Started looking deeper into this after my trusty XPS 13 7390 2-in-1 (4k OLED, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD) left fan failed, and it’s somewhat of a struggle to get parts quickly for it. Shipping from China takes forever.
Made me realize all this “soldered on-board” can be a business risk.
But what’s holding me back
- I found spare cooling system parts for XPS 13, so it’s likely I can fix it.
- no OLED screen option (touch not necessary, for me) - once you go OLED, you don’t go back
- no “infinity edge” screen bezel option (even for IPS) - can’t look at large bottom bezels anymore
- Linux suspend power draw issues I still see being actively tracked
- some reviews say fans have only “off, or loud” mode - scared of getting “loud” too often