- Mar 10, 2006
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Hi all
The TSMC 10nm thread was getting a bit derailed with Dell XPS 13/Broadwell discussions, so I figured I'd start a separate thread to do Q&A (ask me whatever you want about the system).
I have been able to go a full day without needing to recharge, and this is at medium-ish brightness and relatively heavy workload (music in the background + ridiculous amount of tabs + word processing + Excel). Obviously I'm not using it continuously for the full day, but it definitely survives a full workday under these conditions.
I realize this is pretty subjective, so I'll try to log my usage to get an accurate battery life number.
Performance I would say is good for just about everything I do with it. Under extreme stress, it can start to feel a bit sluggish (and my system is configured with 8GB of RAM), though. This is where having a 28W chip or even a quad core system would help immensely. I realize this is also subjective, but under very heavy usage, my Core i3 4130 system with 8GB of memory and an SSD can "feel" a lot faster.
In terms of noise/heat, most of the time it is quiet/silent, but the fan becomes noticable but not irritating (like my old Sony Vaio Pro 13) under the heaviest strain.
All in all, I would say it is a great general purpose laptop. I haven't done too much gaming on it, and I doubt it is a gaming monster, but if there are any games you'd like me to test for playability let me know and I'll run it if I have it.
The processor is a Core i5-5200U, and I'm also willing to run any benchmarks that anyone wants (provided that I have access to it).
Regarding Core M...I don't think I'd want a general purpose laptop with Core M level performance. I definitely want all the performance I can get in a sleek form factor and the XPS 13 is small and sleek enough for me. Anything less and I don't think I'd be happy with it.
The TSMC 10nm thread was getting a bit derailed with Dell XPS 13/Broadwell discussions, so I figured I'd start a separate thread to do Q&A (ask me whatever you want about the system).
I have been able to go a full day without needing to recharge, and this is at medium-ish brightness and relatively heavy workload (music in the background + ridiculous amount of tabs + word processing + Excel). Obviously I'm not using it continuously for the full day, but it definitely survives a full workday under these conditions.
I realize this is pretty subjective, so I'll try to log my usage to get an accurate battery life number.
Performance I would say is good for just about everything I do with it. Under extreme stress, it can start to feel a bit sluggish (and my system is configured with 8GB of RAM), though. This is where having a 28W chip or even a quad core system would help immensely. I realize this is also subjective, but under very heavy usage, my Core i3 4130 system with 8GB of memory and an SSD can "feel" a lot faster.
In terms of noise/heat, most of the time it is quiet/silent, but the fan becomes noticable but not irritating (like my old Sony Vaio Pro 13) under the heaviest strain.
All in all, I would say it is a great general purpose laptop. I haven't done too much gaming on it, and I doubt it is a gaming monster, but if there are any games you'd like me to test for playability let me know and I'll run it if I have it.
The processor is a Core i5-5200U, and I'm also willing to run any benchmarks that anyone wants (provided that I have access to it).
Regarding Core M...I don't think I'd want a general purpose laptop with Core M level performance. I definitely want all the performance I can get in a sleek form factor and the XPS 13 is small and sleek enough for me. Anything less and I don't think I'd be happy with it.
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