brightness) down to under 5W. You can be more agressive with power savings (I run TLP, but in a pretty middle of the road configuration) and get better use out of it. 10 hours is reasonable use for general work, less if you're compiling while watching netflix of course :)
  - giovannibajo1 11y ago
    You really get 10hrs with normal/light usage? A friend of mine got one and doesn't get more than 7 hours with a reasonable light workflow.
    - lion0 11y ago
      I think the difference in time is probably due to FHD vs. touch screen
mct 11y ago
It looks like the new XPS models have a single trackpad soft-button area (as all new laptops seem to). Have you been able to middle click to paste in X with this configuration? Thanks!

by otar 11y ago

aroman 11y ago

How's the battery life? Durability? Does the computer sleep/wake up when opening/closing the lid (as expected)?

otar 11y ago
Note: I have a late 2013 edition, Sputnik 3, there's a newer - 2015 edition which has a much better battery life from what I've read. On average lasts ~7 hours, less if you're watching a video. Yes, sleep/wake up is working as expected. I myself was very impressed when I got the laptop, I didn't expect such beautiful and fine tuned laptop from Dell.
- kogepathic 11y ago
  I have a Dell E6320 (Core i3-2310M) from 2011 that I'm running Arch on with a 6 cell battery. The laptop can easily go for 6 hours with WiFi on if you're just editing code or managing some servers via SSH. Upgraded to 16GB of RAM and an SSD. The only thing I wish was that the screen was higher resolution than 1366x768, but otherwise it's absolutely fantastic for Linux. The dock works so seamlessly it's amazing.
Adaptive 11y ago
On my 2015 XPS 13 I my power will idle (with wifi/bt on and 50% screen brightness) down to under 5W. You can be more agressive with power savings (I run TLP, but in a pretty middle of the road configuration) and get better use out of it. 10 hours is reasonable use for general work, less if you're compiling while watching netflix of course :)
- giovannibajo1 11y ago
  You really get 10hrs with normal/light usage? A friend of mine got one and doesn't get more than 7 hours with a reasonable light workflow.
  - lion0 11y ago
    I think the difference in time is probably due to FHD vs. touch screen

mct 11y ago

It looks like the new XPS models have a single trackpad soft-button area (as all new laptops seem to). Have you been able to middle click to paste in X with this configuration? Thanks!