I'm not at all an Apple guy, and I'm not trying to defend it. But your MSI workstation and the MacBook are very different experiences for very different people. If you don't move around your laptop that much then the MSI is your guy, but if you move around a lot you would want a thin and light laptop, not necesserily an Apple product, maybe the XPS presented in the video. Just to tell you that MSI and Apple, in this respect, are not at all comparable.
Usually the people who complain about dells computer have no idea wtf their talking about and buy 400 dollar laptops and complain when they break. But then those same people for some reason ask about HP. I work for an Office Depot and come in saying "I dont want a Dell, I prefer HP". Im like why? Your only paying 400 dollars for a laptop anyways, not like its gonna be any different in terms of quality. For some reason they associate hp with higher quality.
ArtifexIV According to the video of a guy from Snazzy Labs ("2016 Macbook Pro is good, don't buy it"), this year's Macbook Pro is the buggiest Macbook ever. He even details the glitches he found in a daily basis.
Nice review. I loved my old XPS 12 back in the day. Brought it with me everywhere. Once that died off I ended up with XPS 15 502L. Using it now to type this. But it is a pain to lug around. So I left it at home more often. Having the new XPS 13 for the last 6 months I'm back to carrying it with me every day again. Never once have I thought to myself "wish I left it at home today". It has been a pleaser to own the new XPS 13.
Crane I know right. I was just wondering what's the point of doing "gaming" benchmarks for these kinds of laptops. Probably video/image rendering I could understand, but gaming, nah.
+TheOfficialNar Alright so you buy it manly with work stuff in mind, but it is nice to know you can play some less demanding titles in your free time while on a business trip ;)
Salazar Studio fair point, but the xps15 isn't exactly a dead weight. For a gamer that quadcore cpu might come in handy when connected to an akitio node or a razer core.
Floerebroed i have a Skylake XPS 13, and it's an absolute brute. It does Photoshop just fine, and light premiere. I mostly use mine for college, which it is awesome at. literally battery for DayZ. I usually charge it every other day
Haha yeah no laptop will last than more than aprox 2h gaming, but this and the new macbook pro or macbook are all really wonderful for note taking and college stuff if you can afford them
Cpu improvements have been pretty minimal for the last 3 years. While Gpu improvements have been massive. I rather keep upgrading my Gpu then to replace my I5 4690k.
GeoHawke funny you say that. I was referring to this so called "upgrade" from skylake to kaby lake. I am happy with my 6700k. Kaby Lake is very underwhelming.
I am returning mine. Purchased the 9360 a month ago, as i7, 16GB Ram, 512GB SSD, and Win 10 pro. Full warranty fully spec'd out. The order process was clunky and I had to call someone to get the specs I wanted. I got my confirmation email with all the right specs. When it got here, only had 8GB RAM!!! I called support and spend a few hours to convince them to send me a new laptop! They wanted to send me a reverb unit! The new one got here a couple days ago, still only with 8 GB RAM!!! Crazy. I had to spend another couple hours to figure out if they could guarantee me another new exchange unit. They could not guarantee anything or give me any reason why I was not getting 16GB RAM. Told them to send me return labels for both. I purchased a 13" MacBook Pro with touch in the same config. Apples ordering process was much smoother and I am confident the laptop will come as I ordered. If you are looking at this vs. the MBP. Go with the mac and dual boot windows on it.
Sure, to each their own. I thought I would warn people a head of time before they have to go through the same experience. Dell "tech support" even offered to ship me more ram for the laptop... let that one sink in for a second..... The memory is soldered onto the board! Their "tech support" did not even know that, really, Dell over the years, with all of the companies they have acquired, have grown too big for their own good. They can't keep hardware streight and their customer service has gone way down. All to say, I agree, the mac was a hard pill to swallow, but the ordering experience was much better, and I know what Ill be getting. With Dell, I cant recommend them.
I have the Dell XPS 15 (Skylake i5 6300HQ, GTX 960m, 8GB ram, 1 TB HDD) and I'm loving it. Got it for college/programming/game development as I'm a comp sci major and it has a few flaws but I think it's much better than a macbook and better priced as well.
I like the carbon fiber finish, I don't mind it. but the keyboard looks cheap. for an aluminum body build. I have been looking for a laptop for a while now. this or the razor blade line.
I have the msi gs63vr. I LOVE IT. it is a relatively clean body with only minor logos, plenty of ports and has a magnesium body that's "almost" unibody. battery life is good at 5 hrs on avg (although i turn of features i dont need such as keyboard backlight that extend the battery life a bit) I got this laptop 3 weeks ago and I am not disappointed
I'll be off to college soon and will need a laptop for both school and light gaming when I'm away from my desktop. A video about how you decided what to get would rock! Maybe "Bang for your buck laptop buyers guide" or something. Just a though, keep up the good work. Merry Christmas
DAEDRADONKEY most games I would be playing would have average graphical requirements (Civ 6, Skyrim, Total War: Warhammer) so im thinking gtx 970 or a gtx 1060 @1080p would suit me. I'm just concerned about the quiality of the laptop when I'm travelling like viewing angles, battery life, heat etc....
robertshuxley The Inspiron 7559 is on sale in Amazon right now for $660 with a quad core i5 and a 960m with a 256GB SSD, and for $750 with a 6700HQ and 960m with a 1TB SSHD.
Great video! Keep it up, glad to see your channel growing so fast! Just as a small point of constructive criticism for you is that sometimes you roll from point to point fairly quickly, and while it gets the information out quicker, sometimes it helps to have a little short pause in there as well. Just letting you know what I thought and hope you take it into consideration. Thanks!
Salazar Studio Also I appreciate you going over things like the larger full size right shift key and the backlight adjustment keys not being function bound in the video because most reviewers brush over that to get to the fun internal stuff when in reality that's something people want to know about, so good on you for that!
Luis Carrillo No, the only laptop I returned was the Yoga because of how loud it got + shift key. I still have the MacBook I bought several months ago, as well as my cheaper laptops.
I just picked up the Inspiron 7559. Not really in the same category as the XPS but I am very happy with it. Battery life is alright though, around 5 hours on light tasks. It's pushing an i7-6700HQ with a 960m. Hope the XPS works out well for you.
Owned the XPS 15 for almost a year now and it's been a great laptop. The only complaints I have is the battery life and they could've put a better GPU in here :P
Great choice. I have last year's model and I love it. The touch screen is gorgeous and it works so well. Bit of advice: keep the track pad clean. I'm sure you've noticed how much of a fingerprint magnet everything is and if the track pad gets too oily, you'll notice it makes mistakes when you 2 finger scroll
Dell sucks as a company but this laptop is without a doubt the top laptop on the market right now. Pricy sure, but it is pretty easy to get 10-20% off if you don't need to buy it immediately. Perfect laptop for students and anyone who moves around a lot but still needs a premium laptop.
Since you're going to do a video editing comparison, an asymmetric portion of it with FCPX on the MacBook vs Premiere on the Dell would be interesting.
Why should he? Apple is most earning company on the planet, new MacBooks are still for some reason selling like hot cakes, and they are doing better than ever, like it or not.
Good video.. I have the i5 Kaby version and I love it. I think the speakers sound really good compared to most laptops i've had over the years.. but I did tune out the Maxx audio a bit and it has a lot more thump than say the brand new '16 Spectre x360 (that has quad speakers and sounds far worse than the XPS 13). It almost sounds like your Maxx audio wasn't turned on in the video.. It sounds very hallow.. I did own the first Macbook 12 and the speakers were great but I didn't think they were massively better than what i'm experiencing on my XPS 13.
The concave surface of each key of the very old laptop seems pretty fit with human finger, and the trackball with separated mechanical mouse buttons around it make using the laptop with one hand easy.
I have just purchased the 1080p model, I am beyond happy, the only thing that bothers me is the slightly lower resolution display, it really is noticeable. The trade off for the absolutely ridiculous battery life is so worth it though
Great review brother. You'll always be Science Studio to me. How was the actual heat on this machine? Anything unbearable or more than simply warm to the touch?
Wait until it starts squeeling like a stuck pig when you're trying to get work done. These Dell XPS devices have some totally broken power management designs which are causing a lot of coil whine. A lot of them are virtually unusable. I've had 4 XPS 13s, all have been some variety of unusuable because of the coil whine they emit. Dell simply can't supply a device which doesn't do it, no matter how many times they tried to replace it. My current XPS 13 makes a noise like a ZX Spectrum loading from tape when you're using it. It's insane.
Quad-core Kaby Lake to be introduced at CES in early January. The 2017 XPS 15 will be a beast and completely trounce the MBP 2016: i7/7700HQ (Kaby Lake), gtx1050 GPU, 32gigs of RAM, 4K Infinity display, Samsung 960 NVMe m.2 SSD.
The 9360 hardware is excellent, but most Linux distro's that I've tried don't set the virtual resolution properly for the TB3 port, preventing the configuration of dual 4k screens. I'm working on testing a modified kscreen binary with an increased max width and height across all profiles... It should work. The Fedora 25 LXDE spin functions properly, and Windows will likely work. Linux just has some catch up to do in regards to TB3. If you're going to use dual 1080p screens, or a single external 4k, then, it's perfect. Go for it.
+Anonymous Tutourals/reactin/reload if u compare like that then I can say...why buy the phone u took a selfie with..when u can buy a phone with same functionality like lg optimus zone 3 brand new for 10 bucks at best buy
Anonymous Tutourals/reactin/reload There are people who use touchscreens on laptop a lot. Me myself don't use it or even own one. Linus from linustechtips is an example.
At last, a RUclipsr who's going to be up front about the awful and long-standing coil whine issues that the XPS 13 suffers from. In your "update video" I'd be interested if your unit suffered from the multitude of issues mine suffered from. I bought the XPS 13 (Kaby Lake i7 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) recently but was forced to return it for a refund. I did a lot of research before dropping £1400 on the laptop and I knew coil whine was an extremely common and widely reported issue with the XPS series. Stupidly I bought it anyway and, lo and behold, my laptop had terrible coil whine, something that's very hard to live with, and something I'm convinced most XPS 13 laptops suffer from. Personally, I thought the coil whine was the least of this laptop's issues though. I experienced insane temperatures while playing Hearthstone for just 15 minutes (both cores reached 95°, the laptop was too hot to put on my lap, meaning gaming was out of the question) the sound had a background hiss when using headphones (utterly awful audio driver software, completely unacceptable on any digital device in 2016, especially a premium laptop), the charger brick got too hot to hold during charging, the touchpad randomly refused to register clicks, the laptop refused to sleep (at all), and the keyboard keys felt imprecise and wobbly, while also feeling hollow and cheap. These fundamental issues on a "premium" laptop were more than enough cause for me to return it for a refund, never mind the coil whine. I would seriously advise avoiding this laptop. I wish I had taken more notice of the issues with the XPS 13 reported on the Internet, but more than that, I wish that RUclips reviewers and tech site reviewers were more up front about this laptop's issues, because I spent a lot of time researching ultrabooks.
I have the 8GB 256GB SSD config. and my main issue with this laptop is that you have to open it like you would a book. It's very hard getting your finger in between the lid and it sucks that it can't be open with the lift of one finger without holding down the chaise. Other than that it's a very solid laptop with stellar performance and the display is mouth watering.
Oh wow, you got rid of the 910 already! The main thing I wish the XPS had was a convertible screen and digitizer pen support like the surface book. I don't imagine touch is too useful on a traditional screen. Other than that it seems the perfect replacement for my old macbook pro at a bargain price. I did hear dell will be announcing a convertible XPS13 at CES 2017 so i'm interested to see that. What I really want is a quad core convertible XPS 15 powerhouse!
Cool Vid! I really like that you're reviewing laptops now too, but could you also do a more "budget" like build? It doesn't have to be a 200$ laptop but maybe something around 400-500$?
This video had a lot more of My 12" MacBook is better references than was necessary. Whenever I hear someone comparing a MacBook to anything I always remind them of the price. You mentioned as equipped this XPS was about $1500 (which is the i7 version) and for $1500 on a Mac you are getting an m5. Granted both the m5 and i7 in this case are HT enabled dual cores, but its still worth mentioning and the i7 is more powerful. I feel when you go with an apple device you pay a premium for niceties that are really beyond what is needed, such as the speakers and trackpad you mentioned. Where on a PC you are getting more performance power in terms of a more powerful CPU and more RAM. Most people use a Mouse and headset/speakers with their laptops, however you cannot as easily augment the lacking CPU power and RAM of the macbook (being aware that OSX is designed to run well on this weaker hardware but this does not close all the gaps) This is leaving the displays out, but as you mentioned the XPS wins in some areas and the Mac wins in others in terms of the display. Sorry for the rant, but this is one of my triggers. I have been a follower for some time and look forward to great content to come, even if we disagree :D.
I get the idea of these super thin and light laptops are easier to carry about but I donno seems putting up with a tad more weight and size would get you more performance for your dollar and overall better computing experience. Most of all fewer compromises.
I have the xps 13 something to watch out for is that the adapter only works if you change the power output to 75%, and it doesn't sleep at times when it's closed, which causes it to overheat and lose battery.
Mine stayed awake in my bag once for a 4 hour cross-country journey. When I arrived it smelled like burning rubber and was too hot to touch for about 10 minutes. It's not the first time it's happened, but it was definitely the worst. Stupid thing.
I have two XPS 15.6 inch ..one is I7 and I5 and on both batery totaly died in 2 years..that is why i dont buy dell any more ...i have lenovo yoga 2 pro I7 for 2 years now and battery still as new ..i use it every day 3-4 hours and just lost 7% capacity for 2 years..and my dell XPS battery totaly died on both in same time ..now every time i turn on dell in just beeps because off battery and reqires to press F1
I've had my XPS 13 for a month now and I like it except for the fact that Dell phoned it in with the fans. It isn't silent and there's a slight buzzing noise in a quiet room. Otherwise you can't hear it, but that's the only qualm that I have with this device. If you can handle the buzzing noise (which I've accepted since other laptops are much worse with fan noise), then this is a great choice.
I totally agree about the shift key. I bought the Lenovo ideapad flex 4 and it has the same problem with the right shift key. I'm going to return it and get the xps13 at Costco to try it out.
I always have been impressed with the XPS 13 once they went near-bezel-less. Just gorgeous and a favorite of mine. I am wanting the XPS 15 refresh if it has a 1070/1080 card. Although, I have rocked a MBP for the last 6 years of my life and my latest one is getting close to 3 years old and outperforms many computers we have come through my work, I am a network admin, and I have no legitimate reason to upgrade other than wanting newer hardware.
I had a MBP 2011 for 5 years with only HDD upgraded to an SSD (I did that myself). So It was time for an upgrade. Sort of figured apple would pull an apple and hike prices enormously given that the new MBP is an early adopter product. Bought the XPS 13 and barring some trackpad issues It's been a very good buy. Personally I opted for the 1080p i5 model as it's cheaper and has longer battery life. Given that my parent's bought it for me I felt it was unfair to take a more expensive model than required.
Subbed, I like you reviews. Sometimes when you making mistakes then you admitting that has well. I don't feel like you are fanboy any of brands, just describing u experiences. Keep it up good work.
I have the 15" 4k version of this laptop and it's amazing. Only trouble is that it was given to me by my company as a work laptop so can't have much fun with it
Good review. You forgot graphical hardware details. It's integrated graphics but comparing the hardware specs of expect performance would have just been a nice little addition. Otherwise, great review.
I was one of the first in the world to get one of these. And I'm sad to announce that this model, and the replacement model I got. Both had massive issues with coil whine. I since got a refund and I ordered a different machine.
Bought an XPS13 over a new macbook pro. However, the Dell came out of the box with a mushy space key problem. Tried to fix it by myself but no success. It's a design error that has to do with wiring running below the space key. Needless to say, i ended up ordering the macbook pro instead. couldn't have been happier with my decision.
You should check HP Spectre X360 13. It is definitely better than any of these two, take my word for it. I had opportunity through my job to test all of them. Also Verge gave it Best laptop of 2016 title.
I think I'm going to trade my Precision 5510 in for another XPS 13. The 15 is too big to travel with comfortably, the 13 is perfect. I don't need a quad core i7 to do 99% of my sysadmin work.
Aaron Johnson What does your work entail exactly? I'm going back and forth between the XPS 13 and 15, for a Computer Science study towards sysadmin. And what version are you choosing?
The XPS 13 (Sputnik). When I have to travel, I'm on the plane all day, several hours here and there for layovers etc. I travel with a single backpack, so the latop + books, and clothes weight makes a difference to me. Most of my work is either local on the desktop (spreadsheets, documents etc) or connecting via putty/rdp session. You really don't need a ton of horsepower for that. The i7 5510 is overkill for my work.
Aaron Johnson Do you think I'd need to have a XPS 15 If I need to do things with Virtual Machines (3 in total, locally) or would a XPS 13 with a i5 or i7 be capable of that too?
I'd say if you are running three guests (Esp. Windows servers), you'll want the 15". If these are linux guests, and just doing the standard lamp stack, you could get away with the 13".
I recently purchased the exact same configuration of the XPS 13 as you, however, I'm getting about 5 hours of battery life from basic internet browsing. 1 or 2 tabs open and nothing running in the background. Brightness is at roughly 25-50%. I figured Dell just exaggerated the claimed battery life, but it seems I am one of the few with this problem. i was debating on switching this configuration to a configuration with a 1080p display instead of the 4K display. Any thoughts or remarks you may be able to share? Also, this is the first video I have seen of yours and you produce some great content. Subbed :)
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You see people complaining about the price of some dells. Then you show them macbook prices. Silence
I'm not at all an Apple guy, and I'm not trying to defend it. But your MSI workstation and the MacBook are very different experiences for very different people. If you don't move around your laptop that much then the MSI is your guy, but if you move around a lot you would want a thin and light laptop, not necesserily an Apple product, maybe the XPS presented in the video. Just to tell you that MSI and Apple, in this respect, are not at all comparable.
Stryker A. Wolfe yeah, I'm with you in this regard. The razer blade is actually my dream laptop.
i got a dell laptop many years ago and it wasnt bad, but it werent great either.
Usually the people who complain about dells computer have no idea wtf their talking about and buy 400 dollar laptops and complain when they break. But then those same people for some reason ask about HP. I work for an Office Depot and come in saying "I dont want a Dell, I prefer HP". Im like why? Your only paying 400 dollars for a laptop anyways, not like its gonna be any different in terms of quality. For some reason they associate hp with higher quality.
ArtifexIV According to the video of a guy from Snazzy Labs ("2016 Macbook Pro is good, don't buy it"), this year's Macbook Pro is the buggiest Macbook ever. He even details the glitches he found in a daily basis.
HOLY CRAP!!!! Greg used a Friends clip in his video. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.
Watching this on my new XPS 13 w/IRIS 540 graphics... I don't think the bump in video is worth the loss of 3-5 hours more of battery power.
TECHGeek That's why I bought this one instead.
one v one meh bro lol
Salazar Studio kindly report any coil whine issue in the comments if you come across any!!! :) cheers
what bump in graphics ...if it's done right it will use the integrated graphics for everything it can to save power ......except very heavy tasks
pumpuppthevolume sure pal
Nice review.
I loved my old XPS 12 back in the day. Brought it with me everywhere. Once that died off I ended up with XPS 15 502L. Using it now to type this. But it is a pain to lug around. So I left it at home more often. Having the new XPS 13 for the last 6 months I'm back to carrying it with me every day again. Never once have I thought to myself "wish I left it at home today". It has been a pleaser to own the new XPS 13.
chin cam?
*LEAFY TRIGGERED*
Ashwin N leafy
Loved the Friends reference. One of my top 5 favorite shows of all time :p Such a nice laptop though, great review as always :]
Maybe you needed a better blow-off valve on the yoga.
I was thinking CAI swap too.
Salazar Studio Good plan, you won't lose as much power through heat. Try a catalytic converter delete as well. Won't pass SMOG but whatever.
The Dapper Llama omg he's a car guy
Darshan Chandramouli I felt all giddy when I found out.
Smog shouldn't be a problem I hear that the Yoga is all electric. ;-)
One of the better XPS 13 reviews I’ve seen. Thanks for the video!
Do people really game on ultrabooks? If I had the money to buy one I'd probably only use it for work.
No not really, not many people game on laptops period though or at least with games other than easy to run ones or e sports
Crane
I know right. I was just wondering what's the point of doing "gaming" benchmarks for these kinds of laptops. Probably video/image rendering I could understand, but gaming, nah.
You can play esports on laptops with iGPUs
I have the same one from the vid. 16gb ram ect. I use it purely for work.
+TheOfficialNar Alright so you buy it manly with work stuff in mind, but it is nice to know you can play some less demanding titles in your free time while on a business trip ;)
Even the colors and intensity the screen of the XPS 13 gives through my dirt cheap 5 year old laptop is amazing. I'd love to own one.
You know the xps 15 is cheaper after you select to remove the dedicated gpu. Why pay more for a dual core?
Bill Because Ultrabook. It's all about portability and weight.
Salazar Studio fair point, but the xps15 isn't exactly a dead weight. For a gamer that quadcore cpu might come in handy when connected to an akitio node or a razer core.
People looking to buy the xps 13 arent looking into gaming
Bill Size, and also that the xps boasts the kaby lake line of cpu's, xps 15 is still on the skylake line of cpu's
There isn't a whole lot of difference between skylake and kaby lake. I would much rather have a quadcore skylake i7.
Dude I just gotta say I love this channel, keep up the good work!
What would you do on an 13inch laptop? It's too small for audio/video production, or ?!
Floerebroed i have a Skylake XPS 13, and it's an absolute brute. It does Photoshop just fine, and light premiere. I mostly use mine for college, which it is awesome at. literally battery for DayZ. I usually charge it every other day
Mads Harder Møller off-topic, but we're you talking about the game 'DayZ' or were you just saying days
Lukel haha, I meant days
Haha yeah no laptop will last than more than aprox 2h gaming, but this and the new macbook pro or macbook are all really wonderful for note taking and college stuff if you can afford them
I mean you could do with a $250 laptop but with these here you will enjoy it much much much much more
Thank you! for including that sound quality comparison. I hate when reviewers just say "its worse/better than..."
lol, all kaby lake is, is skylake with higher clock frequencies. Pitiful intel, hopefully AMD crushes them. 6700k user here.
"Pitiful Intel" as he ashamedly admits that he uses one.
Cpu improvements have been pretty minimal for the last 3 years. While Gpu improvements have been massive. I rather keep upgrading my Gpu then to replace my I5 4690k.
kaby lake is great for laptops, better iGPU and efficient h.265 decoding
Not so good for desktops though
GeoHawke funny you say that. I was referring to this so called "upgrade" from skylake to kaby lake. I am happy with my 6700k. Kaby Lake is very underwhelming.
+lvlaple4Ever Well at least it means you can keep your I7 6700k and still be satisfied with it for years :) (another I7 6700k owner in here)
Thanks for making me spray coffee on my screen Salazar with the unexpected "Check out those bezels" line. Too funny man.
prudent is a nice word, learned it today
Its a good one.
Michael Morgan *It's.
I am returning mine. Purchased the 9360 a month ago, as i7, 16GB Ram, 512GB SSD, and Win 10 pro. Full warranty fully spec'd out. The order process was clunky and I had to call someone to get the specs I wanted. I got my confirmation email with all the right specs. When it got here, only had 8GB RAM!!! I called support and spend a few hours to convince them to send me a new laptop! They wanted to send me a reverb unit! The new one got here a couple days ago, still only with 8 GB RAM!!! Crazy. I had to spend another couple hours to figure out if they could guarantee me another new exchange unit. They could not guarantee anything or give me any reason why I was not getting 16GB RAM. Told them to send me return labels for both. I purchased a 13" MacBook Pro with touch in the same config. Apples ordering process was much smoother and I am confident the laptop will come as I ordered. If you are looking at this vs. the MBP. Go with the mac and dual boot windows on it.
Sure, to each their own. I thought I would warn people a head of time before they have to go through the same experience. Dell "tech support" even offered to ship me more ram for the laptop... let that one sink in for a second..... The memory is soldered onto the board! Their "tech support" did not even know that, really, Dell over the years, with all of the companies they have acquired, have grown too big for their own good. They can't keep hardware streight and their customer service has gone way down.
All to say, I agree, the mac was a hard pill to swallow, but the ordering experience was much better, and I know what Ill be getting. With Dell, I cant recommend them.
Take a look - www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell+XPS+13+Teardown/36157 (STEP 15)
My Asus ultra book also has some pretty loud cool whine when streaming video or doing anything CPU intensive
It's a shame.
I use my modded Pavilion G7 to melt cheese, chocolate, etc.
Splitty Nitty you should hear my computer I think it's trying to die
Salazar Studio It sure is.
Splitty Nitty that better then my computer my GPU and CPU fan will spin like a vacuum
The quality of this video is fantastic. Great
Greg please don't eat Doritos and then touch that gorgeous display.... oh you don't do that? That's me?
Onion Rings LOL
I have the Dell XPS 15 (Skylake i5 6300HQ, GTX 960m, 8GB ram, 1 TB HDD) and I'm loving it. Got it for college/programming/game development as I'm a comp sci major and it has a few flaws but I think it's much better than a macbook and better priced as well.
I like the carbon fiber finish, I don't mind it. but the keyboard looks cheap. for an aluminum body build. I have been looking for a laptop for a while now. this or the razor blade line.
timothyzc Agreed. this is the same type of keyboard they used on the Dell Chromebook...
yea its sad. It has potential. maybe the next one?
timothyzc agreed. it's such a nice laptop otherwise!
I have the msi gs63vr. I LOVE IT. it is a relatively clean body with only minor logos, plenty of ports and has a magnesium body that's "almost" unibody. battery life is good at 5 hrs on avg (although i turn of features i dont need such as keyboard backlight that extend the battery life a bit) I got this laptop 3 weeks ago and I am not disappointed
I'll be off to college soon and will need a laptop for both school and light gaming when I'm away from my desktop. A video about how you decided what to get would rock! Maybe "Bang for your buck laptop buyers guide" or something. Just a though, keep up the good work. Merry Christmas
any recommended bang for buck gaming laptops? Need to game on the go :)
robertshuxley dell 7559. Lots of reviews on youtube check em out
robertshuxley Dell Inspiron 7559. You can play most new games on it on medium to high graphics at 1080p even on the base model.
DAEDRADONKEY
most games I would be playing would have average graphical requirements (Civ 6, Skyrim, Total War: Warhammer) so im thinking gtx 970 or a gtx 1060 @1080p would suit me. I'm just concerned about the quiality of the laptop when I'm travelling like viewing angles, battery life, heat etc....
robertshuxley The Inspiron 7559 is on sale in Amazon right now for $660 with a quad core i5 and a 960m with a 256GB SSD, and for $750 with a 6700HQ and 960m with a 1TB SSHD.
robertshuxley anything above 960m :)
Salazar, Keep the content coming.
You bet! Thanks for watching.
Great video! Keep it up, glad to see your channel growing so fast! Just as a small point of constructive criticism for you is that sometimes you roll from point to point fairly quickly, and while it gets the information out quicker, sometimes it helps to have a little short pause in there as well. Just letting you know what I thought and hope you take it into consideration. Thanks!
Noted. Thanks for watching!
Salazar Studio Also I appreciate you going over things like the larger full size right shift key and the backlight adjustment keys not being function bound in the video because most reviewers brush over that to get to the fun internal stuff when in reality that's something people want to know about, so good on you for that!
Salazar Studio this is actually a beauty from Dell.
Great review as always, I love that you're not afraid to say when something is bad, even on an otherwise great product! :)
Can you plug in a razer with a graphics card of your choice and play games and do some benchmarks? On the dell xps that is
@7:25 " If You think it's stupid whatever,Bite Me"! LMAO
So do you buy laptops to review them then return them?
Luis Carrillo No, the only laptop I returned was the Yoga because of how loud it got + shift key. I still have the MacBook I bought several months ago, as well as my cheaper laptops.
Damn, you teased this for long enough :) Glad this is finally out
I want one 😍 with the 1080p matte
And battery life with the i5 would be awesome!!!!!!
Gross
I just picked up the Inspiron 7559. Not really in the same category as the XPS but I am very happy with it. Battery life is alright though, around 5 hours on light tasks. It's pushing an i7-6700HQ with a 960m. Hope the XPS works out well for you.
So....What happened to your other laptop that you JUST bought?
He probably sold it.
Or returned it?
im really glad your channel is growing!!!
Does it got a thunderbolt 3 port
I said in the video that it did.
oh I must of missed that, whoops. Thanks tho! :)
Mr Wolfers Yeah he said it strangely. I barely caught it.
gotta say man, NOBODY points to the ceiling in emphasis like you do, nobody. awesome content btw
Wow I thought that Friends show had copyright protection! 🤓
youtube hero is still a thing? pathetic
Robin Clarijs LOL RUclips hero 🤓
JCTiggs the clip he used does not violate copyright protection 😎
RUclips hero to the rescue
Robin Clarijs Completely legal. GL
Owned the XPS 15 for almost a year now and it's been a great laptop. The only complaints I have is the battery life and they could've put a better GPU in here :P
Playing music during the sound test?
TopTenGamer LOL...
what are you smoking man????? I WANT SOME
Salazar Studio ;)
Just out of curiosity, what was the song you were playing during the sound test?
Great choice. I have last year's model and I love it. The touch screen is gorgeous and it works so well. Bit of advice: keep the track pad clean. I'm sure you've noticed how much of a fingerprint magnet everything is and if the track pad gets too oily, you'll notice it makes mistakes when you 2 finger scroll
Other than the screen, I'm not a fan of the XPS aesthetics. It looks cheap to me.
Tom k yea the keyboard, I don't like
Tom k true
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Really? I thought it looked pretty premium to be honest.
If you want aesthetics you might as well buy a macbook.
The intro tho XD! Miss the show! 😣 BTW awesome video bro!!!❤️🎆
Glossy screen is no good. Too much glare and reflections.
That's entirely subjective. I'd much rather have a glossy screen + touch over an ugly matte screen + no touch.
For gaming a matte screen is better but you are not going to game seriously on this laptop, you rather watch a movie.
Dell sucks as a company but this laptop is without a doubt the top laptop on the market right now. Pricy sure, but it is pretty easy to get 10-20% off if you don't need to buy it immediately. Perfect laptop for students and anyone who moves around a lot but still needs a premium laptop.
Can we get someone to show you how to make a video...
mojoeman265 You're implying a RUclipsr with 170'000+ subscribers doesn't know how to make a video? I think it's great, idk about you.
Dragorific hmm I guess you don't follow greg on Twitter..
Dragorific It's an inside Twitter joke 😂
Salazar Studio RIP my lack of dedication. Forgive me joeman.
I've been wondering if Chandler's computer was actually top of the line. Thank you very much!
Haha I remember that Friends episode!
Since you're going to do a video editing comparison, an asymmetric portion of it with FCPX on the MacBook vs Premiere on the Dell would be interesting.
same design for the past 2 years, i expected a design refresh, seeing your thumbnail.
Mike Messiah Don't fix what isn't broken.
The mouse and plastic carbon top are things I would love to see fixed though.
THINNER BEZELS
best video of Salazar Studio ??
Tim Cook is crying in his office
Why should he? Apple is most earning company on the planet, new MacBooks are still for some reason selling like hot cakes, and they are doing better than ever, like it or not.
Artūrs Savickis u dumbass McDonald's is the biggest company not apple
InfinityInspiron It's not even close: McDonalds 2016 revenue: $24.62b Apple 2016 revenue: $215.63b
I have the XPS 15 for school and it is definitely the best laptop I've had. It is great in all aspects for me, from notes to gaming it can do it all.
"1994"
"500GB HDD"
Good video.. I have the i5 Kaby version and I love it. I think the speakers sound really good compared to most laptops i've had over the years.. but I did tune out the Maxx audio a bit and it has a lot more thump than say the brand new '16 Spectre x360 (that has quad speakers and sounds far worse than the XPS 13). It almost sounds like your Maxx audio wasn't turned on in the video.. It sounds very hallow.. I did own the first Macbook 12 and the speakers were great but I didn't think they were massively better than what i'm experiencing on my XPS 13.
Still has more USB ports than MacBook.
This thing has one less, to be accurate.
The concave surface of each key of the very old laptop seems pretty fit with human finger, and the trackball with separated mechanical mouse buttons around it make using the laptop with one hand easy.
But no dedicated gpu :'(
We will see AMD Raven Ridge APU in late 2017. It is a APU with 2/4 or 4/8 Cores + 768/1024 GCN´s and will deliver around 2Tflops of GPU power.
the 15" does. But new quad core kaby lake processors coming out soon so that might also get a graphics bump too.
Yes but good look, finding an Ultrabook with dGpu
yeah thats true, they aren't as easy to find. just waiting for new xps 15 to drop. see what that brings to the table
What about the USB Thunderbolt PCI docks such as the Razer core?
I have just purchased the 1080p model, I am beyond happy, the only thing that bothers me is the slightly lower resolution display, it really is noticeable. The trade off for the absolutely ridiculous battery life is so worth it though
For this money they should have included ddr4...
Neki Tamo Gejmer these kabylake 7xxx-u chips don't support lpddr4 and there is almost no diffrence with lpddr3... check your facts
wtf man ?
my dell 13-5000 has ddr4 and its a 7 series chip so how about check your facts
Luke Gittings u have a 4-core point holds i stated that 7xxx-U series doesnt support ddr4 and u have hq procesor
Jan Selwa Thanks for the info :)
Great review brother. You'll always be Science Studio to me. How was the actual heat on this machine? Anything unbearable or more than simply warm to the touch?
Just warm to the touch. Noticed a bit of throttling/lagging during long periods of editing and rendering, but nothing major.
Wait until it starts squeeling like a stuck pig when you're trying to get work done.
These Dell XPS devices have some totally broken power management designs which are causing a lot of coil whine. A lot of them are virtually unusable. I've had 4 XPS 13s, all have been some variety of unusuable because of the coil whine they emit. Dell simply can't supply a device which doesn't do it, no matter how many times they tried to replace it.
My current XPS 13 makes a noise like a ZX Spectrum loading from tape when you're using it. It's insane.
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Salazar Studio it's truly insane, isn't it?
Quad-core Kaby Lake to be introduced at CES in early January. The 2017 XPS 15 will be a beast and completely trounce the MBP 2016: i7/7700HQ (Kaby Lake), gtx1050 GPU, 32gigs of RAM, 4K Infinity display, Samsung 960 NVMe m.2 SSD.
Ahhh why can't dell just really step up their game. Make the entire thing out of nothing but Metal and glass!
Great! Right to the point! You keep getting better every vid! 👍🏼
inb4 sellout comments
naaa greg is a cool guy there is no reason for that
Willy chily No doubt about Greg's character. But some of the viewers though...
Can't wait for the video editing benchmarks! I'm looking for a laptop for Adobe Premiere and Photoshop.
The screen is nice, but am I the only one who thinks the rest is ugly?
Willi Hansen it is gorgeous irl
Willi Hansen no i agree besides the screen it looks super cheap
Willi Hansen it's sexy ass fuck! Got rid of my MacBook pro and got this XPS 13. Glad I did it! You should get your eyes check.
The 9360 hardware is excellent, but most Linux distro's that I've tried don't set the virtual resolution properly for the TB3 port, preventing the configuration of dual 4k screens. I'm working on testing a modified kscreen binary with an increased max width and height across all profiles... It should work. The Fedora 25 LXDE spin functions properly, and Windows will likely work. Linux just has some catch up to do in regards to TB3. If you're going to use dual 1080p screens, or a single external 4k, then, it's perfect. Go for it.
$1500 I could build a hell of a PC and have money to eat on
Laptops are always more expensive than desktops.
ya..but will it be portable..and come with a nice touch screen , speakers, webcam, mic...they r 2 different things
+Anonymous Tutourals/reactin/reload if u compare like that then I can say...why buy the phone u took a selfie with..when u can buy a phone with same functionality like lg optimus zone 3 brand new for 10 bucks at best buy
I love having touch screen on my Lenovo, I only regret not choosing the one with dedicated graphics.
Anonymous Tutourals/reactin/reload There are people who use touchscreens on laptop a lot. Me myself don't use it or even own one. Linus from linustechtips is an example.
At last, a RUclipsr who's going to be up front about the awful and long-standing coil whine issues that the XPS 13 suffers from. In your "update video" I'd be interested if your unit suffered from the multitude of issues mine suffered from. I bought the XPS 13 (Kaby Lake i7 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) recently but was forced to return it for a refund. I did a lot of research before dropping £1400 on the laptop and I knew coil whine was an extremely common and widely reported issue with the XPS series. Stupidly I bought it anyway and, lo and behold, my laptop had terrible coil whine, something that's very hard to live with, and something I'm convinced most XPS 13 laptops suffer from. Personally, I thought the coil whine was the least of this laptop's issues though. I experienced insane temperatures while playing Hearthstone for just 15 minutes (both cores reached 95°, the laptop was too hot to put on my lap, meaning gaming was out of the question) the sound had a background hiss when using headphones (utterly awful audio driver software, completely unacceptable on any digital device in 2016, especially a premium laptop), the charger brick got too hot to hold during charging, the touchpad randomly refused to register clicks, the laptop refused to sleep (at all), and the keyboard keys felt imprecise and wobbly, while also feeling hollow and cheap. These fundamental issues on a "premium" laptop were more than enough cause for me to return it for a refund, never mind the coil whine. I would seriously advise avoiding this laptop. I wish I had taken more notice of the issues with the XPS 13 reported on the Internet, but more than that, I wish that RUclips reviewers and tech site reviewers were more up front about this laptop's issues, because I spent a lot of time researching ultrabooks.
Mandrake my wife's xps13 doesn't have any issues... it is great
Great review! My S.O. has a Skylake XPS 15, and it's amazing.
I have the 8GB 256GB SSD config. and my main issue with this laptop is that you have to open it like you would a book. It's very hard getting your finger in between the lid and it sucks that it can't be open with the lift of one finger without holding down the chaise. Other than that it's a very solid laptop with stellar performance and the display is mouth watering.
Oh wow, you got rid of the 910 already! The main thing I wish the XPS had was a convertible screen and digitizer pen support like the surface book. I don't imagine touch is too useful on a traditional screen. Other than that it seems the perfect replacement for my old macbook pro at a bargain price. I did hear dell will be announcing a convertible XPS13 at CES 2017 so i'm interested to see that. What I really want is a quad core convertible XPS 15 powerhouse!
Cool Vid! I really like that you're reviewing laptops now too, but could you also do a more "budget" like build? It doesn't have to be a 200$ laptop but maybe something around 400-500$?
This video had a lot more of My 12" MacBook is better references than was necessary. Whenever I hear someone comparing a MacBook to anything I always remind them of the price. You mentioned as equipped this XPS was about $1500 (which is the i7 version) and for $1500 on a Mac you are getting an m5. Granted both the m5 and i7 in this case are HT enabled dual cores, but its still worth mentioning and the i7 is more powerful. I feel when you go with an apple device you pay a premium for niceties that are really beyond what is needed, such as the speakers and trackpad you mentioned. Where on a PC you are getting more performance power in terms of a more powerful CPU and more RAM. Most people use a Mouse and headset/speakers with their laptops, however you cannot as easily augment the lacking CPU power and RAM of the macbook (being aware that OSX is designed to run well on this weaker hardware but this does not close all the gaps) This is leaving the displays out, but as you mentioned the XPS wins in some areas and the Mac wins in others in terms of the display.
Sorry for the rant, but this is one of my triggers. I have been a follower for some time and look forward to great content to come, even if we disagree :D.
A great, focused review on a nice product. Good job! :)
I get the idea of these super thin and light laptops are easier to carry about but I donno seems putting up with a tad more weight and size would get you more performance for your dollar and overall better computing experience. Most of all fewer compromises.
I have the xps 13 something to watch out for is that the adapter only works if you change the power output to 75%, and it doesn't sleep at times when it's closed, which causes it to overheat and lose battery.
Antic Bruin What adapter are you talking about?
My 9360 regularly goes to sleep and it has never overheated.
Mine stayed awake in my bag once for a 4 hour cross-country journey. When I arrived it smelled like burning rubber and was too hot to touch for about 10 minutes.
It's not the first time it's happened, but it was definitely the worst. Stupid thing.
Anthrax62 The dell thunderbolt adapter with hdmi vga Ethernet and usb
I have two XPS 15.6 inch ..one is I7 and I5 and on both batery totaly died in 2 years..that is why i dont buy dell any more ...i have lenovo yoga 2 pro I7 for 2 years now and battery still as new ..i use it every day 3-4 hours and just lost 7% capacity for 2 years..and my dell XPS battery totaly died on both in same time ..now every time i turn on dell in just beeps because off battery and reqires to press F1
I've had my XPS 13 for a month now and I like it except for the fact that Dell phoned it in with the fans. It isn't silent and there's a slight buzzing noise in a quiet room. Otherwise you can't hear it, but that's the only qualm that I have with this device. If you can handle the buzzing noise (which I've accepted since other laptops are much worse with fan noise), then this is a great choice.
I totally agree about the shift key. I bought the Lenovo ideapad flex 4 and it has the same problem with the right shift key. I'm going to return it and get the xps13 at Costco to try it out.
I always change the CPU thermal paste on computers like these. Although I was pleasantly surprised with the temps out of the box this time around.
I always have been impressed with the XPS 13 once they went near-bezel-less. Just gorgeous and a favorite of mine.
I am wanting the XPS 15 refresh if it has a 1070/1080 card. Although, I have rocked a MBP for the last 6 years of my life and my latest one is getting close to 3 years old and outperforms many computers we have come through my work, I am a network admin, and I have no legitimate reason to upgrade other than wanting newer hardware.
The episode of FRIENDS with laptop to which SS is referring at the beginning of this video is S02E08 "the one with the list"
Where do we go from here? Everything is maxed out!
I had a MBP 2011 for 5 years with only HDD upgraded to an SSD (I did that myself). So It was time for an upgrade. Sort of figured apple would pull an apple and hike prices enormously given that the new MBP is an early adopter product. Bought the XPS 13 and barring some trackpad issues It's been a very good buy.
Personally I opted for the 1080p i5 model as it's cheaper and has longer battery life. Given that my parent's bought it for me I felt it was unfair to take a more expensive model than required.
But will it blend? Sorry had to say it. Man that is a beautiful laptop
Subbed, I like you reviews. Sometimes when you making mistakes then you admitting that has well. I don't feel like you are fanboy any of brands, just describing u experiences. Keep it up good work.
I have the 15" 4k version of this laptop and it's amazing. Only trouble is that it was given to me by my company as a work laptop so can't have much fun with it
Good review. You forgot graphical hardware details. It's integrated graphics but comparing the hardware specs of expect performance would have just been a nice little addition.
Otherwise, great review.
I was one of the first in the world to get one of these. And I'm sad to announce that this model, and the replacement model I got. Both had massive issues with coil whine. I since got a refund and I ordered a different machine.
The function keys are not dedicated, the Fn lock is just on by default. You can change the default status in the BIOS and disable it with Fn + Esc
Software, Technology & Engineering That's dedicated in my book.
It's configurable in mine ;)
Bought an XPS13 over a new macbook pro. However, the Dell came out of the box with a mushy space key problem. Tried to fix it by myself but no success. It's a design error that has to do with wiring running below the space key. Needless to say, i ended up ordering the macbook pro instead. couldn't have been happier with my decision.
You should check HP Spectre X360 13. It is definitely better than any of these two, take my word for it. I had opportunity through my job to test all of them. Also Verge gave it Best laptop of 2016 title.
I have the fully specked out xps13 and it's amazing.
I think I'm going to trade my Precision 5510 in for another XPS 13. The 15 is too big to travel with comfortably, the 13 is perfect. I don't need a quad core i7 to do 99% of my sysadmin work.
Aaron Johnson What does your work entail exactly? I'm going back and forth between the XPS 13 and 15, for a Computer Science study towards sysadmin. And what version are you choosing?
The XPS 13 (Sputnik). When I have to travel, I'm on the plane all day, several hours here and there for layovers etc. I travel with a single backpack, so the latop + books, and clothes weight makes a difference to me. Most of my work is either local on the desktop (spreadsheets, documents etc) or connecting via putty/rdp session. You really don't need a ton of horsepower for that. The i7 5510 is overkill for my work.
Aaron Johnson Do you think I'd need to have a XPS 15 If I need to do things with Virtual Machines (3 in total, locally) or would a XPS 13 with a i5 or i7 be capable of that too?
I'd say if you are running three guests (Esp. Windows servers), you'll want the 15". If these are linux guests, and just doing the standard lamp stack, you could get away with the 13".
I have a 15, It is deceptively small. I've had mine 6 months, travelled all over with it, and it isn't any more a hassle than my old 13" rMBP.
I recently purchased the exact same configuration of the XPS 13 as you, however, I'm getting about 5 hours of battery life from basic internet browsing. 1 or 2 tabs open and nothing running in the background. Brightness is at roughly 25-50%.
I figured Dell just exaggerated the claimed battery life, but it seems I am one of the few with this problem.
i was debating on switching this configuration to a configuration with a 1080p display instead of the 4K display. Any thoughts or remarks you may be able to share?
Also, this is the first video I have seen of yours and you produce some great content. Subbed :)
CrackerJack I have the 1080p version, which lasts me about 13 hours on a charge.
The "bite me " comment totally sold me on the sub!!!!!! Ha ha ha.... and a really good review 👍
another great vid Salazar. One question, here are you still using the FZ1000 ? Image is incredibly sharp.