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Re:We Need a Better PC by tluyben2 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:22AM (#11116215)
Worthless battery life for such costly machines. I would've bought the XPS 13 with Ubuntu otherwise.

Edit: I read reviews like this http://www.iretron.com/blog/posts/dell-xps-13-is-a-major-dis... cannot find the other ones though. It is better than I remember; I thought it was worse. Still; 6 hours is not really usable in my book.

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Re:We Need a Better PC by Zarel on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:36AM (#11116266)
I googled around and found this:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/dell-xps-13-2015-review-batter...

which gives a rated battery life of 18 hours and a real-world use battery life of 9-10 hours

http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/dell-xps-13-battery-life-f...

This article suggests a battery life of 12 hours.

What kind of battery life are you expecting?

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Re:We Need a Better PC by tluyben2 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:01AM (#11116372)
Ah my bad; I read somewhere it was much much less. Maybe that's outdated information. But when people say 9 hours, basically I get 3-4 out of them... Usually.
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Re:We Need a Better PC by wyclif on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @06:48AM (#11117174)
What are you doing, compiling a kernel or rendering graphics?
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Re:We Need a Better PC by TallGuyShort on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @10:18AM (#11118353)
Probably not an atypical use case on here :)
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Re:We Need a Better PC by scholia on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @07:11AM (#11117268)
It depends a lot on screen brightness and the power settings. The XPS13 has a bright screen....
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Re:We Need a Better PC by silasdavis on Thursday February 18, 2016 @02:28PM (#11128553)
I probably get 6 hours on arch Linux full back light. Battery life seems better on Windows (my friend's machine)
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Re:We Need a Better PC by spronkey on Thursday February 18, 2016 @03:06AM (#11124377)
Just one more thing to add to the list of things Apple do well - quote realistic battery life figures.
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Re:We Need a Better PC by jbk on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:43AM (#11116293)
My XPS 13 on Debian lasts around 8 to 10 hours without difficulties for long trips.
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Re:We Need a Better PC by snerbles on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @10:48AM (#11118586)
Is this with Jessie on the XPS 13 9343? I'm only getting around 6 hours on mine.
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Re:We Need a Better PC by jbk on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:57PM (#11121327)
No. Sid
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Re:We Need a Better PC by Rudism on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @11:38AM (#11119048)
My XPS 13 with Arch Linux lasts 10+ hours of continuous use on a single charge. Mine is the non-HD non-touch model though. I suspect the model with the beefier resolution and touch screen wouldn't do as well.
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