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by chintan 2319 days ago
This is true!

I have completed replaced my 2015 MBP with this Dell XPS13 DE and been exclusively it using since Dec. I had also ordered a MBP 16 inch and System 76 to do a comparative evaluation for our entire company.

I haven't tweaked anything from the default setup with came with.

What is great about the machine:

* The display resolution on a 4K monitor screen just beats MBP (with a scaling factor) - my MBP colleagues are jealous of the resolution I get. The ubuntu font looks nice and crisp!

* The hardware/build quality is just strong - it is compact

* Very light 2.6lb (MBP 16 is almost 4.3lb/2kg!)

* Keyboard feels great and sturdy (even compared to the new MBP 16)

All the below work out of box:

* Airpod/bluetooth devices just works

* Zoom meetings

* Wifi switching / Personal hotspot while traveling

* Sleep/awake

What is not so good:

* Trackpad really sucks compared to MBPs - it took me few weeks to get used to it.

* For work requiring windows VPN client etc I have to use a VirtualBox

* At one point my zoom meeting and entire computer froze. Never had this with MBP for past 5 years.

* Battery is not as good as MBP.

* The screen size is small even compared to MBP 13inch to work for long hours.

1 comments

Out of curiosity, are you using Gnome on Wayland or X? When I switched to Wayland it was a revelation. My mousepad performance improved _dramatically_.