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    defective Dell XPS 13 laptop

    someone on the dell forums helped me figure it out, there was just a setting dell buried in the power management. http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/3518/power-options.png I don't think i would ever buy another dell laptop again, wasted 4...
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    cpu core speed stuck at 600MHz

    someone on the dell forums helped me figure it out, there was just a setting dell buried in the power management. http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/3518/power-options.png I don't think i would ever buy another dell laptop again, wasted 4...
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    defective Dell XPS 13 laptop

    So i bought a new dell xps 13 (2015) for school, i got the i3 version (i3-5010U @ 2.1Ghz) since it was in my budget and is really mobile. it felt really sluggish out the box so i installed cpu-z and noticed the clock speed was not going over 600Mhz even in a prime95 test and an intel extreme...
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    cpu core speed stuck at 600MHz

    I just purchased a Dell XPS 13 (2015) from dells website, the base model, i3-5010U @ 2.1GHz, 4gb ram. When i recieved it, it was horribly slow out the box, it takes about 15-20 seconds to open and load web pages and about the same to open folders and even longer to open applications upwards of...