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Re:Ask HN: Is Dell XPS Developer Edition a Good Replacement ... by toyg on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:45PM (#12821022)
> so does OS X if you can replace the wifi card

Please tell us more! What card am I supposed to replace it with, and is it anything involving soldering or just sockets and switches?

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Re:Ask HN: Is Dell XPS Developer Edition a Good Replacement ... by snerbles on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:16PM (#12821237)
If it's anything like the 9343 model from 2015, a T5 Torx driver and a wedge tool can pop it open. I swapped the Broadcom card for an Intel 7620 in mine.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell+XPS+13+Teardown/36157

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Re:Ask HN: Is Dell XPS Developer Edition a Good Replacement ... by kichik on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:25PM (#12821299)
+1 on this. If you get the Broadcom card in your Dell, replace it ASAP. It can cause so many issues but it's really easy to replace. Costs around $40 including the torx driver and takes under 10 minutes.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Dell XPS Developer Edition a Good Replacement ... by zeusk on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:00AM (#12822813)
The broadcomm DW1560 is the currently recommended card.

There are numerous guides on replacing the wifi card in the dell, ifixit has guides. And because this isn't apple, the laptop has a upgrade/repair/owner's manual (online).

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Re:Ask HN: Is Dell XPS Developer Edition a Good Replacement ... by th0br0 on Friday October 28, 2016 @05:49PM (#12821048)
The WiFi card is a simple mPCIe card. You can just switch that out.
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