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    Dell xps 13 summer hardware Update?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Greisen, May 26, 2015.

  1. Greisen

    Greisen Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey everyone, thought of buying the xpa 512 gb tomorrow. Before I do that I just want to know if there is a hardware update on the way? No one probably knows, but just wanted to hear just for safety. If dell has a routine for putting out summer hardware updates or so.

    And what would you say, is now the time to buy?

    Thanks
     
    Greisen, May 26, 2015
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    markwhiten Newbie

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    You could wait until the summer, but then there will be next years revision on the way. So you could wait until next year, but then there will be next summer's revision on the way....etc etc...

    Just buy it now. I have no idea whether there will be a revision this summer but if there is then it will make minimal difference, if anything, to your real world use.
     
    markwhiten, May 26, 2015
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  3. Greisen

    Greisen Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's a good point though. Just, like most people, I like to have the newest version. Anyone know if dell did a summer update previous years on the old xpa models or so?
     
    Greisen, May 28, 2015
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    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    No, they are not going to do an "update" of a machine that is 4 months old.

    And it shouldn't *ever* matter if there is a better / faster / cheaper model coming out tomorrow. Buy what you need, when you need it. If you need a laptop right now for work / school, it isn't going to help you if you just stop doing work / schoolwork for 6 weeks, because you heard some rumor that a new laptop model with a faster processor or GPU is coming out in 6 weeks.
     
    kent1146, Jun 16, 2015
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