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    Does the xps 16 has freezes like the xps 13 when playing back videos?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tvdang7, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. tvdang7

    tvdang7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an xps 13 and it freezes constantly when ever playing videos and i wanted to upgrade to an xps 16 just wondering if it has that problem as well.
     
    tvdang7, Jan 2, 2010
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    semblance Notebook Consultant

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    Personally, due to the issues I've had with my 1645, I'd recommend waiting a bit to see if Dell deals with its problems. You can check the 1645 throttling thread and the owner's thread to see the problems that people are having.

    One issue is that, out of the box, if you try to play full screen flash video, many of us experience a slowdown so extreme that the PC needs to be rebooted. It appears that using beta 2 of the flash player may be alleviating this particular issue, though.

    I've experienced the flash problem, but so far I have not had any issues playing other non-flash videos.
     
    semblance, Jan 2, 2010
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