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by Noseshine 3599 days ago
I have some "coil whine" on my XPS 13 ultrabook only when the LED keyboard background light is on. Just another aspect, every laptop is different - maybe even within the exact same product line (I'm sure they don't use the exact same electronic components throughout).

On the overall thread topic: One reason I don't consider a Mac is that I can't (or don't want to) live without a touch screen any more. Yes it's "glare", but I can live with that more easily than not being able to just point at what I want with a finger, or scroll. I rarely use the touchpad.

The XPS 13 is a compromise: At home I'm equipped with 24 and 32 inch displays on a 16 GB RAM PC with SSD, I wanted something as lightweight as possible to carry around. It's heavy enough already - I'm eagerly awaiting 500 gram 17 inch display foldable mobile computers...