I bought my Dell XPS 13 9343 in January 2015. Now is May 2020 and it is still working so well others couldn't even tell this machine is over 5 years old! It has been with me through 4 years of university (I'm a business analytics and accounting major). At this rate, I don't think my laptop is going to die or even slow down anytime soon.
Granted I take extremely good care of it. I only dropped it once from a table to the floor. The side of the screen was mopped a little, but everything else was fine.
And battery life is a beast too! I have never replaced my battery and a full charge still lasts me 4-5 hours of light browsing and 3 hours of heavy work. The trick is to always charge the battery between 40-80% (I usually do 50-75% though), and you'd be guaranteed that your laptop won't run out of juice till you can get to the charger.
I bought it for $1200 USD 5 years ago, which was pretty expensive back then for 8gb ram, core i5 and 256gb. You get what you pay for and I am so glad I bought this laptop. Dell wins my trust forever!
I came here to find solution to upgrade battery and SSD for my XPS-13-9343. And came across this thread. It is November 2022 now and it is still working amazingly. Original battery is 43% healthy and SSD are running out of space. Not be able to upgrade to Win 11 but everything else is smooth.
Beginning of 2023, just came across this thread. Purchased this laptop when XPS 13 9343 first came out in Canada 2015 for $899 plus tax for intel i5 and 4gb ram with 128gb SSD. Shocked that battery still holds 3hrs on full performance and 4 on battery saving, everything works perfectly even after updating to Windows 10. I am curious to see who else is still using theirs...I got through nursing school, and a couple of post grad medical certs with this along with daily computing.
This is only my second laptop and I have a feeling it has many more years to come >.<''