I got a refurb XPS 13 9370 that still seems to be doing fine after a year (I run Fedora on it). I'd previously owned a latitude and while I thought it was a good machine, I wanted something lighter - the quad-core U-series CPUs finally convinced me to try an ultrabook :)
I have heard the XPS 15s tend to have more "issues."
I have heard the XPS 15s tend to have more "issues."