The max build XPS-15 9560 2 years ago was $2500, the min build was $1700 according to my spreadsheet. The Samsung 960 Pro 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD 2 years ago was ~$700 The Intel BT/WiFi card 2 years ago was ~$30 The Dell TB16 Docking Station 2 years ago was ~$200 The 960 Pro was the top of the line back then, so this was the most expensive replacement SSD at the time. The OEM was a Toshiba SSD on my XPS-15. Also note, that 2 years ago there was not available an external enclosure for PCIe M.2 SSDs, so I literally have had to swap the SSD cards to upgrade firmware, there are incompatible PCIe SSD card external enclosures - the M.2 has a slightly different offset of the gap in the card pins that the non-M.2 PCIe cards. If you call Dell and speak to a sales rep, they can usually find some type of discount for you that may not be available vie the web store, that's been my experience. On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 23:22 -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: > At what cost was this computer, docking station and its upgrades? > > > On Feb 15, 2019, at 5:21 PM, r hayman <rhayman at pureice.com> wrote: > > > > In Feb of 2017 I bought a Dell XPS-15, 32G RAM, 4KUHD 15", 1TB PCIe > > SSD The first thing I did after booting Windows 10 and running full > > diagnostics was replace the PCIe SSD with a Samsung 960Pro 1TB and > > the Killer AC 1535 BT/WiFi card with an Intel card (can't remember > > the model) for better throughput and better driver support at that > > time. > > > > Having replaced the PCIe SSD allowed me to re-install the Win10 SSD > > for low level firmware updates from Dell that wouldn't be coming > > from any Linux repo. I've been running Ubuntu 16.04 on it ever > > since - even the TB16 docking station works with Ubuntu. I hear > > that Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't run well on this laptop, yet. > > > > If this small laptop is too large (14.1x9.3x0.6), Dell does sell > > the XPS-13 (many similar specs to the XPS-15), and they used to > > sell a developers edition preinstalled with (can't remember the > > distro) Linux. > > > > When I did my research, I spent quite a bit of time creating a > > spreadsheet to compare the following: > > currently owned 2008 Apple MBPro - reference #1 > > currently owned 2007 Lenovo T61p - reference #2 > > currently owned 2010 Lenovo W500 - reference #3 > > 2015 Apple MBPro MJLU2xx/A (11,4) > > 2016 Apple MBPro > > Dell XPS-15 9560 max build > > Dell XPS-15 9560 min build, aftermarket upgrade > > HP Spectre x360 max build > > HP Spectre x360 min build, aftermarket upgrade > > Asus Zenbook UX510VW > > Lenovo Yoga 910 > > Lenovo X1 Carbon 4th Gen > > Lenovo T560 > > 4 different builds from min to max of the Lenovo P50 > > > > I settled on the Dell XPS-15 9560 max build for $2500 because it > > had verified Linux installs and what it took to get Linux working > > on it (very little), it had 1-SD, 1-HDMI 1.4, 2-USB3, and 1-TB3 > > port and with the 97Whr battery, I get 6-8 hours of battery life. > > The two monitors I use with this laptop are a 32" 4KUHD and a 40" > > 4KUHD, depending on where I plug into which docking station. > > > > I've been very happy with this laptop, the Samsung 960 Pro is 400- > > 1100 MB/s faster reads and writes over the OEM PCIe SSD, so this > > machine boots to a usable logged in system in ~20 seconds, maybe > > less. > > > > Hope that helps, Oh, and the keyboard on the Dell XPS-15 9560 has > > the keys you listed > > > > On Fri, 2019-02-15 at 11:29 -0800, Brian Wood wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:25 AM Brian Wood > > > m> wrote: > > > > > > Also, I want something around 14 inches size, maybe smaller, but > > > think it's > > > unlikely to have keyboard I like if it's smaller. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20190216/a15a1082/attachment.html>