Dell XPS 13 Review

Re:Dell XPS 13 Review by tdicola on Thursday February 19, 2015 @07:14PM (#9078109)

Any idea what battery life might look like on the Linux version? Really hoping it can get near the 10+ hours of the Windows version.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review by wldlyinaccurate on Friday February 20, 2015 @03:36AM (#9079533)

I have the 2014 XPS developer edition and can get 10 hours with modest screen brightness. I get even more if I use a minimal WM like i3.

I find the two things that can really eat up the battery are screen brightness and having a poor Wi-Fi connection.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review by mdellabitta on Friday February 20, 2015 @11:47AM (#9081240)

Try running Powertop and check out the tunables pane. You might even be able to reap some additional battery life.

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Re:Dell XPS 13 Review by chambo622 on Friday February 20, 2015 @12:23AM (#9079077)

There will probably be some hit, but probably not terrible.

I have the Ivy Bridge version; I probably get 4 hours running Ubuntu and perhaps just under 5 with Windows; this is not scientific though. I really should measure it.

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