Dell Unveils Updated XPS 13 with Intel’s 10th Gen Core CPUs and 4K Panel

the only downside for me, as a linux user, is the "killer" wifi. My last brush with this card was not pleasant at all, reminiscent of the mid-2000's era of "not working" and "when it does it randomly drops stuff". But I suppose the card is easily replaceable. (as, I have a precision and it's basically an XPS with ECC, a Xeon and a proper intel wifi card).

Now I have to figure out how to convince my IT dept. to buy me one. :)

Anyway, bought the XPS because of the matte screen, excellent keyboard, and rich interfaces (for a notebook of this size) incl USB-A and SD both of which I use frequently, but these are gone on the newer model. Also not enthusiastic about USB-C as a power connector; had my Samsung smartphone connector wear out within less than a year's time. It's sad because the notebook generally worked very well for me, but with the changes Dell made ceased to stand out. Any recommendations for alternatives (maybe I should finally come around and buy a Thinkpad)?

Just from having around somebody whose work function implies "a duty to extract value" in between the technical decisions, and optimising the product to death, you get products becoming worse with each generation, and not better.

See, a first reduction from ~64Wh to 62Wh might've not been even visible and been a valid "product management" decision, and not impacted the sales.

A second cut from 62 to 56 might've only deterred few power users, and could also be validated from the same standpoint, if evaluated without knowledge of the context.

But the third cut from 56 to 52 will blow up, despite the rest of the product getting the biggest year on year improvement ever.

They always focus on the 13 in these articles, but I always get the 15, which is often a Precision.

I'm somewhat of stickler for fan noise but I hope this implementation doesn't result in being loud

>> equipped with up to 16 GB of soldered-down DRAM

That's enough for me right now but no room for expansion

>> a 52 Wh battery that can enable operation for up to 19 hours on one charge

Hope real-world battery life comes close

>> Dell’s new XPS 13 with quad-core CPUs will be available starting August 27 at $899.99

Quad-core for less than $1K...nice!

(Also, does anyone else find Dell's website incredibly confusing? Really hard to find a specific model on it---bizarre for a company that got its start with mail order.)

1) poor suspend performance (loosing ~20% battery a day)

2) Stupid pageup/down placement. I kept on hitting them when using the arrow keys.

Barring those two issues, they are great machines.

Also not stoked about the new version having a smaller battery than the one I got, especially considering (as a sibling poster mentioned) it loses more than you'd expect while suspended.