Comment by jwagenet

Comment by jwagenet 2 days ago

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I've used a Dell Precision 5530 professionally and got a 5570 refurb this year from ebay for ~$800. The fit and finish of the Precision 5000 series is great as far as I'm concerned, though I'm happy the camera is back on top of the screen and would appreciate a 10 key. The work model I used for 3 years and basically the only issue I had was on the Windows side with sleep states (waking up from sleep while commuting). I rarely work long off ac power, but <40% is always kind of a danger zone, especially when doing intensive tasks like CAD modeling. Again, worked connected to Dell workstation dock 90% of the time, so ports are not an issue, but the state of unpowered usbc dongles/micro-docks with hdmi/usba/usbc/++ makes stationary use a non-issue. I also had a 2016 XPS13 I only stopped using as a primary due to lack of ram expansion.

AnnaPali 2 days ago

I got a used Precision 5540 from my work. I prefer it to my husband's 2024 Dell. The Linux battery life's even quite good, ~10 hours.

  • virtualwhys 17 hours ago

    What on earth, I've got a 5540 and Linux battery life is atrocious, maybe 3 hours under light usage.

    What are the specs?