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    XPS 13 - 9343 in 2019 (and Adobe applications)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by FireLantern, Jun 13, 2019.

  1. FireLantern

    FireLantern Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    TL :DR; I'm looking to buy something more portable than my Omen 15 and namely something that has a better battery life.

    I am looking at a few used XPS 13s and the model that sticks out as being most affordable without having dog ass specs seems to be the 9343 with an i5-5200U.

    I was wondering if anyone has experience with these and how snappy they are in adobe applications. Specifically Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere. Does the app use GPU acceleration from the iGPU and is it even noticeable? How is editing (rendering is not problematic).

    Does anyone also have experience using an eGPU with these and maybe using them for gaming every so often?
     
    FireLantern, Jun 13, 2019
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