If he&#x27;s running Linux, it might be that it tooks 5 months after the release of the Developer Edition (the one w&#x2F; Ubuntu preinstalled) to fix the most basic&#x2F;egregious issues: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bartongeorge.net&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;28&#x2F;recent-fixes-for-xps-13-developer-edition&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bartongeorge.net&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;28&#x2F;recent-fixes-for-xps-13-d...</a><p>Also, that even now, they still ship w&#x2F; Broadcom, not Intel wifi. (drivers not in the kernel)<p>I&#x27;m curious about the new Skylake XPS models, but you&#x27;d have to either be foolish or a masochist to guinea pig their new models...