XPS 13 9300 Long Term Review Follow-up

[@pmlam32]

the battery drain is caused by the wifi wake on LAN mode. you can disable it from the network adaptor/configure.

[@SwereBox]

Thank you for the follow up, I was debating this vs mbp13 and after a couple of negative reviews regarding the 9300 I decided to go with the mbp and even though the price was higher than the xps running boot camp and even in general the mbp is a top tier stellar device and as someone who came from building my own pc to falling into the eco system I don’t see myself going back just due to the superb quality and experience I’ve had using the mbp, I’m actually quite disappointed that their going arm because I would have definitely continued buying them in the future

[@smariko3]

Great to hear about your experience. Definitely agree with you on the Mac. Sucks for us who need windows but we will see in a couple years on whether developers have adapted to the Mac...

[@MichaelDooney]

Happy to hear you've solved the issues, looks like a fresh install of windows for me is inevitable!

[@patrickbugarin]

Thanks for your update, Smarikoe. Windows 10 1909 seems to be working well. I gave up on the Windows 2020 update.

[@smariko3]

awesome! glad you liked it and thanks for the info! will keep note :)

[@PiceaSitchensis]

I had so many problems with my 9300, the final one was when the motherboard broke. I'm thinking now it's just not worth fixing it and sticking to an old far more durable Thinkpad.

[@berfava]

My top-notch XPS bought way back in 2016 (4K touch display, maximum RAM, top specs) already had this sleep problem awakening when closed inside my backpack. Forget about upgrading BIOS, better hope this will get fixed in a 10-year time span. I am surprised the problem remains while other laptops e.g. SAMSUNG don't have this problem. Finally After little over a year the battery started to inflate risking to leak and explode, the chassis and keyboard were bending to conform the "pillow-battery" and the computer ran so hot that ultimately stopped working. To my biggest surprise, I still read reviews nowadays mentioning this inflating battery issue after 1-2 years of use, which is risky considering their maximum (optional) warranty period of 2 years.

[@edmundlai7878]

I was wondering if the trackpad holds up well after a period of time, I own a XPS 13 myself and am planning to use it as my school laptop for my new school and wanted to make sure it will hold up decently after some use, thanks :)

[@vitormenezes776]

Nice video. I’ve just bought my XPS and may sell my desktop for buy an eGPU Enclosure with a nvidia gpu. Your videos are helping me a lot!

[@smariko3]

Super happy you are enjoying them! Let me know if you have any questions re your setup as the eGPU can sometimes be a bit of a fiddly workaround.

[@manishksethi]

Thanks to you. Heating issue of my 1 week old dell 5406 has been resolved.

[@Allumik]

Bought it just because Dell does some good work for compatibility with Linux. PopOS 20.04 works like a charm, only tweaks that had to be done were installing CPU profile gnome extension (or tlp), disabling some bios settings and automatic screen brightness. Oh and fprint sensor works, but is outshined by windows. Still, no serious problems as you've described them :)

[@smariko3]

thanks for the update! useful to know :)

[@dp01]

What did you have to do to enable finger print after installing pop os?

[@chowdhurysanim]

Hey, I really appreciate your afford and love your true explanation. I am a little confused with Dell XPS 9310 standard and 2-in-1. Can you suggest me if there is no money issue, I mean if I can get exact same specs for both these laptops at the same price, which one should I buy? Which one is more practical as a laptop? Thanks in advance.

[@farheen999]

I am debating whether to buy XPS 13 or the MacBook Air M1. In Canada the XPS13 is so expensive that I might just go with MacBook Air. I do use Office and Teams alot and so nervous about how that'll work on MacBook.

[@smariko3]

Totally, the new macbooks are extremely tempting. Seems like the office suit works suprisingly well through Rosetta on the new m1s so if you just use those apps, I wouldn't sweat it. The only caveat is I haven't seen teams be demonstrated on the m1 as of yet

[@jackf1684]

The sleep mode battery drain is very intriguing to me, I had a surface laptop 3 with absolutely terrible coil whine. Before I returned it, I found a quick solution to mute the coil whine that did work. Though, at the cost of battery life. Maybe the Processor C-States have been disabled on your unit somehow, C-States basically controls sleep mode and such and saves power when the processor is idle. In fact on my SL3 after applying the patch, the battery would drain rapidly even in sleep mode, 10-15% the first hour and it would force itself to hibernate. Try installing ThrottleStop and checking if "C1E" is enabled or if that box is checked.

[@arainla]

I have had my XPS 13 9300 for several months and the shipped image was not full of bloat ware and it runs and sleeps just right. I’m very happy with it and heat has not been an issue which I have with my work Dell 7410 2 in 1.

[@Lui601]

I just got my xps 9310 and second day already got a gray screen? What do you suggest i do? any advise is appreciated.

[@MrThebeast115]

My XPS 13 completely broke down but Dell Support was actually very helpful and replaced the entire motherboard for free (in accordance to my warranty). Now the laptop is working perfectly. I'm hoping that the models replaced from now on have these issues fixed so that others don't have to deal with this, especially for the price they're selling these laptops for

[@pearltran5681]

Hi! Do u mind telling me what kind of warranty I got bc I was thinking of buying a dell xps but I’m kind of worried after hearing the problems

[@MrThebeast115]

@@pearltran5681 I have the basic warranty and they were able to help me with just that. I would talk to support just in case though.

[@pearltran5681]

@@MrThebeast115 okay! Thank you so much for responding.

[@BossChronicles]

Whats better for editing youtube vids Xps 13 2-in 1 or hp spectre x360

[@thiagosilvafut]

Hey I was looking between the XPS 9310 and the new Macbook pro 13" with the M1 chip. I'm seriously very confused which to get. I only need it for light coding + University work/ Netflix and browsing. Both are very solid options but if you could reccomend it would help.

[@smariko3]

Yeh tough decision for sure. Both will handle what U need to do easily. I'd go xps at a FHD+ resolution if you are keen to game through an egpu down the line or if you want a really nice looking laptop. It will also give you a micro SD and USBc on both sides for easier charging access. BUT if U want tons of battery life that will last U easily the whole day or if you looking to video edit, get the MBP

[@thiagosilvafut]

@@smariko3 Yeah I'm not really looking for battery since I'm going to be home untill the university decides to open up. Would the i5 version be okay? Since I dont have a huge budget. And thanks for the recommendation it helped I'll look into it to see if they get any sale on it for Black Friday.

[@smariko3]

@@thiagosilvafut yeh i5 for sure. That will allow U access to FHD+ touch display and won't be noticeable performance loss for what you are doing!

[@GuuiYae]

@@thiagosilvafut Build yourself a Desktop PC and you will not regret it. Get yourself a cheap laptop for coding, anything that has 16gb of ram just in case you need to compile thick code.

[@nanhtethtetayemon6883]

Should I still buy XPS 13? Couldn't decide between XPS 13 and ASUS Zenbook 13. And now I am more confused.

[@hzoltan13]

I sent it back my 9300 and I thought about trying the new 9310 version, but I think this price it incredible. I bought Macbook pro 13 and I use with bootcamp.

[@smariko3]

Nice, how are you finding the macbook?

[@helantopia]

I'd also want to know how that's working out for you, what kind of tasks do you use the macbook for? which one did you get?

[@hzoltan13]

​@@helantopia For me really important the trackpad and I tried a lot of top level laptop but apple is the best in this (dell xps 13 is good but simetimes jumping when you click, and in the middle of trackpad is interesting area), so I bought Macbook Pro 13 i7 16GB 512SSD (intel version this important! new M1 version not supported windows 10) with better price like dell, easy install windows 10 with bootcamp if you never do this, you can see a lot of youtube video. I love it.

[@alex.maxwell]

@@hzoltan13 Dude, that Intel MacBook Pro includes 10-th gen Intel chip, not 11-th gen. Too bad in terms of graphics and battery life..

[@BlackGymkhana]

Turn on "magic packet only" in wi-fi wake on lan functionality...

[@dudu.picanco]

good night! Could you test your dell xps 13? first take the laptop out of power, second activate all the power saving options in the application called Graphics Command Center in the tab called Battery and see if the laptop will turn off because my dell xps 13 does this and I tested several graphics drivers and nothing has changed yet !

[@hagbard72]

If I had a laptop running hot I"d consider replacing the heat sink paste.

[@ilyasadnane4128]

I am still debating whether or not I should purchase the Dell XPS 13 9310 4K touch-screen. Before reaching a decision, I would like to know if we can adjust the screen resolution in the settings down to FHD+ when needed (to save battery life) ; just like one would do on a Samsung galaxy S21? Thank you for you feedback!

[@joeygarcia8295]

I was wondering the same thing, but then I noticed that many people recommend sticking with FHD because of the small 13.4 screen.

[@RandiandRucita]

Tq for the followup

[@smariko3]

thanks for watching! :)

[@juancastroruiz]

Hi! Can I download your wallpapers anywhere?

[@Radictor44]

I was going to purchase this, then after watching loads of reviews... the thermal throttle, overheating, and other video issues - decided to wait for the 14" macbook pro.

[@GuuiYae]

sounds like not an ideal laptop to buy. My Macbook pro works properly out of the box and never once taken a minute of my time to perform tweaking.

[@user-kg4tl5gh2s]

No! Only m1