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Re:Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has y... by zdragnar on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:50AM (#19698446)
My experience with the XPS 13 has been pretty meh. Most things work reasonably well, except for using USB-C for an external monitor and the keyboard isn't holding up as well as I'd like. My biggest gripe is the wireless- there's a room in my house where every other laptop gets plenty sufficient signal (mb air, chromebook, windows) BUT the xps gets such a weak signal it's almost impossible to browse the internet.

If I wasn't worried about bricking it and all the config tweaks needed to get things like sleep and power management to work, I'd throw linux on the air and call it a day.

Re:Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has y... by veesahni on Friday April 19, 2019 @08:12AM (#19698873)
Recent XPS models use a "killer" branded wireless card that's soldered to the motherboard. I suspect things would be better if you could use an Intel card (as is used on most other premium laptops)