Dell XPS 13 Laptop - i5 (7200u), 8+250 GB, Non-touch $750 (Micro Center Store Only)
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Simple premise.
For years, the CPUs in Ultrabooks have been dual core, with incremental improvements in speed and battery life. I have a Haswell based Intel Core i5-4200U 2.6 GHz XPS 13...
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That’s all well and good, but I don’t want to pay $100 extra for a 8G as I’ll see no better performance. I understand more power users will.
I looked on Dell, but there is nothing close to $750...
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"When we ran our spreadsheet macro test, using OpenOffice Calc, a spreadsheet application that can only use a single thread, the new XPS 13 finished in 3 minutes and 9 seconds which is 20 seconds...
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Is this deal good or not?! I am confused
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Open box-complete for $600 in Columbus, OH.
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The difference is substantial in benchmarks. The difference in normal use cases is not. Do you work on heavy tasks a lot? (Video editing, massive Excel sheets, multiple VMs, etc). If you're just...
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In for the open box!
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The difference is substantial and the SSD can easily be replaced:
Benchmarked: Dell XPS 13 with 8th Gen Core CPU is 60 Percent Faster Than Predecessor
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For those that missed out on the MS Store deal, this is similar spec. Differences are: previous gen uP, non-touch (which some may consider a benefit), larger SDD.
Only for those with Micro Center...
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Grabbed a perfect "open box" for $675 plus tax here in SoCal. Happy camper!
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Serious question here - please provide link for XPS 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and an i5 for less than $750. RAM and SSD size are must have. 8G uP would be nice but not must have for me.
Ican’t find any...
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My final post in this thread (others feel free to fire away).
Here was laptopmag's conclusion from (October 20, 2017), which I concur with:
The Bottom Line
Even though 8th-Gen Core...
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The test you referenced was measured in respect to a *single* thread, which was never my contention :wave2:.
Perhaps the following might be more compelling from the same article based on...
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Why is the dell xps so expensive compared to other similar laptops (other brands, or even the inspiron)?
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Great laptop
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Agreed, but as usual it's a trade-off. This config has a 256GB SSD whereas the FP MS Store deal had only 128GB. Many users wouldn't see the performance improvement from the new quad core but would...
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Huge performance bump from the new 8 series U processors though
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W a 20% coupon at dell outlet I was able to snag an i7 8550u 8GB 256GB SSD xps 13 scratch and dent for $750
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Sorry, the quad-core processor *is* significant in an ultra book. Finally see a legitimate reason to possibly upgrade my 4th Gen based XPS 13.
Dell XPS 13 (2017) Review
Dell has upgraded its...
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Did you actually read the article? Like simple Excel macro tests?
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There is a significant performance step from 7th to 8th Gen i5's - no one is arguing otherwise. A processor-intensive task that took 15 seconds to perform with 7th Gen may take only 10 seconds to...
