Dell XPS 12 Convertible Ultrabook Tablet -Refurbished-$831 + tax FS

Quote from Joe1199 : picking mine up tonight at the fedex location since i missed delivery yesterday. cant wait

Picked up mine last night from the warehouse.

It does not come in retail packaging but does look like new. I've played around a bit and love it so far.

Quote from samsingla : Picked up mine last night from the warehouse. It does not come in retail packaging but does look like new. I've played around a bit and love it so far.

just got it and playing around. have you upgraded it to pro? Im trying to figure out how to dot it

Quote from Bitech : My package arrived at a Fedex location an hour away from my location at 4 a.m. this morning (estimate delivery date is today) and arrived just a minute ago. Unfortunately I have 2 exams this week to study for so I can't distract myself with this sexy device. Can this still be returned if I tamper with the OS and recovery partitions (delete them and install my pro version of windows 8)?

pardon my ignorance, but cant you just run upgrade software instead of fresh install?

Quote from Joe1199 : just got it and playing around. have you upgraded it to pro? Im trying to figure out how to dot it

well I found the add feature brought to the upgrade page; however the promo code from the windows 8 upgrade for 14.99 does not work, it is not eligible. does anyone know a work around?

Quote from Joe1199 : just got it and playing around. have you upgraded it to pro? Im trying to figure out how to dot it

I did and then I realized that my key is licensed for only one machine (I already installed it on my other laptop).So I had to reinstall the home edition using the recovery partition. Since I got this laptop for personal use and won't really need to connect to a domain, I'll just stick to home edition. I don't care much for bit locker either.

Got mine. Mine is having really bad WiFi issues and losses of signal/ not connecting etc. Been with dell support over an hour, looks like the WiFi card needs to be replaced and a technician will call me to schedule a time to replace it within 48 hours.

Not liking it so far.

Good prices but Yoga 13 is the king of Windows 8

Quote from SlickDealJosh : Good prices but Yoga 13 is the king of Windows 8

Not really. The Yoga is a larger device, and lower resolution screen. Also lower screen brightness.


The bigger issue is the Yoga only has one memory chip giving it a single-channel DDR interface, effectively neutering the Intel Core processor.

The XPS 12 has a full dual-channel DDR interface. It may be soldered in, but it leads to a lot faster of a device.

Quote from SlickDealJosh : Good prices but Yoga 13 is the king of Windows 8

No the Surface Pro is

I think all Win ultrabooks suck right now.
It has been months that I am waiting and no one was able to come up with a full HD crisp bright touch screen with decent battery life and keyboard layout (not like Zenbook). One messes up the ergonomics, the other makes it too heavy, most have poor battery, and almost none are 1080p, which is one the laptop market for +3 years. I don't know what these guys are waiting for (may be for Apple to dominate the market again) but they either need to fire their CTOs or should join forces and make a solid device. I don't want too much: 3rd gen i5, +6GB 1600MHz RAM, 13" 1080p clear touch screen, 128GB SSD. They can't tell me now the battery life is hard to achieve with 1080p touch, cmon there's a small SSD and power saver 3rd gen i5 there, eliminating the need for an external GPU. Or screw battery life too, just somebody build my humble/decent/reasonable laptop. I have no idea what those Asian companies and Dell will do when Apple comes with retina full HD touch, may god help'em as Apple stores are already flooding with ppl. Even I will go Apple by then..

Quote from atpdefiler : I think all Win ultrabooks suck right now. It has been months that I am waiting and no one was able to come up with a full HD crisp bright touch screen with decent battery life and keyboard layout (not like Zenbook). One messes up the ergonomics, the other makes it too heavy, most have poor battery, and almost none are 1080p, which is one the laptop market for +3 years. I don't know what these guys are waiting for (may be for Apple to dominate the market again) but they either need to fire their CTOs or should join forces and make a solid device. I don't want too much: 3rd gen i5, +6GB 1600MHz RAM, 13" 1080p clear touch screen, 128GB SSD. They can't tell me now the battery life is hard to achieve with 1080p touch, cmon there's a small SSD and power saver 3rd gen i5 there, eliminating the need for an external GPU. Or screw battery life too, just somebody build my humble/decent/reasonable laptop. I have no idea what those Asian companies and Dell will do when Apple comes with retina full HD touch, may god help'em as Apple stores are already flooding with ppl. Even I will go Apple by then..

Yeah, fire the CTO's and the cannons too!

Quote from Joe1199 : well I found the add feature brought to the upgrade page; however the promo code from the windows 8 upgrade for 14.99 does not work, it is not eligible. does anyone know a work around?

For anyone planning on upgrading this to windows pro. I had to chat with microsoft support and then remotely took control of computer in order to get the promo price to work.

Quote from atpdefiler : 3rd gen i5, +6GB 1600MHz RAM, 13" 1080p clear touch screen, 128GB SSD. They can't tell me now the battery life is hard to achieve with 1080p touch, cmon there's a small SSD and power saver 3rd gen i5 there, eliminating the need for an external GPU.

Have you even played with this thing at BestBuy????

It has everything on your list. Core i5, 8GB Ram, 12.5" screen, 1080P, 128GB SSD.

Battery life is 5-6 hours on real use, or 9 on idle. Realistically, that's plenty fine for daily use.


/me thinks we have a troll

Quote from atpdefiler : I have no idea what those Asian companies and Dell will do when Apple comes with retina full HD touch, may god help'em as Apple stores are already flooding with ppl. Even I will go Apple by then..

Ah, there we are. You did come in to troll.

If Apple comes out with something like this, it will be $2000. Of course, they won't, because it would cannibalize iPad sales.

Did everyone got theirs yet? If so, how is it? I am having many issues on mine and am wondering if it is a bad unit that needs to be replaced or is it all of them having issues.

Wifi Issues - lost/no connectivity or stuck on limited.
Screen brightness issues ( i set it to max and it is only gets half way of the brightness)
Trackpad issues (unresponsive at times and does not register some clicks).

Updated bios/drivers no luck. Been with dell support for hours and already had to do a system restore and no luck.