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Posted by WSRob
 - September 15, 2019, 19:21:13
Does anyone at dell and other companies ever read tech magazines and comments from people actually buying their products?
We don't want soldered RAM SSD wifi and other components that could be easily replaced by a tech / the owner!!

It's as simple as that.

I own 3 xps myself and Dell always merged beauty and style with performance and ease of maintenance. This is and has always  been a major feature that they should underline, and not move away from.
If they do, time to move away from dell
Posted by Sinocelt
 - July 13, 2019, 11:43:30
I agree: soldered SSD is a turn-off. When the HD in my Dell laptop died, I could extract it and recover the data, then replace the HD by an SSD. Then, later, when the laptop died, I could extract the SSD and put it in a desktop case, thus conserving all the data. If the HD or SSD had been soldered, getting my data back would have been difficult and prohibitively expensive.
Posted by A
 - July 12, 2019, 03:58:29
I definitely want to see better cooling from dell, but this solidered nonsense is annoying, especially the ssd. That is the definition of planned obsoluteness. They better give a lifetime warranty on that SSD...

"Seriously who cares about soldered on wifi, who in the entire world is switching out wifi chips on their laptops? Get a life"

There are plenty of reasons to care about soldiered wifi.

1) You can usually get crappy wifi chip onboard and buy a better one at half price.
2) Some wifi chips come with built-in 4g/5g, so rather than carrying around a dongle and wasting a usb port, it is better to just swap the wifi chip.
3) Newer wifi can have better speeds, lower latency and lower power consumption.
4) The wifi chip brand isn't an option
Posted by jeremy
 - July 12, 2019, 00:43:15
Quote from: Jason Clarke on July 11, 2019, 21:02:30
The article is spot on. The new inventions around cooling might be quite helpful in terms of reducing thermal throttle. However, the soldered SSD, RAM, etc. remain a NO GO.
I agree. All of that engineering effort wasted on a laptop with soldered SSD. Soldered RAM, I could almost live with. Almost. Soldered SSD, get out of here.
Posted by Jason Clarke
 - July 11, 2019, 21:02:30
The article is spot on. The new inventions around cooling might be quite helpful in terms of reducing thermal throttle. However, the soldered SSD, RAM, etc. remain a NO GO.
Posted by ascariss
 - July 11, 2019, 19:21:56
Still doubtful Dell will ship this by early August, even if they do, numbers probably will be limited. There had to be reason why the July date was moved to August, and if that issue is not solved, then the date can easily slip back to who knows when.
Posted by weeeeeeeeee
 - July 11, 2019, 18:35:06
let's hope it can do 700 points sustained load on cinebench. but probably not.
Posted by Astar
 - July 11, 2019, 18:28:05
Soldered RAM AND SSD?!?! Groan! Boycott!
Posted by Alex Alderson
 - July 11, 2019, 16:31:05
Quote from: Anonymous on July 11, 2019, 16:10:35
Seriously who cares about soldered on wifi, who in the entire world is switching out wifi chips on their laptops? Get a life

Hi there,

Cheers for the insult, but have you used a Killer AC in an XPS? There are countless threads online about how spotty it is. Personally, the one in my XPS 15 had awful reception and connection issues. So, I switched it to an Intel equivalent and never looked back.

Are you not bothered by soldered on RAM or SSDs by any chance?
Posted by Anonymous
 - July 11, 2019, 16:10:35
Seriously who cares about soldered on wifi, who in the entire world is switching out wifi chips on their laptops? Get a life
Posted by Redaktion
 - July 11, 2019, 13:17:30
Dell has been promoting its upcoming XPS 13 2-in-1 refresh on YouTube, lifting the lid on its new cooling system. While the company had previously announced that the convertible would feature vaper chamber and GORE cooling, the new video explains the use of the several slits adorning its bottom case. An innovative solution or an eyesore?

https://www.notebookcheck.net/XPS-13-2-in-1-The-new-convertible-with-more-cooling-than-you-could-shake-a-stick-at.427198.0.html