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Anyone go from a big, reasonably powerful desktop to just a reasonably powerful laptop? (With a docking station for times when I want my current dual screens).
I've never been into video and my days of mass exports for events are behind me. That said the i7 in the system I'm looking at is a workstation laptop processor and not an ultra lite processor. I looked at and considered the XPS 13, but the XPS 15 has upgrade options many systems don't.I've got a Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop (i7-1065G7 8 cores up to 3.9 GHz, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) and a Dell Precision workstation (i7 8 cores, 32GB RAM, lots of hard drives). Compared to the desktop, I find the the laptop really struggles at heavy workloads (processing 5.7k 360 video) as the fans try to shed heat as quickly as possible. And the laptop fans ramp up whenever I do any video editing.
So if you do any video, keep that in mind.
Anyone go from a big, reasonably powerful desktop to just a reasonably powerful laptop? (With a docking station for times when I want my current dual screens).
Size does matter to me and I like the 16 x 10 ratio.I run a Dell G5 gaming laptop, I7 9th gen, upgraded it this spring with 32 GB ram and 1 TB system and 2 TB SSD storage. It came with a 100 GB storage disc and that was not sufficent, the rest was mostly for good measure and "future proofing".
Was looking at the XPS models when I bought it, but found that I got more bangs for the bucks with the G5 and the physical size of it was less important than the internals, as I dont habitually carry it around much. It is a bit on the chunky side of things.
I'd be curious about heat management in that XPS15. In my XPS13, I'm hitting thermal limits if my CPU is maxed out too long.I've never been into video and my days of mass exports for events are behind me. That said the i7 in the system I'm looking at is a workstation laptop processor and not an ultra lite processor. I looked at and considered the XPS 13, but the XPS 15 has upgrade options many systems don't.
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I just looked on the Dell site out of curiosity to see what the current models are and all of the XPS screen shots are showing pg up/down combo keys instead of being dedicated. On the current 13 the arrow keys aren't even in the T layout. I really do like the XPS line but will likely end up switching to a more 'corporate' level machine when I upgrade just to get a better keyboard. Poking around some other sites it looks like most laptop these days are coming with the layout like below.I cannot speak for other models, but my XPS 13 9380 has the page up and down keys. The combination you described adjusts the screen brightness.
A bit different, but mine does have dedicated pg up and downI just looked on the Dell site out of curiosity to see what the current models are and all of the XPS screen shots are showing pg up/down combo keys instead of being dedicated. On the current 13 the arrow keys aren't even in the T layout. I really do like the XPS line but will likely end up switching to a more 'corporate' level machine when I upgrade just to get a better keyboard. Poking around some other sites it looks like most laptop these days are coming with the layout like below.
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Aaaarrggh. Dell... from hell's heart, I stab at thee! Here's my XPS keyboard. It's not like there wasn't space for dedicated keys.A bit different, but mine does have dedicated pg up and down
My keyboard is like this, except the bottom row is shorter ( the Alt and Ctrl keys are squares thus the arrows and PgUp/PgDn are shorter).A bit different, but mine does have dedicated pg up and downView attachment 260713
I actually like it. It is one of the few keyboards on which I can successfull touch type the top row. But it's personal; there are other keyboards I hate. This one fits my hands better than most.My keyboard is like this, except the bottom row is shorter ( the Alt and Ctrl keys are squares thus the arrows and PgUp/PgDn are shorter).
I hate it. After over a year, I still accidentally hit PgUp and PgDn. And I'm usually not picky about keyboards.