Dell XPS 15 9500

[stefanovazzocell]

I'm a bit conflicted. Currently I'm using a very old Lenovo X201 as my main machine running a linux distro and I'm using an old surface pro 4 with windows for school work + casual gaming during the holidays and I've been planning for a while to upgrade to a single Dell XPS 13 (+egpu) or a Dell XPS 15 running linux; given COVID and all I've settled for "I can get the 15' model since I won't use it around a lot".

I'm at the point where I'm pushing my X201 and the Pro 4 at their limits and I've been looking at getting the newest XPS 15 (new Dell XPS 15 9500 - bloody naming) but I noticed that they've recently released the XPS 13 with Tiger Lake and I'm now wondering if I should wait for a XPS 15 refresh...

What do folks here think: should I get an XPS 15 now or wait a bit for a refreshed model with newer processors?

I'm not sure if the jump from 10th to 11th gen is worth the wait and I'm not even sure how long the wait is...

[Slottr]

What do you do with your system?

 

XPS systems are good, but their quality control is weak.

 

-An XPS owner

[stefanovazzocell]

Lots of web browsing including some video-calls/meetings

Coding

 

Sometimes I might also do:

some casual gaming (Factorio/Satisfactory/Subnautica/..)

watch movies

run a VM

 

Currently mostly using it for school (university) but during the summer or when I'll graduate then it becomes more of a coding/entertainment machine

 

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Slottr (or anyone else with an xps) - any experience running linux on it?

[Slottr]

14 minutes ago, stefanovazzocell said:

 

It'll probably be fine. Speakers aren't the best thing in the world, but the keyboard is fairly decent and so is the screen. Plus battery life is long

 

I run Ubuntu on my XPS, I've never bumped into any driver errors or anything. I do lots of programming across the board- outside of iOS stuff.