Dell Announces New XPS Line-up: Futuristic Design, with Built-in AI

[Chrispy_]

yeah! I was so close to buying a lenovo ideapad or thinkbook I think but so many horror stories w those and too many soldered on components and it's a hell to get into the system to do anything...

chose this because of the upgradability and better specs!! glad I did!

I've bought thousand(s) of them in the past and even though I don't buy in volume like I used to I'm glad they're still sensible options. Most people don't care about how thick or light their laptop is as long as it's not ridiculously thick or heavy. What staff ask about these days when they want advice for a personal purchase is "how many years will it last for" and "how much space does it have" and "how noisy will it be.

Nobody has ever asked me about AI or how thin they want it to be. They either just want the most drop-proof laptop, the most spill-proof laptop, or the laptop with the longest battery life. To keep it on topic, the ultraportable laptop like this XPS is an endangered species because the Surface Pro or Macbook Air are better travel compromises that any other laptops, and even those are at risk of being killed off by iPads which now have full official app support for just about everything most people want an ultraportable laptop for. If someone wants a laptop these days instead of an iPad, then they're probably not in the market for anything ridiculously thin, small, and light with hugely compromised keyboard, audio, screen, and performance.

 

[remixedcat]

I've bought thousand(s) of them in the past and even though I don't buy in volume like I used to I'm glad they're still sensible options. Most people don't care about how thick or light their laptop is as long as it's not ridiculously thick or heavy. What staff ask about these days when they want advice for a personal purchase is "how many years will it last for" and "how much space does it have" and "how noisy will it be.

Nobody has ever asked me about AI or how thin they want it to be. They either just want the most drop-proof laptop, the most spill-proof laptop, or the laptop with the longest battery life. To keep it on topic, the ultraportable laptop like this XPS is an endangered species because the Surface Pro or Macbook Air are better travel compromises that any other laptops, and even those are at risk of being killed off by iPads which now have full official app support for just about everything most people want an ultraportable laptop for. If someone wants a laptop these days instead of an iPad, then they're probably not in the market for anything ridiculously thin, small, and light with hugely compromised keyboard, audio, screen, and performance.

Yeah most go after either inspiron or latitudes... or precisions... but a lot of music producers are going w xps or inspiron

I do like how they are going after the stylish crowd that would go after macs tho... and the added benefit of Linux support...

 

[Minus Infinity]

XPS have gone to shit since about 2016. They used to be great and you could fully customise them including body. I will never buy Dell, HP, Lenoblo, Acer or Microsoft laptops. I think Framework sell in Australia, but don't know much about them or their support.

 

[fibre]

So much for new XPS....since developers edition is not available here, I went with regular XPS 13 couple years ago and I hoped I could upgrade, but without physical F keys and Esc....I will wait until this fad passes.