I've had my sig rig (a laptop) for nearly 5 years and it's time to upgrade. It looks like that the best all around laptop these days in dell. The last dell I bought was over 10 years ago. FYI, I'm really looking for longevity, I only buy laptops once every 5 years and I'm hoping this one will last me even longer.
I'm looking at their xps line in the 15 inch form factor (I'm coming from an 18 inch but that a desktop replacement laptop and just doesn't suit my needs anymore) and had a few questions. One thing I don't like about Dell and actually give HP points to is that Dell doesn't really allow you to fully custom figure a laptop but HP gives you a ton more options in configuration wizard.
I'm looking at their xps line in the 15 inch form factor (I'm coming from an 18 inch but that a desktop replacement laptop and just doesn't suit my needs anymore) and had a few questions. One thing I don't like about Dell and actually give HP points to is that Dell doesn't really allow you to fully custom figure a laptop but HP gives you a ton more options in configuration wizard.
- How is the battery life and does the higher end i7-6700HQ give worse battery life? I've always noticed that the battery in laptops needs replacing in about 8-12 months as it loses it's charge by at least 50%.
- Is the SSD upgradeable that comes in these? It looks like they're packing a PCIE based ssd. I'd rather buy a baseline laptop from them and then upgrade the RAM and SSD myself as that will be a lot cheaper than buying from dell directly. Additionally, if I order the laptop with just a HDD will there still be a PCIE connection to add a samsung 950 pro?
- Also any reason to get 4k on a 15 inch? I tried one out at BBY yday and without scaling (imo this completly defeats the purpose of 4k) the cursor was barely a spek. I'm just wondering if this is something I'll regret later not getting.
- Touch screen or not and why?
- Are there any other brands I should look at? HP seems somewhat comparable but they still aren't as thin and light as the XPS's. Also, I've had such horrible luck with HP in the past.
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