The performance is still pretty reasonable in Quiet mode, but I think I’d probably use the Optimized mode most if I were to use this as a daily driver. Not only are the fans tolerable in that case, but the internal component temperatures are much better and with decent performance. Perfo...
You’ll need a Torx screw driver to take care of all the screws holding the back panel in place (careful, there’s also a Philips screw hidden behind the XPS metallic flap) and an old credit card to help separate the metallic bottom from the laptop’s body. Once you take it apart, ...
Update2: The situation is similar for the FHD screen options, with AU Optronics AUO5B2D panels shipping in the US, and Sharp SHP1484 panels available in Europe. In this case, the two panels are similar, though, with a max brightness of 400+ nits, a contrast of around 1600:1 and 77%...
These aside, the XPS 13 9350 will include up to 16 GB of RAM (still embedded and non-upgradeable), M.2 PCIe storage with up to 1 TB of space, dual-band WiFi AC and a slightly larger 56 Wh battery, as opposed to the 52 Wh one of the 9343. Incremental upgrades, but they all ad...
The bars in the GT: Package-level PL2/3 graph show the time period where the chip is operating at its temporarily higher TDP of 20W. This is the only time the GPU and CPU clocks are able to near their peaks together. This is limited by firmware to only a few seconds at a time. ...