Is the new 9360 worth the money?

Hi everyone! Maybe you can advise me about my next purchase. I want to buy an XPS 13 as my new laptop. Recently the Kabylake 9360 model was released and I can get it for $1080 with i5, 8gb Ram and 256gb SSD, non touch. However, on ebay, refurbished models of the 9350 skylake with 1 year premium warranty, i7, 16gb Ram, QHD touchscreen and 512gb SSD are around $1100, pretty much the same price.

Considering this, do you think is worth sacrificing some specs in order to have the latest model? Or would you go for the supercharged 9350? Only thing that worries me from the 9350 is the extensive list of issues I've seen people have had with it.

Any advice would be highly appreciate. Thanks in advance!

 

I would go with the Kaby Lake model if battery life was more important. The CPU is suppose to be a little more efficient, the battery is a tad bigger, and the FHD non-touch screen is going to siphon less power than the QHD touch screen of the 9350. Dell says the 9360 has a 22 hour battery life; I had the non-touch 9350 for a month and was getting ~9 hours, with the more efficient 7th gen processor and larger battery guessing you'd probably get 10-11hrs.

Performance wise, the 9350 is going to be a better deal all around; the i7 beats the i5 even if it's a generation behind, the screen is better, and you got double the RAM and SSD space. If longer battery life isn't your absolute priority, I'd go with the 9350.

Personally, after having the XPS13 I realized that it was a little specialized for my taste in that it's really great in portability, but there isn't much screen size to work with and the processor didn't have enough guts to do anything but websurf or do word processing. The XPS15 was only a little bit larger but can handle games and entertainment as well as work, and with the FHD and 84wh battery I'm seeing about the same battery life as my FHD 9350 with 56wh battery.

 

Get the XPS 13 9350.

The only difference between the 9350 vs 9360 is the Kaby Lake processor. It's supposed to give you a minor bump in CPU perfomance, onboard GPU performance, and battery life. But you're not going to notice that in real-world scenarios.

Get the fully-upgraded 9350 instead; because those are upgrades that you WILL notice in real-world scenarios. If money is a factor, and you want the best bang-for-your-buck, get the 9350.

 

Thanks a lot for your helpful replies. One last doubt that I have is if it's possible to manually upgrade the wireless card on the 9350 to the Killer™ Wireless-AC 1535 that has the 9360. Would it be feasible?

Thanks once again, I think I'll get the 9350 because is a much better deal​

 

Changing the wifi adapter is totally doable. I put an Intel 8260 in the 9350 I had no problem.

 

If the new processor performed significantly better than Skylake or if the bugs were certainly worked out, I might lean towards the 9360.

I would buy the higher performing 9350 vs. the lower performing 9360 as you speced above...

 

I appreciate a lot all of your comments and advises. Seems like we have a winner!!