[PLUG-TALK] Considering a Dell XPS 13 Developer edition

[Chris Schafer]

They have them at the UofO book store running windows.  Hardware looks and
feels great.  Would recommend the low res version for battery life.  I
think my preference is the bigger model as I don't really want the shrunken
screen.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> My newly acquired system 76 seems to work fine, but:  It arrived with the
> bold 3/4" high label on the top spelling "ystem 76".  They offered to
> replace the lid to get the writing correct.  I declined, but did not tell
> them that I thought my machine advertises their attention to detail.  I saw
> that three of the USB connectors have blue insulation, one black.  The
> specs I bought to stated two USB2 and two USB3.  Now the specs say one  and
> three.  No manual.  No description of the meaning of the various icons on
> the keys and labeling the lights.  I guess they do not expect customers to
> be first-time laptop buyers.
>
> I hope they paid more attention to the inside of this thing than they did
> to the little annoyances.  Within the first two days I had two lock-ups,
> but nothing since.
>
> -Denis
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Michael Rasmussen <michael at jamhome.us>
> wrote:
>
>> And the web page has no ordering or pricing information. What is that all
>> about? (rhetorical)
>>
>> I think they just saved me from my own impulsiveness.
>>
>> Let the praising of System76 and ThinkPads commence.
>>
>> --
>>       Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
>>     Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity
>> Don't practice until you get it right.
>> Practice until you can't get it wrong.
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