13.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) Infinityedge Touch Display
Intel 7th Gen Kaby Lake i5 7200U Dual-Core;
8GB of 2133 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM, 128 GB M.2 SATA SSD;
Built-in Webcam,USB 3.0, USB-C,
Thunderbolt 3 via USB Type C,
Card Reader: SD family,
Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1;
Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
CamelCamelCamel.
I can't answer on the AU Warranty although most likely there is no AU Warranty
7th gen = no buy.
Also need to factor in tax.
Good point. Import tax will be 10% or about AU $100.
Dell and HP you can nearly guarantee will have to go back for repairs and/or new laptop.
Aweful hardware reliability.
It sounds like you've had some bad experience with both Dell/HP in the past, whereas I've had quite positive experiences with them.
Gotta love subjective opinions.
Gotta love subjective opinions.
more like QA roulette.
more like QA roulette.
Which is a gamble with most PC manufacturers.
… with most PC manufacturers.
so, an even better argument against buying without local warranty and ACL.
so, an even better argument against buying without local warranty and ACL.
Absolutely, but that wasn't the point of my original comment, as they were singling out Dell and HP in particular.
You forgot to include Lenovo in that group.
USD$166.09 Delivery
hell expensive shipping.
meh… latest gen quad core version with twice the storage is $1440 on ebay
spend the extra ~$100 and get local warranty and better specs
EDIT: and if you really want last gen with better specs, $1300 in dell outlet (which is cheaper than paying GST on imports)… <$1200 if you don't mind a refurb
Have you got the link, actually looking at getting this laptop. Cheers.
I am paranoid about 8GB of ram not being enough for a heavy multi tasker who likes to have a lot of tabs open in chrome. But the jump to 16gb of ram is quite a leap. What are your thoughts?
Just got an 8th Gen XPS and appalled at how poor the support is.
Would not recommend getting this from overseas.
Hi Ragnarok1983, just wondering, considering you just got the xps, what sort of issues were u experiencing? Is the coil whine or whine coil whatever they call it bad? I'm thinking of getting xps 13 for uni but trying to gather more info. Ta
Dead pixel on screen (which Dell agreed to send out tech to replace screen on site only)
Temperature issues and throttling - took unit apart and found thermal paste poorly applied and crusty
Questionable VRM & cooling (again my expectations are probably a bit over the top)
General unpleasantness dealing with Dell support.
Dont get me wrong, the unit is great for uni etc. But when heavily loaded, the quad core 8th gen is will throttle heavily. From my experience its throttling at 5W and there's no option to increase it.
No AU warranty? Out of all of my electronic items my laptops are the things that I've needed the warranty most. With the Dell XPS 13,the HP Spectre x360 (HP customer services are the worst in the world) amd now need to contact Lenovo about my new Yoga 920.