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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by jcranberry on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:15AM (#21525012)
I was about to disagree before I realized with my Precision 5520 (analogous to XPS 15) the left hinge is broken and my battery is dead, and they both broke after about a year.

I don't know about the battery but the hinge was certainly a problem with the line in general, since it was a flimsy plastic thing unable to hold the weight of the 4k screen it came with...I'd be a bit surprised if that hasn't been fixed in the around 2.5 years since I bought it though.

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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by jgalentine007 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @11:36AM (#21526021)
My 5520 has been flawless and is also just over 2 years old. I have the 1080p matte screen though. Only other laptop I had that has come as close to nirvana as the 5520 was a Thinkpad T42 and 2012 mbp 15.
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Re:16-inch MacBook Pro by jcranberry on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:28PM (#21526786)
dead battery might have been my fault, I opened up the laptop to take a look at the hinge and may have shorted something...I think I used a screwdriver or metal tool to push in the connections when reassembling
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