Too bad I just bought the current version previous month...
@Barton: can you tell me if you guys are going to improve proper support for hibernate? As a lot of here agreed upon, we care MUCH MORE for a good functioning system than preinstalled stuff like VirtualBox and so on...
My system still does not hibernate which is a feature I used a lot but am not able to now with my XPS 13...
Good to hear! Any word on timing? Will it be ready when the windows model is launched?
If there is a delay and I get impatient, is there any way I can buy the windows model but still give your team credit for the purchase? I am perfectly comfortable installing linux myself, but I want to support what your team is doing, and take advantage of the improved hardware support it will mean for the machine.
I have been holding off on an upgrade for months now and it is very exciting to see a refresh of the XPS13 with Ubuntu on the horizon. I have a very strong preference for buying quality machines that support a productive unix-like environment out of the box.
I have seen it reported that the new XPS13 will be available in 4GB and 8GB options. If that is accurate is the memory upgradeable and if so will it take16GB? Otherwise it isn't going to be an option for me. 8GB was fine in 2009 but between VMs, builds and browser tabs I don't want to live in swap hell from day one on a new machine.
Scary if you're using up 8 gigs of ram on a linux box, the memory management is so much better I'd think the only thing you could do to get close is to run multiplle Windows VM's at once, and if you're doing that you're probably doing something wrong. I haven't partitioned swap space on a linux box since my second install, linux is just too good with memory management. Although I suppose if you were to run Chrome with too many tabs you could kill your memory, it's a terrible memory hog. Then you should run Firefox anyway.
boylenssen
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October 8th, 2013 07:00
Too bad I just bought the current version previous month...
@Barton: can you tell me if you guys are going to improve proper support for hibernate? As a lot of here agreed upon, we care MUCH MORE for a good functioning system than preinstalled stuff like VirtualBox and so on...
My system still does not hibernate which is a feature I used a lot but am not able to now with my XPS 13...
DELL-Barton George
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October 8th, 2013 07:00
thats the plan! :)
tdimiduk
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October 8th, 2013 09:00
Good to hear! Any word on timing? Will it be ready when the windows model is launched?
If there is a delay and I get impatient, is there any way I can buy the windows model but still give your team credit for the purchase? I am perfectly comfortable installing linux myself, but I want to support what your team is doing, and take advantage of the improved hardware support it will mean for the machine.
DELL-Barton George
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October 8th, 2013 15:00
Fingers crossed it should be at the same time.
admiral0
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October 9th, 2013 05:00
That's good news!!!!! I'm looking forward to that.
shirro
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October 17th, 2013 04:00
I have been holding off on an upgrade for months now and it is very exciting to see a refresh of the XPS13 with Ubuntu on the horizon. I have a very strong preference for buying quality machines that support a productive unix-like environment out of the box.
I have seen it reported that the new XPS13 will be available in 4GB and 8GB options. If that is accurate is the memory upgradeable and if so will it take16GB? Otherwise it isn't going to be an option for me. 8GB was fine in 2009 but between VMs, builds and browser tabs I don't want to live in swap hell from day one on a new machine.
SeanBlader
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October 21st, 2013 21:00
Scary if you're using up 8 gigs of ram on a linux box, the memory management is so much better I'd think the only thing you could do to get close is to run multiplle Windows VM's at once, and if you're doing that you're probably doing something wrong. I haven't partitioned swap space on a linux box since my second install, linux is just too good with memory management. Although I suppose if you were to run Chrome with too many tabs you could kill your memory, it's a terrible memory hog. Then you should run Firefox anyway.