Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models

nettie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Framework 13 all the way

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  • tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I cancelled my framework 16 order because of their “big tent” policy meaning they give funding to Hyperland and Omarchy, I will not give my money to people who fund racists

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Eh, I get it, but you can’t win every battle.

      I have a 16 and a 13. I bought them both before that thread.

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      • tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I am not expecting my single cancellation to make the slightest difference to their policy, they already made it clear that they are quite happy funding racists when multiple people have challenged them over it, and with one of their larger pots of cash they give out as well.

        What I am getting out of is knowing I am not (indirectly) funding racists myself, rather than knowingly funding racists. I do not see it any different from buying products from Musk, if you did it ages ago then fine, but after, thats something else entirely.

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    • fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What’s wrong with Omarchy?

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      • tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Omarchy

        DHH is pretty fucking racist, white replacement theory is right up there with the worst of racist beliefs

        I thought I might move there one day. That was then. Now, I wouldn’t dream of it. London is no longer the city I was infatuated with in the late '90s and early 2000s. Chiefly because it’s no longer full of native Brits. In 2000, more than sixty percent of the city were native Brits. By 2024, that had dropped to about a third.

        world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a little miffed with framework actually.

    I had a order with them that they chose to cancel because they just randomly charged the account one day months after I had pre-ordered something, and there wasn’t enough money in the account because I didn’t know when they were going to charge for it. They didn’t they didn’t contact me or anything, they just cancelled the order. Thanks guys.

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    • kivulallo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I never ordered a Framework before but I’m panning to do this year. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to be? Last time I visited their site it was written that you pay a reserve price at the time of order, then they charge your card later with the remainig price before they ship it.

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      • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Right but who has like three grand just sitting in a checking account, now that shit in a savings account because I’m not Bill Gates and I need every penny I can get from the interest? If they’re not going to tell you at the time that you pre-order when they’re going to bill you, then they need to contact you ahead of time or that’s going to keep happening.

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That sucks. I’ve also had mixed experiences with their support arm but the hardware and designs are pretty top notch. It really is nice to buy a laptop that isn’t inevitably headed for the landfill in five years.

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  • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes, but jokes aside, it seems like you can find whatever you need for MacBooks from circa 2010 to 2012. At least, when I needed something, I could find it without issues.

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I prefer my to buy computers from companies that aren’t actively combating repairability efforts for their products and purposefully making them prematurely obsolete.

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      • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And those are…

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• kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What are you on about? I’ve been running a 9370 for 7 years, only replaced the battery last year and now I’m back at 8 hours. I changed the cooling paste just the other week. Best laptop I’ve ever owned, the only thing I’d want is a larger trackpad. There’s just a small amount of coil whine so I might replace the fans if it gets worse.

  Keeping in mind I’ve abused this thing, was in my backback on my two major falls on my eboard. Only bending one of the corners slightly. This thing is a tank and a powerhouse.

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  • RonniePickering@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Cool story

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    • kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Enlightening comment, what you want? Proof?

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  • nettie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Um, I was just sharing my experience with an xps. You have different experience, with a different xps model I’d guess. I’m glad you’re happy with it!

    I didn’t even share the worst part of my experience: when it died it just died, refused to turn on. Immediate brick, no warning. This has happened to quite a few people I found, from frantic searching at the time.

    I’ve bought dell for 20 years but their quality has been falling for the last decade, in my opinion and based on having bought about a dozen (for various people).

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    • kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah I’d be mad as hell too, I’ve heard their customer service is pretty terrible as well. I haven’t really noticed the quality issues though.

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