This is actually a great price. I remember when the Panasonic Toughbooks weren't nearly as rugged and cost over 2x this. And that had a HDD, not a SSD.
In this particular case, it's almost certainly too soon. All the Mil-std testing adds a lot to the time between finalizing the design and being able to release it.
More generally expect to see mundane laptops with G7 parts launching over the next few months because for whatever reason their timelines were delayed from a month or more ago to whenever they actually come out.
But Dell place the 8th Generation CPU in the XPS 13. But remember what this is aim at - they are looking for durability and reliability - 8th generation maybe too new for that - after all this product could be planning stages way before 8th generation.
But the need for more cores is probably over rated - that is what they said about memory and desired for 64 bit. Of course having more cores is always nice, but currently that would be wrong at sake of suffer single core speed.
That's a nice looking tablet. It looks like it requires active cooling which isn't a big deal considering Dell has been sealing off the cooling fan and heatsink from the rest of the system for a long time now, but with a SSD, it's soooo close to having no moving parts. Passive cooling would have been a nice addition, but maybe impractical given the TDP.
I'd love to get my hands on one of these things, but my daily personal needs just wouldn't demand something like this when a phone in a cheap case and screen protector is enough. I could never justify the expense even though the price is reasonable considering the standards it has to meet.
We deployed several of the 7202 at work but had nothing but issues with the keyboard. I certainly hope this one is better.
The reduction in weight is also sorely needed. You couldn't use the old one for more than a minute before you had to put it down. It was a literal brick.
Kudos to Dell though, because Panasonic needs some competition.
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Chaitanya - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
That eye watering price though.quiksilvr - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
This is actually a great price. I remember when the Panasonic Toughbooks weren't nearly as rugged and cost over 2x this. And that had a HDD, not a SSD.anactoraaron - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
Couldn't they have made this with the 8th gen with double the cores?DanNeely - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
In this particular case, it's almost certainly too soon. All the Mil-std testing adds a lot to the time between finalizing the design and being able to release it.More generally expect to see mundane laptops with G7 parts launching over the next few months because for whatever reason their timelines were delayed from a month or more ago to whenever they actually come out.
HStewart - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
But Dell place the 8th Generation CPU in the XPS 13. But remember what this is aim at - they are looking for durability and reliability - 8th generation maybe too new for that - after all this product could be planning stages way before 8th generation.But the need for more cores is probably over rated - that is what they said about memory and desired for 64 bit. Of course having more cores is always nice, but currently that would be wrong at sake of suffer single core speed.
DanNeely - Sunday, September 10, 2017 - link
The XPS13 doesn't have months worth of engineering, testing, and validation for milspec drop/etc testing that would need completed before release.ImSpartacus - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
Time to market is probably the culprit.These kinds of devices are always "late" due to all of the testing necessary. So you can expect an update in 2018 with those processors.
BrokenCrayons - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
That's a nice looking tablet. It looks like it requires active cooling which isn't a big deal considering Dell has been sealing off the cooling fan and heatsink from the rest of the system for a long time now, but with a SSD, it's soooo close to having no moving parts. Passive cooling would have been a nice addition, but maybe impractical given the TDP.I'd love to get my hands on one of these things, but my daily personal needs just wouldn't demand something like this when a phone in a cheap case and screen protector is enough. I could never justify the expense even though the price is reasonable considering the standards it has to meet.
megadirk - Friday, September 8, 2017 - link
I have no need for this but I still want one.Samus - Saturday, September 9, 2017 - link
Very sexy.IGTrading - Monday, September 11, 2017 - link
Too bad all DELL hardware has built-in NSA hardware and / or firmware backdoors.On the other hand, all Intel processors have these backdoors as well.
peevee - Monday, September 11, 2017 - link
As opposed to backdoors for Chinese intelligence in Chinese stuff?wolfemane - Tuesday, September 12, 2017 - link
What's your point? That a tin foil hat needs to be included? Or maybe anti-Chem trail spray?peevee - Monday, September 11, 2017 - link
Damn, good stuff!Fit for purpose.
creed3020 - Thursday, September 14, 2017 - link
We deployed several of the 7202 at work but had nothing but issues with the keyboard. I certainly hope this one is better.The reduction in weight is also sorely needed. You couldn't use the old one for more than a minute before you had to put it down. It was a literal brick.
Kudos to Dell though, because Panasonic needs some competition.
andychow - Monday, September 18, 2017 - link
I wonder how they get the lcd to keep working at -29C.kaushalmalkan11 - Monday, October 30, 2017 - link
dayummmmmm