[HN Gopher] Dell XPS laptop gets a 2024 overhaul with XPS 13, XP...
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       Dell XPS laptop gets a 2024 overhaul with XPS 13, XPS 14, and XPS
       16 laptops
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-01-08 22:15 UTC (45 minutes ago)
        
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       | whatever1 wrote:
       | Why they cannot add the fancy touch bar ABOVE the F-key row? Why
       | does it have to replace the f keys? It's what apple did and
       | pissed off everyone.
        
         | smoldesu wrote:
         | Yep. Lenovo did this with the Thinkpad Carbon X1 and abandoned
         | it veeeery early on. I liked the design philosophy of the XPS
         | Plus last year, but I'd wager their capacitive function row is
         | headed for the exit.
        
         | karmakaze wrote:
         | Yup, that's a non-starter for me.
         | 
         | I didn't even notice at first. I was glad to see they all have
         | 16:10 screens and sad to see low usability up/down arrow keys
         | popularized by Apple (making it inverted-T shaped helps
         | marginally even when small).
         | 
         | The other thing they got right (IMO) is _not_ including a
         | number pad on the 16 " which seems common with larger screens
         | and a discrete GPU.
        
         | wtallis wrote:
         | I'm not sure if Dell ever officially stated, but it seems like
         | their touch bar exists mainly to free up space for bigger
         | heatsinks without making the machine thicker or moving the
         | keyboard down, not for the sake of usability. The lack of
         | concern for usability is apparent in several other design
         | choices.
        
       | jszymborski wrote:
       | I bought a Dell XPS about 4 years ago, and having used them for
       | work I was excited to get one for myself.
       | 
       | A few years later (I think 2 years), the battery failed to hold
       | any charge whatsoever. When I called support to _buy_ (with
       | money!) a new battery pack, they told me that it was impossible,
       | that they no longer held them in stock.
       | 
       | I will never buy another Dell Laptop again. Have been more than
       | pleased with my Thinkpad T495, and will be buying a Framework
       | laptop after this one dies.
        
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