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Posted by k
 - November 08, 2016, 04:20:47
Quote from: Taka on October 12, 2016, 22:57:39
I am also waiting for the clarification
Mine is on his way, I'll run the same benchmarks and compare.
Hope everything will be allright
so what are the results?
Posted by John355
 - October 31, 2016, 19:35:17
I had an experience with coil whine too.  (XPS 13 6th gen i5)

I think it is a case by case issue.  I have been close to 3 XPS 13's, all the same version.  Some were worse than others.  From "I have to return this thing" bad to "I can live with it" acceptable.

But it has been present on Intel chips for a decade.  I keep hoping it will disappear with every generation, but we are not that lucky.
Posted by raybies
 - October 29, 2016, 01:18:22
When I bought my Dell E7240 a couple years back it had really bad coil whine, I narrowed it down to Intel drivers for the HD graphics. Some may want to try uninstall drivers to eliminate possible sources.
It's now totally silent from >2cm away.
<2cm from the CPU location I can hear some faint static noises.
Posted by besweeet
 - October 26, 2016, 20:23:18
Do you know if Dell is planning on offering a FHD w/touch version like with the 9350?
Posted by Dejw
 - October 23, 2016, 14:16:41
Does this laptop have TPM chip? Thank you
Posted by Robbuurman
 - October 22, 2016, 11:38:47
352 points for the Cinebench test (i7 7500u). Heard the fan for the first time :-)
Posted by Robbuurman
 - October 22, 2016, 11:31:10
Yesterday I received the notebook with the FHD screen and the i7 7500 processor. After a morning of browsing the internet I have yet to hear the fan spinning.
Posted by taka
 - October 18, 2016, 22:06:55
simple question for you guys :
my previous samsung np900x3c had the fantastic battery life extender - BLE - to prevent the battery from losing stamina.
this features worked incredibly well and I don't think there is a such option on the XPS 13
my question is, what is the best behavior to preserve battery life ? stay plugged in or full-charge/full-discharge or partial-charge/partial-discharge ?
thanks for your help !
Posted by taka
 - October 18, 2016, 21:48:46
Quote from: GnarlyCharlie on October 17, 2016, 00:40:51
Quote from: Klaus Hinum on October 15, 2016, 20:39:46
I found no option to disable CABC (in the BIOS or Windows settings). Panel results however are rather similar to the old version (color accuracy). Brightness differs from test run to test run :(

Dell told us the the expect the media samples next week, still waiting. If someone already gets his unit, we would love to see some Cinebench 15 and 3DMark to compare.

SSD should be replaceable (as you see in our pictures).

Dell provides a firmware update to disable CABC on their website here. Without disabling CABC you are taking readings for a display that is adjusting its output constantly, this means that the readings you took are incorrect and it looks like you have done this in other reviews of the XPS 13s as well which is disappointing as the issue is well known. Any chance of you using the firmware update to disable CABC and then taking your readings again? Uploading readings for a screen which was dynamically adjusting itself throughout the calibration seems pretty unfair as they are especially incorrect.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I didn't know about it
Have you already seen it in live action?!
I should receive my 9360 later this week, I will try to run same benchmarks as here
I wish mine is no affected by the thermal paste issue...
Posted by Mr.X
 - October 18, 2016, 13:57:03
How bad is the coil whine really? Can you hear it from 20 cm / working distance in a quiet room? There is a lot of info on this already but difficult to get an idea if this is a real issue or an exaggeration.

I have ordered 9360 so getting worried this would be an issue for me so would be great to understand how loud it is on the kaby lake version.

Otherwise the only other laptop that beats it is the Yoga 910 but this is still no available in Europe.
Posted by GnarlyCharlie
 - October 17, 2016, 00:40:51
Quote from: Klaus Hinum on October 15, 2016, 20:39:46
I found no option to disable CABC (in the BIOS or Windows settings). Panel results however are rather similar to the old version (color accuracy). Brightness differs from test run to test run :(

Dell told us the the expect the media samples next week, still waiting. If someone already gets his unit, we would love to see some Cinebench 15 and 3DMark to compare.

SSD should be replaceable (as you see in our pictures).

Dell provides a firmware update to disable CABC on their website here. Without disabling CABC you are taking readings for a display that is adjusting its output constantly, this means that the readings you took are incorrect and it looks like you have done this in other reviews of the XPS 13s as well which is disappointing as the issue is well known. Any chance of you using the firmware update to disable CABC and then taking your readings again? Uploading readings for a screen which was dynamically adjusting itself throughout the calibration seems pretty unfair as they are especially incorrect.
Posted by Klaus Hinum
 - October 15, 2016, 20:39:46
I found no option to disable CABC (in the BIOS or Windows settings). Panel results however are rather similar to the old version (color accuracy). Brightness differs from test run to test run :(

Dell told us the the expect the media samples next week, still waiting. If someone already gets his unit, we would love to see some Cinebench 15 and 3DMark to compare.

SSD should be replaceable (as you see in our pictures).
Posted by Ludde p
 - October 14, 2016, 09:55:05
Like a few others ask; will it be possible to change the 128GB SSD myself to a bigger NVMe? Are the bad testresults fixed with updates/new test-pc yet?
Posted by GnarlyCharlie
 - October 13, 2016, 18:19:46
Isn't the display panel in the XPS 13 9360 QHD+ the same as in the previous generation XPS 13 9350 QHD+ which is the Sharp SHP144A?

If so why are your display readings so different to your recent review of the previous generation model here?

Did you not disable CABC before doing the calibration on the XPS 13 9350 QHD+? I have recently purchased one and am struggling to find an ICC profile created with CABC disabled.
Posted by Taka
 - October 12, 2016, 22:57:39
I am also waiting for the clarification
Mine is on his way, I'll run the same benchmarks and compare.
Hope everything will be allright