XPS 9343-8913 4GB model

Very easy question guys. Im really struggling to buy this cheaper 4GB model in the UK. Some sites are saying availability in 1-2 months and dell themselves on live chat say its no longer being sold and point me to their site with three 8 GB versions which are a lot more expensive.

Is the 4GB being phased out or whats happening?

Thanks

 

New skylake models out very soon and 4GB is not enough ram for that computer

 

Don't know the status of 4gb model.

But I seriously seriously recommend you just spend the extra cash for an 8gb model. 4gb just isn't enough. Simply having chrome open with a few tabs running can easily use more than 4gb of RAM.

In most cases, this wouldn't be a huge issue, since most laptops allow you to upgrade RAM in the future. But the XPS 13 has soldered RAM so upgrading is not an option. Whatever you buy on day 1 is what you will be stuck with for the life of the machine. And getting 4GB will seriously limit the usability of the laptop over the next few years of ownership, and basically kill the resale value if you try and sell it in the future.

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Thanks for the reply.

Is this good enough spec and what are your thoughts on buying a factory refurb?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=351494172484&alt=web

Cheers

 

I wouldn't buy this model at this time till the touchpad and adaptive brightness issues are fixed

 

Must do some research, didnt realise there were some serious hardware issues that couldn't be fixed via software. Shame really.

 

Unless you use heavy coding or cad ...4GB is way more than enough for normal use
I got This :
Dell XPS 13 9343-2727SLV Core i5 128GB Signature Edition Laptop with 4GB Mem.
and Upgraded to 256GB SSD .

 

What do you guys make of factory refurbs. I see some great deals on them but wondering would you risk it? They come with Dell 1 year warranty and home call out. Sometimes apparently are unopened due to change in spec etc.

Cheers

 

I for one , would not buy refurbished , no mater who did it ..
It's just me ..

 

I used to have a dell xps 1340 with 4gb 320gb hdd windows 7. Never had to increase memory.
Now I have xps 9343 4gb 256 gb ssd and windows 10 home. I monitor memory use running internet explorer, power iso, clarion 7.3 and vlc music. Only 47% of memory use.

 

I've had great experiences buying Dell Outlet refurb units. The ones I've bought were indistinguishable from new units.

The most important part of this is to make sure that the unit you buy will be a good deal (typically for units that are over a year old, and no longer sold as new). I would say that it isn't worh buying a refurb unit of a current model, especially if you're only saving $100 or so on the unit.

 

As for 4GB vs 8GB...

A computer will certainly operate with 4GB, and it will certainly perform basic tasks with 4GB.

But my recommendation is that if you're buying a new unit, then get at least 8GB. Especially with a unit like the Dell XPS 13 (9343), which has the RAM soldered on, leaving you without a future upgrade option for RAM. Again, a computer with 4GB of RAM will definitely operate, but it's not uncommon at all to use 4GB of RAM without even thinking twice. Even right now, my laptop is running:

* Microsoft Outlook
* Google Chrome with 9 tabs open
* Skype for Business
* Using 4083MB of RAM

No other crazy background processes, virus scanners, etc. This is a clean unit that I reformatted myself once I bought it. Startup items were stripped down to just the bare basics of what I need for this computer to operate.