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    Updated XPS 13 and XPS 15 now available

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by MarioX, Feb 10, 2016.

  1. MarioX

    MarioX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dell makes it hard to find these on their sites. You have to click the Next button to see more than the four laptops presented on their site. The XPS 13 comes with the IRS 540 graphics and 16GB RAM. The XPS 15 has 32GB RAM and up to a 1 TB drive.

    http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-15-9550-laptop/pd?oc=dncwx1631s&model_id=xps-15-9550-laptop
    http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-15-9550-laptop/pd?oc=dncwx1631s&model_id=xps-15-9550-laptop

    I'm leaning towards ordering the XPS 15. It has memory it lists it as:

    32GB DDR4-2133MHz; up to 32GB (additional memory sold separately)

    Is the memory on the 15 soldered on like the 13?
     
    MarioX, Feb 10, 2016
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  2. Marcelosiciliano

    Marcelosiciliano Notebook Consultant

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    No, XPS15 dont use soldered RAM. You can easily upgrade it
     
    Marcelosiciliano, Feb 10, 2016
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  3. MarioX

    MarioX Notebook Enthusiast

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    cool thanks
     
    MarioX, Feb 10, 2016
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  4. saladin

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    XPS 13 will get a very decent GPU performance boost,
    XPS 15, however, all of this upgrades you can do them yourself, most likely even cheaper than Dell.
     
    saladin, Feb 10, 2016
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    hotnspicyjohnny Notebook Guru

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    Umm, the "newer" version of the XPS 13 is out now for a couple of weeks i think. Only change was the option for the Iris 540 afaik.
     
    hotnspicyjohnny, Feb 11, 2016
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  6. MarioX

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    in addition to the IRIS 540, there's also the newer i7-6560U cpu, 16GB RAM, and the faster NVMe PCIe SSD, with a 1TB option.
     
    MarioX, Feb 11, 2016
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