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I'm now on i7-12700H. I get close to 5900X performance for a single run (compiling Rust code), with the caveat that the computer slows down during compilation (compared to the Ryzen where I don't notice any difference) and subsequent consecutive runs are slower.

The laptop/configuration: XPS 17", i7-12700H, 32Gb of RAM, 1TB, and 4K touch-screen (never thought I'd like that).

Heat/Battery life: The computer might get hot, but I don't feel any heat, might have to do with the carbon fiber instead of metal. The battery life is 10-12 hours for normal use and 6-7 hours for software development. Not Apple's territory but it's a pretty good range.

Other advantages: Touch Screen / 4K (I find myself constantly using it, works out of the box with Sway/Linux), Dual SSD with Raid-1 (fake RAID), works out of the box with Linux, no drivers issues (though have disabled the Nvidia GPU), great and huge trackpad and keyboard, small laptop size/weight relative to screen size,quite customizable and configurable boot settings and finally a nice minimal design,

Finally, running this

$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/output bs=64k count=100k; rm -f /tmp/output > 6710886400 bytes (6.7 GB, 6.2 GiB) copied, 1.32435 s, 5.1 GB/s

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metadat4y ago· 3 in thread

Sounds like a nice rig, too bad Dell build quality and customer service are both sketchy AF.

I love the Apple hardware, the only other manufacturer who is close is Huawei, and it's nigh impossible to get these in the USA anymore.

csomarOP4y ago

Yep. Being able to get Apple support wherever you are in the planet is a big plus. You don't need to buy from a local retailer, as long as you have an Apple product you are covered. That being said, I had a 2018-MBP that its battery failed just one year after the warranty and Apple response was to replace all the motherboard/keyboard at a price close to a new one. So...

Also, I think the professional Dell series has a much better build quality than the regular one's. This one is, at least, quite decent.

metadat4y ago

I didn't know about the Pro series. Still don't wanna give them any money but thank you for sharing the info!

Will keep this in mind next time my wife's i7-u8xxx takes a dump on me with random errors :)

jonathantf24y ago

I've always found Dell's ProSupport to be much better than Apple's - Apple just tell us to take the unit into a store while Dell will have an engineer out to site the next day to repair the computer.

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