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August 29th, 2020 07:00
xps model number
I'm looking to purchase an xps 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu and I came to this site to get a feel for the kinds of issues and problems people are having with it.
The sales site only shows "xps 13 Developer Edition" yet here I see reference to many model numbers like 9300, 9350, 7390, etc. How would I know what model I'm purchasing? What is the difference between the different models?
Also, how happy are people with this machine in general and specifically with Ubuntu running on it?
Thanks!
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jphughan
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August 29th, 2020 08:00
@rjl-csun Usually the URL of the page you're on will show the exact model even if you don't see it on the page itself. But the order of XPS 13 systems over the last several years has been:
9333
9350
9360
9370
9380
7390 (Dell briefly planned to use their normal 3/5/7 Series numbering on their XPS line)
9300 (current model)
rjl-csun
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August 29th, 2020 11:00
Strange they hide it in the URL and I was confused since the lower numbered 9300 is actually the newest model. Thanks for setting me straight!
jphughan
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August 29th, 2020 20:00
@rjl-csun Happy to help! Yeah, the xx00 models are the latest on several Dell laptop lines at the moment because many of them reached xx90 and then Dell just rolled them over. The way Dell's model numbering works is that the first digit is the series, i.e. 3000, 5000, 7000, or 9000. Higher series numbers are higher-end systems within a given time period. The second digit is the display size, i.e. 3 is 13", 5 is 15", and so on. The third digit is the generation. And the last digit is usually a 0, but sometimes it can be used for variations or minor refreshes. For example, at one point there was the XPS 13 9360, and the 2-in-1 version of that became the XPS 13 9365. More recently they've used the same model code for both variants when both are available, although the most recent XPS 13 2-in-1 as of this writing is the 7390, i.e. the generation just before the 9300. I've also seen that last digit be something other than "0" for systems available with AMD CPUs instead of the typical Intel option, and more recently for a system that gets a newer generation CPU offering without much else, e.g. the Latitude 5400 to 5401.
In any case, with that numbering scheme, Dell wouldn't have moved from the 7390 to the 7400 or something, because that second digit indicates display size -- so they just decided to start over again, I guess.