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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by geerlingguy on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:09PM (#17314465)
I'm amazed nobody else has matched Apple's glass touch input devices. Luckily the external Magic Trackpad works pretty well with the XPS 13.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by sbr464 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:13PM (#17314496)
I think it’s because Apple has the patent on glass on metal trackpads

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cultofmac.com/210380/apple-...

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by bhauer on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:58PM (#17314841)
Interesting. The Surface products (e.g., the Surface Book) use glass on metal.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by sbr464 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:13PM (#17314959)
Maybe they licensed the tech or used a plexiglass? Not a lawyer, but was curious myself why it wasn’t used more so had just googled about it.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by mrkstu on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:12PM (#17315412)
Microsoft and Apple have a comprehensive cross-licensing agreement, so that would make sense.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by deltron3030 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:50PM (#17314787)
Razer comes close in feel.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by seanp2k2 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:09PM (#17314923)
Do they come close in build quality though? I’m legit curious; I haven’t used a Razer laptop in years, but the last one I played with wasn’t super impressive in that regard.
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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by kelnos on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:43PM (#17315672)
I have a late-2016 Blade Stealth, and the build quality is... just ok. The keyboard (coming from a MacBook Air) took some getting used to. The battery is crap and has swelled up and warped the chassis. Heat has destroyed the adhesisve on the front rubber foot, which has fallen off. The screen has a bezel that might even be larger than the MacBook Air, which is lame.

The touchpad is really good, though.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user by deltron3030 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @04:58PM (#17315291)
They did change the design and hid the buttons, and use the win precision drivers now.
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