Just wanted to chime in that I really appreciate your reviews. Very friendly, detailed, and helpful. I've been searching for a work laptop, so I've been watching quite a few lately.
I'm really happy that I found this video. I read all the horror stories and watched the youtube videos chronicling the horror stories right after I bought one. I haven't had any problems with mine so far and I'm happy to hear that Dell has gotten their driver game sorted out. It gave me some piece of mind.
I've had the XPS 15 (4k, 512gig) for around 5 months now, mostly using it for Software Development and School Work + some photo editing. I can totally confirm this review. After some initial problems with the display driver, it's been a dream.
Thank you for this, genuinely the best tech review I have ever watched. I like the long term aspect, and you have a rarely seen objectivity taking it for exactly what it is (supporting each remark with context of its competitors). Really well done, keep it up!
Just bought this laptop today at my local Microsoft Store. My basis on buying this laptop was due to your review. Its only been 6 hours thus far and I have not had any concerns other than the keyboard travel you had mentioned.
Perfect! Just what I was looking for, wanted to get one of these but kept reading about issues, glad they are resolved. Just ordered one with the 1080p screen, I had an Asus with QHD screen and the scaling on Windows just isn't good, so since you said the 1080p screen is very good also, I just went with that and no need to worry about the scaling.
I never thought that Windows 10 scaling was bad, 8.1 is, but Windows 10 is really good at it. I have a Razor Stealth with a 4K display, looks fantastic. Though if your going to be using Linux, I would definitely grab the 1080P model.
This is a balanced review. Audience who know what they are looking for get their answers. Good points all made clear so manufacture will continue to give Lisa long-term review units. Bad points also made solid so no complaints from a reasonable manufacture. a bit of humor and some side points rarely seen in other reviews. Well done!
+MrSoloDev I use a 15" Retina MacBook Pro for work and an MS Surface Book away from my desk. I use the MSI GT72 Dominator for gaming. But that Samsung Notebook 9 Pro might just bump the Surface Book.
I've had the 9550 4k touch with 16 ram and 1tb ssd for about 6 months.. Love this machine. As mentioned, the drivers were buggy for a bit but everything is ironed out. Purchased the 13 inch also with same config and smaller ssd. Also a great machine.
I tried the XPS 15 at best buy and the keyboard was really really good for a fast typer like me. I tend to make a lot of spelling errors on laptops but not on the XPS 15. I also tried the MacBook pro keyboard which felt just a little bit better but both are still the best keyboards I have ever tired on a laptop.
Love it. Only issue is the problem with USB-c peripherals. Bought the pricey WD15 Dell Dock but it mutes all audio on the laptop whenever I plugin in the USB-C port. When using the dock have to use headphones plugged into the hub. i DID update all the drivers, firmware and the laptop audio did work properly for a couple days, then muted again when using the dock. Support (chat) said this is a known issue with no ETA for fix. Sales shipped me a dock replacement which I am waiting for. But probably have to decide whether to live with the dock or get a refund. So yes love the laptop, but don't recommend the dock!
That was a LOT of helpful info in just 10min. I am not tech savvy, but I'm a good researcher. Thanks for the enthusiastic and informative presentation, Lisa. :-) I have a 2010 Dell XPS 13 that is on its last leg but has been a phenomenal laptop...definitely looking at all my options.
MUCH appreciated review-the "long term" update part. First time ever I returned 2 new laptops including the Samsung but stuck with the new Asus, crap speakers and all.
I love your reviews! You really helped me with my decision and now I'm a proud owner of an XPS 15 (4K)! And yes, travel distance on the keyboard keys is not optimal and takes some time getting used to. Thanks!
The first thing I did was to install all drivers (including BIOS) from the Dell website and have not had issues. I guess it was worth waiting until early adopter issues were sorted out. The only thing that acts up once in a while is that the Edge browser freezes (Chrome works fine).
hey lisa, I have this laptop and have been using it for a full month now. one thing that keeps occurring is that when the power cord is off my laptop just turns off by itself after 5 minutes or so. after experimenting a little further, I realise that it wont turn off when I turn on the battery life saver when the power cord is off. just to clarify: this is one amazing laptop. apart from the software issues I suppose.
Just spoke to someone at dell via there online chat and they said about the XPS 15: "There are new release expected in Jan" "Upgraded GPU with 7th Gen Processor"
YTG You need to wait for Kabylake's official release and GTX 1050 ti, since right now the only kabylake processor available right now are laptop low-power dual cores, which is underpowered for XPS 15 while the lowest Pascal laptop GPU is gtx 1060, which is overpowered.
Use to hate this channel, really got on my nerves. However recently I've rediscovered it and I must say I'm loving the content and I take back all of my previous opinions! Keep it up! :)
Lisa, so happy you did this review. I want to buy the xps 15 but have been belly aching over non touch vs touch. I do mostly office stuff (and a lot of international flying, so the longer battery of FHD is appealing), will be doing some photo and video editing in the near future but think the 4k is just to much and I am not really a fan of touch screens. From what I gleaned from this video, the FHD is ideal for editing photos and video. Would you agree with that statement? Thanks as always, keep the good work coming!
Is the key travel shorter than the rMBP 15" Lisa? I've had mine for a year and a half, still would prefer a few mm more key travel like the pre-Retina model, still not 100% used to it and still feels like slapping a table with your fingers. I consider this the absolute minimum in key travel.
I can not stress this enough: if the price of a new one is too high, get one refurbished or open box from the outlet. That can easily shave several hundred bucks off of one, and you can generally find more "custom" configurations OOTB there
Hi Lisa. Great video. Many things ironed, but try to plug in an USB-C to HDMI or Ethernet Adapter or the Dell Adapters, and you'll notice high fan speed as long as plugged in. Newest firmware reduces fan speed, but still continuous fan noise. So if you add external monitors via USB-C you'll get annoying fan noise. Unplug the USB-C adapter and the XPS is quiet again. Very bad. Hope for a video showing the handling with different USB-C equipment at the XPS (two external monitors and gaming, ethernet speeds, fan noise,...) .
all the dells I sell at best buy had the same thing problem to but after some time with all the updates I see the dells seem to be a great computer for customers and the price they have one them now is such a good value for customers to
Would be great to see long term reviews of flagship phones. I'm wondering how flagship android phones hold up in the long run vs the iPhones of the same year
Bought it. Only negative thing with it is that it doesn't have built-in digitizer. Then again, not many laptops at this price range have these specs and a a decent digitizer.
Mines had a replacement motherboard, 4k screen, and graphics. Had Audio problems, screen flicker issues, and more. Starting to get annoying. Drivers are still buggy.
Hey Lisa! I love your videos since I've got a feeling you're the only laptop reviewer who actually knows what visual artists needs in a laptop. And I'm now at a decision making point, and I'd like your help. It's Dell XPS15 VS the new Alienware Blade. If we ignore the SSD i'd replace in bouth laptops, I'd just like to know what are your toughts on those to for proffesional PS, PP and AE with 3d VFX. To get the better graphics with double cuda cores, but to sacrifice 1" of screen size? I think this might be a rly interesting smackdown video bc theyr formfactors are basiclly identical, with small hardware differences. I'd love to hear your toughts! Thank you!
"Spread your legs... I know what you're thinking... don't think that." Lmfao I love you and your reviews so much! I've been pondering on getting the Dell XPS 15 for a while and I've decided to get the 2017 model thanks to your amazing reviews! Thank you so much for all the work that you do!
I don't know if you have the Asus Zenbook ux305 for long term review, but I would LOVE to see what it is like nowadays. There were talks of driver crashes ec. so it would be nice to see if that has been fixed, and also just to see how it has held up in the long term? Would be great if I got a review from you about this as you are so reliable, and because I struggle to trust other reviewers. Thanks! From JKH
Dear Lisa, I would like to ask a couple questions. I recently purchased a used (1yr old) dell xps 15 9550 (2016) I7HQ, 16Gg, 4k display and 1TB ssd. I think there is something wrong with the battery. The reason being in order to get 6hrs battery like you said on the review I have turn the displace to 1080p and power saving mode with almost minimal brightness. Additionally, with the balance mode and 4K display, I can only about 3hrs out of the laptop. Is there a problem with my laptop? is there a way to check for the battery life? if the battery happened to be broken is there a way to fix it? how much would it cost to fix it? Sorry for the long stream of question there, but out of all the laptop reviewers I watched on youtube I trust your expert opinion the most.
Awesome video, first one I've seen from your channel. However, especially with headphones, your voice is very shrill. I would suggest using a low pass EQ on your videos. I love these later looks at devices, it's really what makes a product good or horrible.
I had many crashes that 'Who Crashed?' claimed the wifi driver was responsible for. Now, new drivers seem to have cleared that up. I would recommend the laptop, but if I had to buy it over again, I would not get the 4k touchscreen model. I rarely use the touch screen and I don't do anything that really needs the 4k resolution. It makes playing some video games a pain because it can be a fight to get games to properly play at a lower resolution.
If you use it for hd or higher video editing, the thunderbolt 3 comes in handy for connecting Direct Attached Storage (DAS) like the raid arrays from G-tech which have thunderbolt 2 compatible options. Others manufacturers are coming on line. If used for video editing, probably a good idea to use scopes to validate color. Most pros use something other than their computer monitor to validate color. p.s. Thunderbolt 3 is backwards compatible with thunderbolt 2.
Great video. Did you encounter any overheating problems while the laptop was in sleep mode? I've had this happen twice. Put the system to sleep, put it in my bag, and a few hours later I remove it to find that it is extremely hot. This also happened with my Surface Pro 4, so I don't believe it's a hardware problem, but more so a Windows 10 problem. Thanks
and as much as I loathe Apple these days, this is exactly why I'm scared to go back to Windows. Dealing with the million bios and driver updates and issues. I have a windows 8.1 desktop and it seems like everytime I'm ready to use it I have to spend literally 4 hours just updating the damn thing. In this day and age Microsoft STILL doesn't do round-up updates, drive me crazy. I have to look into doing a hackintosh.
I have a MacBook Pro and a Lenovo Windows laptop (5 years old now) I have never had any problems with Lenovo. I mean NEVER. It's super fast (faster than MacBook) and super reliable
great video, OMG, having recently purchased a 2018 dell 15 7590, recently I was not made aware of a swelling battery issue. I am curious as to know if you have hade to replace the battery at all and how long are the batteries rated to last? Was there any error and or alert that the Windows OS gave you in your discovery of the battery problem, that is did you perform a diagnostic which informed you prior? This really sucks, to where I may now consider returning the laptop for this reason. Thanks
i am thinking abaut buying a xps 15 5960, but not shure about 4k or 1080p. i think my pictures will be better shown on the glossy 4k screen, but i am scared of to much glare. how bad is that? the matte screen did not have the same colourquality if i am correct. will there be a smackdown of the xps 15 4k VS 1080p? and does the touch function work on a laptop, not to far from screen to be easy to work with? love your reviews and smackdowns!
Hi Lisa! Great Video. Thank you for sharing your experience. I was considering buying the Dell XPS 15 (touch and 4k with Nvidea) or the Asus Zenbook. The only reason i would pick the Zenbook over the XPS 15 is because of the software and harwdare problems that the dell one has. Do you think that nowadays I should go for de zenbook just for that reason? (since specs are very similar) I mean, noting that you said that several issues were fixed in the XPS 15... Thanks for your time!!
Great review, thank you! Did you ever run into the keyboard at the top not working? I have two XPS 15" touch screens 9550 models and both the keyboards around keys 5, 6, 7, don't work unless you really pound on the keys. Wondering if you had any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
I got a good deal for the xps15 back in the holiday season. 1400 for a 4K touch with 250 ssd and the graphics card. Quad core i5 also works great. Played battlefront which looks beautiful on it. My downsides would be the driver display crashes that happen once in a while. Also the carbon fiber and touch pad get so many marks which looks bad if your in public lol
Would I recommend it? Depends on what you need. Being a college student I realized I could cope with the 13 for walking on campus although 15 ain't that heavy tbh. Also I don't really use it to ya full potential just run programs like cad works and essays. Very fast computer. I got it since it was a good deal. But for a someone like me who needs a laptop I'd go for the cheaper 1080p or the xps 13. The 4K screen though... Really beautiful still amazed how it crushes my old Mac and buddies new surface pro. No other screen can compare when it comes to laptops
Its Perfect for me the unit that I own has 32GB Ram and that's good enough to work all day long on 3D Graphics the only improvement that I would like to see in next gen is better audio and please on front Dell.
Hi Lisa, thank you so much for your great video reviews! I bought a new, 2017 model of this laptop (9560), with the 56WHr battery. I want to upgrade to a 97WHr, but it's not on their website. Do you know if Dell sells batteries for upgrade? Or am I stuck with the 56WHr?
I love your reviews. Nobody does it like you do. If anyone else spewed all this gobbledygook I would not be able to stand it for 10 seconds. Don't know why, but I can follow all of what you're saying. Never stop! I am watching for knowledge and pleasure.
Lisa , last Thursday I bought my Dell XPS 15 with 4k display . I usually use my PC for video editing in premiere , after effects and graphic design with Photoshop and Illustrator. I am Spanish and I did not understand everything you said . Please tell me if you think I made a good purchase, which advantages gives me the 4K model and disadvantages. It gives many problems with the graphics ? That 's the worst of the pc?
Lisa, I'm considering between this XPS and the Macbook pro 2013 which I can find at the same price tag on ebay. Which one should be the one in terms of user experience as a software developer? I'm more on XPS as it can go with the latest Samsung 950 Pro SSD which is significantly faster than the SSD on Macbook 2013
should I buy the non 4K non-touch version and save the money or should I invest in the 4K version I plan to mainly use this to edit my RUclips videos I want to film in 4k however I'm wondering can I still edit videos that are in 4k on the non 4K computer?
Dell XPS 15 or Thinkpad X1? Power vs Portability. Having a monster of a time making a decision over this. Mostly productivity work and such, which would obviously point me towards the Thinkpad (together with the sweet keyboard and touchpad/buttons), but I come from a gaming background so the quadcore, graphics and upgradeability of the XPS entice me to no end, despite not having played many PC games in recent memory. I don't have a need for tablet mode, but if I went for the thinkpad I wouldn't mind the Yoga/touchscreen functionality every now and then either.
Great reviews ! I absolutely love this machine. Any idea if/when the XPS line it will get an Nvidia 10 series gpu ? I don't game enough to warrant a dedicated gaming machine. I could use the cuda cores for rendering though ! I'm going to pay an arm and a leg so I figure I might as well wait ! Thanks.
Great video! Actually I'm seen it from an XPS 15 FHD model. So the battery is around six hours? Mine it's about 5 and a half using Photoshop. I'm thinking to use my warranty for a battery replacement.
Hi Lisa, thanks for all the detailed reviews! Do you run the SSD in the XPS 15 9550 on RAID or AHCI mode? (I'm still experiencing bluescreens on a regular basis)
I want to buy the xps 15, but was hoping Dell would release a refresh model like they did with the 13 (hopefully with that gold cover!) Anyone know if Dell is planning on releasing a new 15 anytime soon?
As a 15" rMBP owner, the XPS15 looks so much nicer in terms of build quality than the Apple machine. The only issue with their computer is a short travel keyboard. The macbook pro burns my legs constantly as well.
4K is a joke at the moment from worse battery life to poor colours and for a laptop on the go 1080p matte is the perfect setup. Anyway W10 has been a pain, as has W8 so I have ditched Windows till they sort the drivers and bugs out and stop auto downloading updates that stop my programs working. Windows has been in Beta for years and if you want to get work done the MacBook is an easy easy choice. I am back to my 2012 MacBook Pro and my life is much better without Windows.
Great review Lisa. Although, it would be more entertaining if you were playing around with the device while talking, but I guess it's just a kind of style.
TB3 with the docking station lets you tack on 2 4k monitors, so yes, TB3 is important. I wish they would come with 2 of them so I can have 3 4k monitors and leave the laptop in clamshell mode.
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Another great video Lisa!
+Chad Christian Thanks, Chad.
+MobileTechReview How to fix the display drivers? for the dell Inspiron 15 7000 the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ GTX 960M
+austin boyette Firmware and driver updates, the Dell has an update tool.. Kind of an obvious solution, don't you think?
+MobileTechReview can you do a smackdown with dell xps 15 vs dell xps 13?
Chad Christian
Just wanted to chime in that I really appreciate your reviews. Very friendly, detailed, and helpful. I've been searching for a work laptop, so I've been watching quite a few lately.
I'm really happy that I found this video. I read all the horror stories and watched the youtube videos chronicling the horror stories right after I bought one. I haven't had any problems with mine so far and I'm happy to hear that Dell has gotten their driver game sorted out. It gave me some piece of mind.
Same.
lucky you, mine is still total shit an Dells service is shit too :(
Yes, D(He)ll service is a joke, they are playing ping-pong with my calls.
As always Lisa, you're my reviewer of choice! Just picked up the Dell XPS 15 9560 and I'm absolutely loving it for video editing!
"For 2 thousand dollars, it better make the bed for me in the morning, if you know what I mean."
You are the best.
I've had the XPS 15 (4k, 512gig) for around 5 months now, mostly using it for Software Development and School Work + some photo editing. I can totally confirm this review. After some initial problems with the display driver, it's been a dream.
Thank you for this, genuinely the best tech review I have ever watched. I like the long term aspect, and you have a rarely seen objectivity taking it for exactly what it is (supporting each remark with context of its competitors). Really well done, keep it up!
Just bought this laptop today at my local Microsoft Store. My basis on buying this laptop was due to your review. Its only been 6 hours thus far and I have not had any concerns other than the keyboard travel you had mentioned.
Perfect! Just what I was looking for, wanted to get one of these but kept reading about issues, glad they are resolved. Just ordered one with the 1080p screen, I had an Asus with QHD screen and the scaling on Windows just isn't good, so since you said the 1080p screen is very good also, I just went with that and no need to worry about the scaling.
I never thought that Windows 10 scaling was bad, 8.1 is, but Windows 10 is really good at it. I have a Razor Stealth with a 4K display, looks fantastic. Though if your going to be using Linux, I would definitely grab the 1080P model.
+Charles Alden Windows 10 did improve things but still some apps won't scale and a lot scale correctly but look blurry.
This is a balanced review. Audience who know what they are looking for get their answers. Good points all made clear so manufacture will continue to give Lisa long-term review units. Bad points also made solid so no complaints from a reasonable manufacture. a bit of humor and some side points rarely seen in other reviews. Well done!
So which laptop is your go-to laptop Lisa ?
+MrSoloDev I use a 15" Retina MacBook Pro for work and an MS Surface Book away from my desk. I use the MSI GT72 Dominator for gaming. But that Samsung Notebook 9 Pro might just bump the Surface Book.
+MobileTechReview What kind of games do you play on the MSI GT72 Dominator?
+MobileTechReview What is the best budget laptop ( in yourselves opinion) Around 220 and lower thanks 😃❤
+CasualKid 834 Instead of buying new. You should consider buying 2nd hand laptops. You'll get a better laptop for your budget.
+MobileTechReview follow up question, how do you get that many computers??
I've had the 9550 4k touch with 16 ram and 1tb ssd for about 6 months.. Love this machine. As mentioned, the drivers were buggy for a bit but everything is ironed out. Purchased the 13 inch also with same config and smaller ssd. Also a great machine.
How was the keyboard? Im hearing a lot of bad things about the keyboard and it's putting me off
I tried the XPS 15 at best buy and the keyboard was really really good for a fast typer like me. I tend to make a lot of spelling errors on laptops but not on the XPS 15. I also tried the MacBook pro keyboard which felt just a little bit better but both are still the best keyboards I have ever tired on a laptop.
***** I gave up on the XPS 15, the shift key on the left side of the laptop was too small for me to type comfortably
Thanks Lisa. Love my XPS 15, purchased in part based on your review.
Do you have any issues with it ?
Love it. Only issue is the problem with USB-c peripherals. Bought the pricey WD15 Dell Dock but it mutes all audio on the laptop whenever I plugin in the USB-C port. When using the dock have to use headphones plugged into the hub. i DID update all the drivers, firmware and the laptop audio did work properly for a couple days, then muted again when using the dock. Support (chat) said this is a known issue with no ETA for fix. Sales shipped me a dock replacement which I am waiting for. But probably have to decide whether to live with the dock or get a refund. So yes love the laptop, but don't recommend the dock!
That was a LOT of helpful info in just 10min. I am not tech savvy, but I'm a good researcher. Thanks for the enthusiastic and informative presentation, Lisa. :-) I have a 2010 Dell XPS 13 that is on its last leg but has been a phenomenal laptop...definitely looking at all my options.
long term reviews are great. I'd love to see more. very professional job.
Great video, this helped me decide on getting the M5510 with 1080p, 6820hq, 16gigs and 512gig ssd.
MUCH appreciated review-the "long term" update part. First time ever I returned 2 new laptops including the Samsung but stuck with the new Asus, crap speakers and all.
I love your reviews! You really helped me with my decision and now I'm a proud owner of an XPS 15 (4K)! And yes, travel distance on the keyboard keys is not optimal and takes some time getting used to. Thanks!
Do you have any issues ?
The first thing I did was to install all drivers (including BIOS) from the Dell website and have not had issues. I guess it was worth waiting until early adopter issues were sorted out. The only thing that acts up once in a while is that the Edge browser freezes (Chrome works fine).
Forgot to mention, I got mine from the Microsoft store, so no bloatware and much better customer service.
is it worth it buy it in 2019 bc its now more affordable
hey lisa, I have this laptop and have been using it for a full month now. one thing that keeps occurring is that when the power cord is off my laptop just turns off by itself after 5 minutes or so. after experimenting a little further, I realise that it wont turn off when I turn on the battery life saver when the power cord is off. just to clarify: this is one amazing laptop. apart from the software issues I suppose.
Thank you. I trust your reviews. Please keep them coming.
Do you think Dell will release an updated XPS 15 with a Kaby Lake cpu and Pascal gpu by the end of the year?
My gut feeling is most likely not until early next year at this point. You could ask on dells youtube page.
The XPS 13 has Kaby Lake now, do you think the XPS 15 will be far off?
Shakeel quad core kaby lake CPUs are coming out around 1st quarter so it'll come out around then
Just spoke to someone at dell via there online chat and they said about the XPS 15:
"There are new release expected in Jan"
"Upgraded GPU with 7th Gen Processor"
YTG You need to wait for Kabylake's official release and GTX 1050 ti, since right now the only kabylake processor available right now are laptop low-power dual cores, which is underpowered for XPS 15 while the lowest Pascal laptop GPU is gtx 1060, which is overpowered.
Finally someone who revisits a device and gives it a second chance. Now we just have to find someone who does this for games. Sub
so far my experience with this laptop been great :) great laptop
Hi Lisa, great job as usual. Can you tell us a bit more in terms of upgrading the PCIe hard drive? Please and thank you.
Use to hate this channel, really got on my nerves. However recently I've rediscovered it and I must say I'm loving the content and I take back all of my previous opinions! Keep it up! :)
Lisa, so happy you did this review. I want to buy the xps 15 but have been belly aching over non touch vs touch. I do mostly office stuff (and a lot of international flying, so the longer battery of FHD is appealing), will be doing some photo and video editing in the near future but think the 4k is just to much and I am not really a fan of touch screens. From what I gleaned from this video, the FHD is ideal for editing photos and video. Would you agree with that statement? Thanks as always, keep the good work coming!
Is the key travel shorter than the rMBP 15" Lisa? I've had mine for a year and a half, still would prefer a few mm more key travel like the pre-Retina model, still not 100% used to it and still feels like slapping a table with your fingers. I consider this the absolute minimum in key travel.
I can not stress this enough: if the price of a new one is too high, get one refurbished or open box from the outlet. That can easily shave several hundred bucks off of one, and you can generally find more "custom" configurations OOTB there
Hi Lisa. Great video. Many things ironed, but try to plug in an USB-C to HDMI or Ethernet Adapter or the Dell Adapters, and you'll notice high fan speed as long as plugged in. Newest firmware reduces fan speed, but still continuous fan noise. So if you add external monitors via USB-C you'll get annoying fan noise. Unplug the USB-C adapter and the XPS is quiet again. Very bad. Hope for a video showing the handling with different USB-C equipment at the XPS (two external monitors and gaming, ethernet speeds, fan noise,...) .
Lisa, when mentioning battery you gave an estimate for the 4k unit, but you own the 1080p unit. What is your battery life for the 1080p?
Lisa your awesome... been watching you for a while now... well done !!
Is the PCI-E drive also NVMe, or still on AHCI?
all the dells I sell at best buy had the same thing problem to but after some time with all the updates I see the dells seem to be a great computer for customers and the price they have one them now is such a good value for customers to
Would be great to see long term reviews of flagship phones. I'm wondering how flagship android phones hold up in the long run vs the iPhones of the same year
Bought it. Only negative thing with it is that it doesn't have built-in digitizer. Then again, not many laptops at this price range have these specs and a a decent digitizer.
Mines had a replacement motherboard, 4k screen, and graphics. Had Audio problems, screen flicker issues, and more. Starting to get annoying. Drivers are still buggy.
Hi Lisa, love your videos. You mention you're not crazy about the keyboard. Big deal for me. What would be your go to for writing? Thanks!
Hey Lisa!
I love your videos since I've got a feeling you're the only laptop reviewer who actually knows what visual artists needs in a laptop. And I'm now at a decision making point, and I'd like your help. It's Dell XPS15 VS the new Alienware Blade. If we ignore the SSD i'd replace in bouth laptops, I'd just like to know what are your toughts on those to for proffesional PS, PP and AE with 3d VFX. To get the better graphics with double cuda cores, but to sacrifice 1" of screen size? I think this might be a rly interesting smackdown video bc theyr formfactors are basiclly identical, with small hardware differences. I'd love to hear your toughts! Thank you!
Also i'd like to point out that i'm considering the 1080p XPS 15 version given the high whitepoint of the 4k panel as you reccomended
This video will be a lifesaver, i might have this for 4+ years of college!
+Blue_Part_Here_Is_The Thanks! I'll try to remember!
LopsidedPasta well....?
Awesome I just bought one! Thank you Lisa
I am thinking to buy this lappy for movie editing purpose, is it a good idea or do u recommend me to buy macbook pro or any other ?
"Spread your legs... I know what you're thinking... don't think that." Lmfao I love you and your reviews so much! I've been pondering on getting the Dell XPS 15 for a while and I've decided to get the 2017 model thanks to your amazing reviews! Thank you so much for all the work that you do!
I don't know if you have the Asus Zenbook ux305 for long term review, but I would LOVE to see what it is like nowadays. There were talks of driver crashes ec. so it would be nice to see if that has been fixed, and also just to see how it has held up in the long term? Would be great if I got a review from you about this as you are so reliable, and because I struggle to trust other reviewers. Thanks! From JKH
+John Smith Unfortunately, we don't have the UX305 in house anymore.
Dear Lisa, I would like to ask a couple questions. I recently purchased a used (1yr old) dell xps 15 9550 (2016) I7HQ, 16Gg, 4k display and 1TB ssd. I think there is something wrong with the battery. The reason being in order to get 6hrs battery like you said on the review I have turn the displace to 1080p and power saving mode with almost minimal brightness. Additionally, with the balance mode and 4K display, I can only about 3hrs out of the laptop.
Is there a problem with my laptop?
is there a way to check for the battery life?
if the battery happened to be broken is there a way to fix it?
how much would it cost to fix it?
Sorry for the long stream of question there, but out of all the laptop reviewers I watched on youtube I trust your expert opinion the most.
Awesome video, first one I've seen from your channel. However, especially with headphones, your voice is very shrill. I would suggest using a low pass EQ on your videos. I love these later looks at devices, it's really what makes a product good or horrible.
I had many crashes that 'Who Crashed?' claimed the wifi driver was responsible for. Now, new drivers seem to have cleared that up. I would recommend the laptop, but if I had to buy it over again, I would not get the 4k touchscreen model. I rarely use the touch screen and I don't do anything that really needs the 4k resolution. It makes playing some video games a pain because it can be a fight to get games to properly play at a lower resolution.
If you use it for hd or higher video editing, the thunderbolt 3 comes in handy for connecting Direct Attached Storage (DAS) like the raid arrays from G-tech which have thunderbolt 2 compatible options. Others manufacturers are coming on line. If used for video editing, probably a good idea to use scopes to validate color. Most pros use something other than their computer monitor to validate color. p.s. Thunderbolt 3 is backwards compatible with thunderbolt 2.
Great review as always. Will you be getting the razer blade 14 2016?
Hey Lisa
Will you make a dell xps 13, 6 month later review?
Ps. Love your videos!
Hi Lisa another great review on this model laptop
I bougth thei7 UHD 4K 512GB 16GB about 2 months ago. Never had a single issue by far the best laptop I have personally owned. In Australia.
What is the battery life like for the 84Whr 1080p model, with say, 50%brightness and browsing over wifi ?
Thank you, loving the content.
What about fan noise? How's that? Great review.
On moderate use, you can barely hear the fans. Gaming and such, it's quite loud but not annoyingly loud.
Really nice review Lisa!
Do you know when will the new XPS 15 announced?
Thanks!
Jorge Gonzalez Zamora 7th gen is out now
CRUMBSandCRUMBS i bought it yesterday!! 😁😁😁
Jorge Gonzalez Zamora I did too! I'm so pumped to get it
CRUMBSandCRUMBS But my date of delivery, in Spain, is February 16th 😑
Jorge Gonzalez Zamora Did you got with the FHD model? Because that will take much longer to ship than the 4K model according to dell's website.
Great video. Did you encounter any overheating problems while the laptop was in sleep mode? I've had this happen twice. Put the system to sleep, put it in my bag, and a few hours later I remove it to find that it is extremely hot. This also happened with my Surface Pro 4, so I don't believe it's a hardware problem, but more so a Windows 10 problem. Thanks
I would love to see a video review on the SAGER NP8678-S (CLEVO P670-RG). Machine specs look amazing but have not found any video reviews.
and as much as I loathe Apple these days, this is exactly why I'm scared to go back to Windows. Dealing with the million bios and driver updates and issues. I have a windows 8.1 desktop and it seems like everytime I'm ready to use it I have to spend literally 4 hours just updating the damn thing. In this day and age Microsoft STILL doesn't do round-up updates, drive me crazy. I have to look into doing a hackintosh.
I have a MacBook Pro and a Lenovo Windows laptop (5 years old now) I have never had any problems with Lenovo. I mean NEVER. It's super fast (faster than MacBook) and super reliable
Hey, Lisa great video!
Will you do a video regarding the Asus g501vw or Asus gl502vt in the future?
great video, OMG, having recently purchased a 2018 dell 15 7590, recently I was not made aware of a swelling battery issue. I am curious as to know if you have hade to replace the battery at all and how long are the batteries rated to last? Was there any error and or alert that the Windows OS gave you in your discovery of the battery problem, that is did you perform a diagnostic which informed you prior? This really sucks, to where I may now consider returning the laptop for this reason. Thanks
i am thinking abaut buying a xps 15 5960, but not shure about 4k or 1080p. i think my pictures will be better shown on the glossy 4k screen, but i am scared of to much glare. how bad is that? the matte screen did not have the same colourquality if i am correct. will there be a smackdown of the xps 15 4k VS 1080p? and does the touch function work on a laptop, not to far from screen to be easy to work with? love your reviews and smackdowns!
Depends on your preference tbh for me as I wear glasses and student so 1080p about glare would be better r
Lisa is so awesome... Eases through the video...
really like the reviews. great job!!!
this woman is awesome been watching her for years:)
Hi Lisa! Great Video. Thank you for sharing your experience. I was considering buying the Dell XPS 15 (touch and 4k with Nvidea) or the Asus Zenbook. The only reason i would pick the Zenbook over the XPS 15 is because of the software and harwdare problems that the dell one has. Do you think that nowadays I should go for de zenbook just for that reason? (since specs are very similar) I mean, noting that you said that several issues were fixed in the XPS 15... Thanks for your time!!
Great review, thank you! Did you ever run into the keyboard at the top not working? I have two XPS 15" touch screens 9550 models and both the keyboards around keys 5, 6, 7, don't work unless you really pound on the keys. Wondering if you had any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
I got a good deal for the xps15 back in the holiday season. 1400 for a 4K touch with 250 ssd and the graphics card. Quad core i5 also works great. Played battlefront which looks beautiful on it. My downsides would be the driver display crashes that happen once in a while. Also the carbon fiber and touch pad get so many marks which looks bad if your in public lol
Would I recommend it? Depends on what you need. Being a college student I realized I could cope with the 13 for walking on campus although 15 ain't that heavy tbh. Also I don't really use it to ya full potential just run programs like cad works and essays. Very fast computer. I got it since it was a good deal. But for a someone like me who needs a laptop I'd go for the cheaper 1080p or the xps 13. The 4K screen though... Really beautiful still amazed how it crushes my old Mac and buddies new surface pro. No other screen can compare when it comes to laptops
You have probably answered this before but what mic are you using Lisa? It sounds great!
Its Perfect for me the unit that I own has 32GB Ram and that's good enough to work all day long on 3D Graphics the only improvement that I would like to see in next gen is better audio and please on front Dell.
Hi Lisa - Great review.
The moatherboard on mine failed yesterday and its not worth fixing... beware anyone trying to go for the xps line ..
Have you experienced the wide spread coil whine people are talking about with both the 13 and 15 inch models?
Great review, thanks!
Hi Lisa, thank you so much for your great video reviews!
I bought a new, 2017 model of this laptop (9560), with the 56WHr battery. I want to upgrade to a 97WHr, but it's not on their website.
Do you know if Dell sells batteries for upgrade? Or am I stuck with the 56WHr?
I love your reviews. Nobody does it like you do. If anyone else spewed all this gobbledygook I would not be able to stand it for 10 seconds. Don't know why, but I can follow all of what you're saying. Never stop! I am watching for knowledge and pleasure.
Lisa , last Thursday I bought my Dell XPS 15 with 4k display . I usually use my PC for video editing in premiere , after effects and graphic design with Photoshop and Illustrator. I am Spanish and I did not understand everything you said . Please tell me if you think I made a good purchase, which advantages gives me the 4K model and disadvantages. It gives many problems with the graphics ? That 's the worst of the pc?
she said the FHD screen is better for photo/video due to more realistic whites. and it's easier to color calibrate well.
But 4k have a better color accuracy no? 4K is impossible to calibrate color?
This long term reviews are a great idea.
Lisa, I'm considering between this XPS and the Macbook pro 2013 which I can find at the same price tag on ebay. Which one should be the one in terms of user experience as a software developer?
I'm more on XPS as it can go with the latest Samsung 950 Pro SSD which is significantly faster than the SSD on Macbook 2013
should I buy the non 4K non-touch version and save the money or should I invest in the 4K version I plan to mainly use this to edit my RUclips videos I want to film in 4k however I'm wondering can I still edit videos that are in 4k on the non 4K computer?
Lisa, how did you become so knowledgable with computers? Any words of wisdom/recommendations for those of us new to this?
This makes me feel better about missing out on a sale a couple days ago. :p
Dell XPS 15 or Thinkpad X1? Power vs Portability. Having a monster of a time making a decision over this. Mostly productivity work and such, which would obviously point me towards the Thinkpad (together with the sweet keyboard and touchpad/buttons), but I come from a gaming background so the quadcore, graphics and upgradeability of the XPS entice me to no end, despite not having played many PC games in recent memory. I don't have a need for tablet mode, but if I went for the thinkpad I wouldn't mind the Yoga/touchscreen functionality every now and then either.
I wanted to go for the Dell Xps 15- what are the "closest" laptops concerning specs and shape?
Good job Lisa! Thank you!
What mic does she use? Sounds very good!
Great reviews ! I absolutely love this machine. Any idea if/when the XPS line it will get an Nvidia 10 series gpu ? I don't game enough to warrant a dedicated gaming machine. I could use the cuda cores for rendering though ! I'm going to pay an arm and a leg so I figure I might as well wait ! Thanks.
I think dell won't release new model until next year. Because intel gonna release hight performance kaby lake next year.
Heyyy Lisa.!!
Make Video For Choosing Best laptop For Particular Work...like one#1 For Video Editing
#2 For Gaming
#3 For Noramal use at home
Hello Lisa, could you please consider doing a review of the Dell Precision 5510 and a compare with XPS 15? They are very similar in design... Thanks!
lol'd at "I know what you're thinking" - Great video as always
Great video! Actually I'm seen it from an XPS 15 FHD model. So the battery is around six hours? Mine it's about 5 and a half using Photoshop. I'm thinking to use my warranty for a battery replacement.
Hi Lisa, thanks for all the detailed reviews!
Do you run the SSD in the XPS 15 9550 on RAID or AHCI mode?
(I'm still experiencing bluescreens on a regular basis)
Lisa, lets get to a million this year.
Hi, are you going to do a review on the Lenovo thinkpad 13 ultrabook? It looks like it could be a nice budget ultrabook.
Thank you for your detailed review usb type c will it work with external gpu ?
I want to buy the xps 15, but was hoping Dell would release a refresh model like they did with the 13 (hopefully with that gold cover!) Anyone know if Dell is planning on releasing a new 15 anytime soon?
How about an updated review of the Asus UX501 with the thunderbolt port?
As a 15" rMBP owner, the XPS15 looks so much nicer in terms of build quality than the Apple machine. The only issue with their computer is a short travel keyboard. The macbook pro burns my legs constantly as well.
it's not "that" expensive. if Apple offered 4k macbook pro they would charge double that price.
4K is a joke at the moment from worse battery life to poor colours and for a laptop on the go 1080p matte is the perfect setup. Anyway W10 has been a pain, as has W8 so I have ditched Windows till they sort the drivers and bugs out and stop auto downloading updates that stop my programs working. Windows has been in Beta for years and if you want to get work done the MacBook is an easy easy choice. I am back to my 2012 MacBook Pro and my life is much better without Windows.
lul pc guy still on delusion, they think higher spec is better
Compared this to a MacBook? Lol this thing is a joke.
Apple is a cult!
Great revisit of the dell xps15 but any chance of smack down between the MacBook 2016 vs Surface Pro 4 :D
Great review Lisa.
Although, it would be more entertaining if you were playing around with the device while talking, but I guess it's just a kind of style.
TB3 with the docking station lets you tack on 2 4k monitors, so yes, TB3 is important. I wish they would come with 2 of them so I can have 3 4k monitors and leave the laptop in clamshell mode.