It's using the 65W Kabylake-G. The rest of the system isn't going to use anywhere near 25W; and as thin as these systems are they're not going to support extended turbo at significantly above nominal TDP. Charging is going to be miserably slow if you're doing it with the system running at full load; but that's far from a unique flaw with this model.
Woah, this must have been a huge internal redesign. The Spectre x360 15" has always been the weakest in its class (compared to XPS 15 & MacBook Pro 15") with a capacity of only around ~40W. Now it's going all the way up to 65W. I would have expected Dell to bring this to the XPS 15 first, since that's always had to manage ~90W.
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serendip - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
So is the Spectre vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown? Sorry, couldn't resist.Guitaripod - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
booo..R0H1T - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
I think you'll find this "spectre" invulnerable to "meltdown" VIA Ryzen Envy.Spunjji - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
Joke fail, because these both have Melty Intel goodness inside. <3r3loaded - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
Well, older HP Spectres are vulnerable to a more literal "meltdown" :DT1beriu - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
You sure Kaby Lake-G only uses a 90W power supply? It seems tightly close, almost impossible.DanNeely - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
It's using the 65W Kabylake-G. The rest of the system isn't going to use anywhere near 25W; and as thin as these systems are they're not going to support extended turbo at significantly above nominal TDP. Charging is going to be miserably slow if you're doing it with the system running at full load; but that's far from a unique flaw with this model.skavi - Monday, January 8, 2018 - link
Woah, this must have been a huge internal redesign. The Spectre x360 15" has always been the weakest in its class (compared to XPS 15 & MacBook Pro 15") with a capacity of only around ~40W. Now it's going all the way up to 65W. I would have expected Dell to bring this to the XPS 15 first, since that's always had to manage ~90W.