Jimmy Tries World Intel and Qualcomm have a strong monopoly on the market they don't have to do anything. Qualcomm is dragging it's feet knowing that companies will buy their Soc's because of the CDMA modem rights.
Its the windows update that you are not seeing the high performance feature. I had the same problem. But you can still do it. Go into the power options and create a power plan and u will get the option to select high performance. Then it's all good. Like this so Dave can see this.
I was so excited to order my dell XPS 13. When it arrived at my door step I jumped in happiness. Upon looking at my packing slip, my heart shattered -- I bought the 7th Generation processor one, not the 8th. I was so let down. I searched through my email and yes, indeed it was my fault to buy the wrong laptop. During that time dell's website was selling both XPS 13, 7th and 8th generation one for the same price and I had mistakenly bought the 7th Gen one. I called the sales rep hoping I could get an exchange and they said it wasn't possible. But, they said I could do a refund and they'll help me get the 8th Gen one by only paying for the refund tax -- basically almost like an exchange but it was refund and repurchase done for me by the sales rep. I was so happy they said they could do that for me. All this happened withing 1 hour of receiving my product and I'm typing this out in the next our. So far I'm enjoying their support but Ill have to wait for a month and a half to only be able to receive the 8th Gen one. Sucks but okay, its worth it for 8th Gen (right?)
Tiring designs that aren't ugly, but have minimal/no discernible changes in design in iteration. I think that criticism is reserved for a special company we all know :)
Good on you for pointing out the 15 vs 45 watt TDP difference. I'm always surprised how rarely this is spoken of and how many people don't know about it, or the pros and cons of each.
If I'm not wrong Lisa from MobileTechReviews said don't judge those 8th gen CPUs by benchmarks cuz those apply short workloads so the 4 cores would be boosted to 4ghz which will make a huge difference in benchmarks but in real life they'll throttle after a while and because of their low base frequency their performance will be only slightly better than the 7th gen CPUs. What do you think Dave?
Aliticx if you watch her video, there was a substantial jump in performance over the 7th Gen 15W processor. The previous Gen quad-core 45W chips still held the advantage though. Her conclusion was that it is a great time to buy a laptop if you didn't already have a gaming laptop (i.e. 45W). I don't know if you can conclude that Intel has found the magic formula in doubling the cores and dropping the base clock speed but it looks promising.
+1 for your comment on Dell Laptops customer support. I've worked as a Technical Support rep for them before and I can attest to that. XPS laptops even have a dedicated support team separate from the other models
Still rocking my 2016 XPS 15 9550. Absolute beast. I intend to keep this for at least another 3 years. No point in investing so much money in a laptop only to change it a year later.
Love your videos! Polished, clean, stylish, and smart looking! The sound tracks you use are easy on the ears. Everything just seems to mesh well with each other. Your production quality is highly professional and I am surprised you are not way past 1 million subscribers already. I've been a long time subscriber and absolutely appreciate the quality content you put out. I do miss those outline animation of compnents you used to do but I do understand that they are time consuming and do not add much value. Please keep up the good work!
Always a pleasure watching your outstanding reviews, not featuring an annoying & distracting background track. The music that you have chosen in this video is OK.
lol well at that low of a tdp and from intel it's pretty great. i'm wondering if intel will finially pick it up and have 6 cores for the next gen of i5 H processors and 8 cores on i7 H's
This was an excellent and classy review! I'm still fiercely loyal to my 9-month-old 2015 15" MacBook Pro, but I always keep my eyes and mind wide open for better/newer tech devices.
I'm still using my 9350 Core i5 and love the size and battery life. It handles 16 megapickle RAW photos in Adobe Lightroom quite nicely. Pro Tip: Get the WIndows Signature Edition from the Microsoft Store and get one without crapware!
Thats what I bought. I had a XPS 2 years ago, and when I was looking for a new laptop I noticed the XPS is pretty much the same thing. SO I bought the x360 with 1080p screen. It's so light, so thing, and fast, it's a beast!
I too have noticed my power settings slowly disappearing and now there is only balanced in the control panel. But I managed to get them back by going creating a new power plan and there was a Dropbox where i could select power saving, balanced or high performance to base my power plan on. I ended up using the power saving preset to base my power plan on! Also nice vid on one of the few new next gen intel cpus!! as always!
I've missed the intro music sooooooooooo much. Thanks for bringing it back. Please use the same intro Dave. It's awesome. Huge fan of your's. Keep rocking man. 🤘
Hey Dave, I've got a HP Spectre X360 (2016 model with 2 usb C ports) with an i5 Kaby Lake, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. If HP was to release a newer Spectre X360 with 8th gen Quad core processors, do you think it would be worth the upgrade? It did cost me an arm and a leg to buy the kaby lake one, and as a student that's not ideal, but the resale value of these is pretty high here in Australia. Personally I love the laptop, but would it be smart to get the newer ones if they come out? Thanks.
Thanks David, the new Dell is very tempting!!! About Customer support, Dell just Win my heart. Went to Thailand couple years ago, my laptop screen got a big problem, called Dell Thailand, e-mail them the pictures of the screen. Next day (yes, Next day) they sent a Technical guy to come to Replace (yes, brand new) the screen at the coffee shop near my hotel. It took only 15 minutes and Free!!! ... This is more than just above average :-)
For some reason the way he runs his hand over the laptop at 2:47 really reminds me of those old TV commercials of the hot lady doing that weird hand gesture to point out the product that they are selling.
For those who love the background the artist is Aenami, she does amazing art and I've used her backgrounds for months! Nice to see Dave using them too :)
Dave’s intro sound so chill always reviewing the best laptops hopefully he does an update on the best MacBook to but with Christmas coming and some gaming laptops
David, I have an inspiron (partly by your recommendation) and that USB-C next to the barrel port will charge the laptop as well. I have two chargers, one barrel that came with my laptop and one extra one I purchased which was USB-C and charges my laptop just fine. It actually has a USB port on the power adapter so I can charge my phone off it as well!
Love your video. I think you should add the costumer support point for every review unit you do. Not a lot of people know how good or bad some laptop companies are and there are a lot of brands out there
I just went through 9 months back and forth with Dell over an XPS 9560. They finally took it back and refunded me a few days ago. During this entire ordeal I spoke to a fairly high-up Dell representative and he stated, off the record off course, that almost 1 in 5 of the Dell XPS line-up had issues that at the very least warrented a tech visit. Dave, I know you don't do investigative work like this but I would love to hear your experiences or take on this as there are so many with faulty machines on /r/Dell just as an example.
Hey Dave, actually the Alpine White & Gold edition is a newly redesigned version of the XPS 13. It now features a Windows Hello Facial Recognition, woven glass fiber construction on the palm rest, slightly lighter & the bezels are much thinner compared to the previous version. Also, the USB 3.0 ports have been replaced with three USB-C ports, and the SD card reader has been exchanged for a microSD slot. You can watch the hands on video by HotHardware.
YEEEY 😁 FINALLY U UPLOAD hey dave can u review between Zenbook ux430un (mx150) vs vivobook pro please? price is same but has different specs.. IDK which is better
BushiGT The fan noise is pretty loud when you play demanding titles. At times while browsing, the fans will turn on, but after a while they stop. BTW the laptop get pretty hot when you keep it on for a long period of time. (Given you’re doing something that is more demanding than browsing.)
XPS is a great line, however I am excited for when the surface pro goes quad core (and usb c). That is what I am waiting for. Great review Dave as always.
Hi, I'm kind of a newbie. Is something like this laptop sufficient for editing 4k videos? I need something portable for work than can edit 4k videos, simple stuff no fancy edits or graphics, maybe 5-10 minute videos. Thanks if anyone can help answer :)
Olav Samuelsen Telneset I'm wondering about this as well. I have the 2015 version and the coil whining is driving me nuts when I'm using it at the library.
I've got the XPS 13 8th gen for just a week now and it still has coil whine, but I can only hear it when i put my ear to the laptop in a silent room. When I use it in a quiet area it is not noticable.
Hey Dave. I gotta say, you're making some of the best tech videos out there. Keep up the great work. However, in this vid I noticed that you're using the RED camera as well as some of the other youtubers such as Marques and I gotta say, the picture quality in this video for some reason just doesn't seem as sharp as in MKBHD's vids. Maybe it's the background colours, type of camera, editing, I wouldn't know. Just sharing my opinion.
I have the XPS 13 and I love it except: The keyboard is way too shallow and I constantly make typos. I'm coming from a mech keyboard so might just be me. It's also very, very mushy. The screen having small bezels means when you open it, fingerprints get all over the top of the screen. The trackpad is just bad. Constantly moves tabs into a new window when I'm just trying move from the tab menu to the content on the browser. But I haven't used a laptop trackpad full-time so this might just be a general trackpad issue. Accuracy is nice though, it's just moving around that's an issue. Needs one or two more USB-A ports. The plastic on the inside is very easy to scratch and mark up. The palm rests feel nice but the bezels around the bottom of the screen is where crap can really accumulate. The hinge gets a lot of crap stuck inside it. I have to clean mine out every week or so (it pretty much lives in my backpack so keep that in mind). That being said, I love its standby battery life, the screen brightness, how snappy it is, how solid it feels but also how light it is, how cool it runs with light usage (4 windows of browsers, with each browser having 5 tabs along with Telegram and Spotify running), and the battery indicator on the side, the light on the charger. With very light usage (maybe a couple hours of use every other day), I can get around a little over a week (8 days) out of the battery.
The webcam on the xps isn't even that big of a problem, I've had mine for like a month or so now and it's kinda unique. And plus a lot of people don't find hp products very durable.
Hey Dave! As long as your a local admin you should be able to switch to High Performance mode from local gpedit. go-to administrative, system, power options than choose a active plan. Cheers!
gynnox what kind of bullshit are you talking about? You know that if they are paid they are legally required to disclose the sponsorship, as dave does everytime when that is the case?
Eggsdayz I do understand what you're saying.. But have you watched Casey's videos? He reviews DJI drones, Samsung phones and boosted boards.. We all know it's sponsored in one way or another, yet he says it's not sponsored..
I never understand the battery life part.. everyone says 9-12 hours on most of those laptops and in reality.. i use them for around 3-4 to just watch a movie, go to some youtube and perhaps write down some papers. Not even gaming or anything. What will it take for a laptop to be able to last 12-15 hours? I just got a phone that actually lasts me 3-4 days, its amazing. It really makes me wish my lappy could last at least 1 day... (at this point even half a day is alright...)
not even a 1050? for the price this things can get to? Hell no. It's basically a no show without a dedicated GPU for 3d modelling or editing videos or images with programs that take advantage of GPU acceleration, and i won't even talk about gaming, the XPS 13 and the Razer Stealth both suffer from this stupid issue, they want to charge us half a kidney for this underpowered laptops without a Graphics processor.
Might have been my luck but here is my experience with this XPS 13 line: gen 1 : coil whine gen 2 : coil whine gen 3 : coil whine gen 4 : coil whine WTF DELL!!!!
Wow. I'm curious did the coil whine start up immediately for you or did it take awhile to start? I'm wondering because I got the XPS 13 9360 3 days ago I can hear some coil whine when I put my ear down very close to the keyboard, but in a normal position, I hear nothing. It's completely silent even in a very quiet room. Is it luck or is it supposed to get really bad eventually?
In the latest Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the High Performance and Power Saver is removed from the power plan, but you can create your own power plan and the default high and power saver plan is still there. And Microsoft just moved the power plan switces to the battery icon that in the taskbar when you click on it.
Windows' Creator's Update changed the power panel thing. In that same menu, look on the left, it says "Create a power plan." You'll see the option to choose a High Performance mode. Do a retest on its performance after that :3
The use of the barrel plug for charging is based in part on user base. Apple has used three different power connectors in the last five or so years. Dell, for most of their laptops, have used the same barrel connector for at least the last 12 years. The XPS, since its 2015 (9350/9550) iteration, is the exception to that rule, with a smaller connector than Dell's standard type that ships with every other laptop they make. That said, chargers can often collect over time, and having multiple chargers to choose from is a boon to traveling professionals, who may prefer a 12+ foot power adapter at home but would rather have less weight and bulk when they're on the road. I understand the desire for universal charging, and it's certainly something that has been a long time in coming, but it will take some convincing to get Dell on board because of their dedicated business user base, who will be very unwilling to change over to a new standard unless some kind of cost cut is implemented to ease the hit to IT budgets.
Hey Dave, just wanted to let you know that the power options in windows 10 creators fall update is when you click the power button. It comes up with a slider, which I think is really neat. Cheers, Phoenix Rising
I got a surface book 1st gen on sale for $850. its an amazing machine, skylake i5, all that. but seeing how 8th gen stuff is such a massive boost over even last-gen tech, it makes me want an upgrade. I wont obviously, the new surface books are $1500+, but still. one can dream.
I have XPS 13. I bought it last December. This is really great laptop except 2 things that drive me NUTS: 1. SD-Card reader. It just doesn't work. I had to use it just once and it didn't work! This is a common XPS issue not just mine and there is no program solution to fix it. 2. Touch pad. It works nice and smooth but sometimes it makes strange thing and moving everything around during dragging things in multi window mode. But, I payed $700 for it and still pretty satisfied. But I would never pay over $1000 for this. For my opinion this is the best price/quality ultra-book.
High Performance Option is absent after Fall Creators Update.Instead it is available on the taskbar (battery icon),you can adjust between Performance and Battery Life.
You can add a high performance profile, it does not come with one by default on windows 10 I guess. Also, I missed some details like temperature (both CPU and bottom/top). Great video!
you don't need to have a "high performance" preset in order to get those settings. Just change them manually. You can make as many custom presets as you could possibly want, and High Performance doesn't actually max out all the settings anyway.
8th Gen CPU's are lit. Quad Core Ultrabooks are the future! Thanks for watching =)
Are bhai mahol
Will you do the same review for the Razer Blade Stealth ??
I also tried doing unboxing of asus gl553ve on my channel but your level is always on another level always get inspired from you
Genji Rinow pls share
Let's see how the now ryzen/Vega hybrids fare
Not 59%, not 61%, but 60% exact
just Asians doing math stuff
hahahahahahahahah so true
2+2 is 4, minus 3 thats 1, quick maths
plot twist its rounded off
he said from 50-60% pff
XPS 13 Looks great this year! Anyone else think Intel has just been holding back on the core count til now?
Jimmy Tries World Ryzen forced them to get up on their ass a couple months earlier than they would have liked
Jimmy Tries World Intel and Qualcomm have a strong monopoly on the market they don't have to do anything. Qualcomm is dragging it's feet knowing that companies will buy their Soc's because of the CDMA modem rights.
Too bad Apple A chips and Huawei Kirin chips are whooping Qualcomm's ass in the flagship market right now. Mediatek is slow but we can wait.
Ryzen brought back capitalism into the mix so Intel has to compete now, great!!
War between Apple and samsung users and now Intel and Ryzen. Kill me.
Its the windows update that you are not seeing the high performance feature. I had the same problem.
But you can still do it.
Go into the power options and create a power plan and u will get the option to select high performance.
Then it's all good.
Like this so Dave can see this.
Or just use the Dell Power Manager :)
Or simply click on the battery icon in the taskbar and you'll have a slider to change the performance settings
Rohit Shaw I don’t have that bro
NorthernL1fe can u tell me how I can’t see it
Just click on the startmenu and search for it, the program atleast came preinstalled on my XPS 13.
I was so excited to order my dell XPS 13. When it arrived at my door step I jumped in happiness. Upon looking at my packing slip, my heart shattered -- I bought the 7th Generation processor one, not the 8th.
I was so let down. I searched through my email and yes, indeed it was my fault to buy the wrong laptop. During that time dell's website was selling both XPS 13, 7th and 8th generation one for the same price and I had mistakenly bought the 7th Gen one.
I called the sales rep hoping I could get an exchange and they said it wasn't possible. But, they said I could do a refund and they'll help me get the 8th Gen one by only paying for the refund tax -- basically almost like an exchange but it was refund and repurchase done for me by the sales rep.
I was so happy they said they could do that for me.
All this happened withing 1 hour of receiving my product and I'm typing this out in the next our. So far I'm enjoying their support but Ill have to wait for a month and a half to only be able to receive the 8th Gen one. Sucks but okay, its worth it for 8th Gen (right?)
Justin Wahk no
How's your laptop holding up?
So was it worth it ??
The Dell XPS 13 will get refreshed at ces, it will be thinner and also have the alpine white colour. Thats the update you’re asking for
RDasher nah performance.
If Apple does the same thing every Apple hater is raging and screaming that Apple is dead and what not. Hypocritical.
What about XPS 15? Any updates?
There will probably be an XPS 15 update at ces or early 2018
Tiring designs that aren't ugly, but have minimal/no discernible changes in design in iteration.
I think that criticism is reserved for a special company we all know :)
oh yeah fuck you samsung you use the same designs each time bitches.
ArduinoBen xD you had proven his point, Apple fanboy
John Green we have reached the point in technology where companies would actually lose money by putting more R&D into their product.
ScopeN0Ob You do know the only design change for Samsung is the display right? Ever since the s6, the back has stayed the same.
- XPL0S1V3 - what do you want them to do on the back, add two exhaust fans?
First time I've ever seen a reviewer use MATLAB for bench-marking laptops. This is good for the academic/research community.
Dave, my man!
Great review and all, but please for the love of god. Give us links to your crispy wallpapers.
Ahmed Yanaal check out his Twitter he shared it there I think
t.co/7dAFc01yFD
The one on the laptop is an Aneami painting
ÉsxatosFox Thank you!
U the MVP! Thanks a lot!
Can’t wait for the new 15” XPS!
oooooo he watches hot ones less gooo
Good on you for pointing out the 15 vs 45 watt TDP difference. I'm always surprised how rarely this is spoken of and how many people don't know about it, or the pros and cons of each.
If I'm not wrong Lisa from MobileTechReviews said don't judge those 8th gen CPUs by benchmarks cuz those apply short workloads so the 4 cores would be boosted to 4ghz which will make a huge difference in benchmarks but in real life they'll throttle after a while and because of their low base frequency their performance will be only slightly better than the 7th gen CPUs. What do you think Dave?
Aliticx if you watch her video, there was a substantial jump in performance over the 7th Gen 15W processor. The previous Gen quad-core 45W chips still held the advantage though. Her conclusion was that it is a great time to buy a laptop if you didn't already have a gaming laptop (i.e. 45W). I don't know if you can conclude that Intel has found the magic formula in doubling the cores and dropping the base clock speed but it looks promising.
+1 for your comment on Dell Laptops customer support. I've worked as a Technical Support rep for them before and I can attest to that. XPS laptops even have a dedicated support team separate from the other models
You CAN charge a XPS 13 via the USB-C port.
Still rocking my 2016 XPS 15 9550. Absolute beast. I intend to keep this for at least another 3 years. No point in investing so much money in a laptop only to change it a year later.
really love your videos!!! my greatest inspiration!!!
Love how you changed up the color scheme with the table and your hoodie to match the laptop
I just wish they had like a 1050ti model :/
Stefan Andreasson do they have a mx150/1050 model?
WTFGAFS not for the XPS 13. However there is an option for a GTX 1050 on the XPS 15.
Love your videos! Polished, clean, stylish, and smart looking! The sound tracks you use are easy on the ears. Everything just seems to mesh well with each other. Your production quality is highly professional and I am surprised you are not way past 1 million subscribers already. I've been a long time subscriber and absolutely appreciate the quality content you put out. I do miss those outline animation of compnents you used to do but I do understand that they are time consuming and do not add much value. Please keep up the good work!
Hey dave, could you do a Xiaomi's .. Mi Notebook Pro review? Please??
Rayner Tulus yes please
Always a pleasure watching your outstanding reviews, not featuring an annoying & distracting background track. The music that you have chosen in this video is OK.
My God. Technology has finally advanced to the point where we have quad-core i7 processors in laptops... Again.
lol well at that low of a tdp and from intel it's pretty great. i'm wondering if intel will finially pick it up and have 6 cores for the next gen of i5 H processors and 8 cores on i7 H's
This was an excellent and classy review! I'm still fiercely loyal to my 9-month-old 2015 15" MacBook Pro, but I always keep my eyes and mind wide open for better/newer tech devices.
I came here for the wallpaper 😱😍
Does anyone have a link to that wallpaper?
It's by an artist called aenami, I think
here's the link www.artstation.com/artwork/LyG3K
I hope you make it to 1Million subscribers, your content is great. You speak from your heart not the script, I respect that. That's how it should be.
The happiness you get after watching Dave video 😁
I'm still using my 9350 Core i5 and love the size and battery life. It handles 16 megapickle RAW photos in Adobe Lightroom quite nicely. Pro Tip: Get the WIndows Signature Edition from the Microsoft Store and get one without crapware!
I watched every single Dave's Laptop reviews yet did not buy any of those.
Pleasantly surprised to see that you used MATLAB Bench to do the processor comparison. Great review as always!
Dave, are you going to review the new Spectre x360?
Thats what I bought. I had a XPS 2 years ago, and when I was looking for a new laptop I noticed the XPS is pretty much the same thing. SO I bought the x360 with 1080p screen. It's so light, so thing, and fast, it's a beast!
How would you compare it to the xps 13?
I want to know this too. Cant decide between xps 8th gen and spectre 8th gen
Spectre is nice. I have the 13 inch with i7. It's fast, thinner than the XPS, and beautiful looking.
I'm leaning Spectre x360 because of compatibility with the omen accelerator and 4 PCIe lanes for thunderbolt.
I too have noticed my power settings slowly disappearing and now there is only balanced in the control panel. But I managed to get them back by going creating a new power plan and there was a Dropbox where i could select power saving, balanced or high performance to base my power plan on. I ended up using the power saving preset to base my power plan on! Also nice vid on one of the few new next gen intel cpus!! as always!
Looks like dbrand had paid youtubers for like 500 videos
Marcus P we? You are also a RUclipsr
imo they look like shit
Gaunter O'Dimm lol true
I've missed the intro music sooooooooooo much. Thanks for bringing it back. Please use the same intro Dave. It's awesome. Huge fan of your's. Keep rocking man. 🤘
Who are the people who use touch screens on laptops. Please comment if you do, although I'm not convinced you exist.
AnimalStomper me touch screen is actually usefull
I mostly use it for scrolling, just drag with a finger. Faster and more accurate than the touchpad
I do. when you have foldable screen, it becomes natural. I have HP Spectre X360 and it's a one sexy machine!
I love it in my surface book performance base
Meee
I like how you include a Matlab benchmark! Such premium laptops are actually really popular among data scientists
that jacket is clean, where is it from?
Aayush Gupta dbrand
Dave always with the on-point desktop wallpapers.
Hey Dave, I've got a HP Spectre X360 (2016 model with 2 usb C ports) with an i5 Kaby Lake, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. If HP was to release a newer Spectre X360 with 8th gen Quad core processors, do you think it would be worth the upgrade? It did cost me an arm and a leg to buy the kaby lake one, and as a student that's not ideal, but the resale value of these is pretty high here in Australia. Personally I love the laptop, but would it be smart to get the newer ones if they come out? Thanks.
i have the previous dell xps 13 i5 and i think that change it now is a horrible idea.
Thank you for your videos, i learn that much about the difference between the notebooks :)
For students. Ha ha ha...😢 No money RIP
Monkey D.Luffy we’ll start looking for Em used. I just got it for $300
Trevon Anthony Where did u buy it from?
Thanks David, the new Dell is very tempting!!! About Customer support, Dell just Win my heart. Went to Thailand couple years ago, my laptop screen got a big problem, called Dell Thailand, e-mail them the pictures of the screen. Next day (yes, Next day) they sent a Technical guy to come to Replace (yes, brand new) the screen at the coffee shop near my hotel. It took only 15 minutes and Free!!! ... This is more than just above average :-)
LOL Someone edit the 3:31 clip and make it a Full House intro PLEASE
For some reason the way he runs his hand over the laptop at 2:47 really reminds me of those old TV commercials of the hot lady doing that weird hand gesture to point out the product that they are selling.
It's goin very Well Dave..😋
How is it going on your side?☺
Thanks for all your reviews, always very insightful, just purchased the new xps 13, it is good to know the potential drawbacks
what is your xps13 wallpaper dave?
syutsut3 it's alena aenami artwork, check Her artstation
For those who love the background the artist is Aenami, she does amazing art and I've used her backgrounds for months! Nice to see Dave using them too :)
Hey Dave Can you review the Hp Pavilion Power 15t?
Awesome review, slighhtly bummed as I got my 7th gen refurbished xps 13 a month ago as I really needed a laptop...
I appreciate your videos and quality but you always have me undecided on purchasing laptops. I'll probably end up getting a desktop tbh.
Dave’s intro sound so chill always reviewing the best laptops hopefully he does an update on the best MacBook to but with Christmas coming and some gaming laptops
For some reason new win10 doesn't show all power plans. You have to make a custom power plan and then you can chose high performance as a basis.
No. Click on the battery icon in the taskbar to see them!
The new update removed the high performance option, so I created a custom one
David, I have an inspiron (partly by your recommendation) and that USB-C next to the barrel port will charge the laptop as well.
I have two chargers, one barrel that came with my laptop and one extra one I purchased which was USB-C and charges my laptop just fine. It actually has a USB port on the power adapter so I can charge my phone off it as well!
Why does it still have ddr 3 ram though ?
And Dave please check out the new dell Inspiron 13 7000 I think it has the same processor but it is cheaper.
lower power consumption.
Love your video. I think you should add the costumer support point for every review unit you do. Not a lot of people know how good or bad some laptop companies are and there are a lot of brands out there
msi GT72VR Tobii-031... please😢
I just went through 9 months back and forth with Dell over an XPS 9560. They finally took it back and refunded me a few days ago. During this entire ordeal I spoke to a fairly high-up Dell representative and he stated, off the record off course, that almost 1 in 5 of the Dell XPS line-up had issues that at the very least warrented a tech visit. Dave, I know you don't do investigative work like this but I would love to hear your experiences or take on this as there are so many with faulty machines on /r/Dell just as an example.
Plz do asus vivobook 8th gen
they already have, for the India market.
Yea!
Hey Dave, actually the Alpine White & Gold edition is a newly redesigned version of the XPS 13. It now features a Windows Hello Facial Recognition, woven glass fiber construction on the palm rest, slightly lighter & the bezels are much thinner compared to the previous version. Also, the USB 3.0 ports have been replaced with three USB-C ports, and the SD card reader has been exchanged for a microSD slot. You can watch the hands on video by HotHardware.
YEEEY 😁 FINALLY U UPLOAD
hey dave can u review between Zenbook ux430un (mx150) vs vivobook pro please?
price is same but has different specs.. IDK which is better
BushiGT I have the ux430, though with 940MX graphics. I highly recommend it.
Edit: It's also thinner than the vivobook.
adelio windiarto but the fan noise?
BushiGT The fan noise is pretty loud when you play demanding titles. At times while browsing, the fans will turn on, but after a while they stop. BTW the laptop get pretty hot when you keep it on for a long period of time. (Given you’re doing something that is more demanding than browsing.)
What’s the difference between the ux430ua, uq, and un?
Amazon has the ux430ua 16gb ram, 512gg ssd, & 8th gen i7 for $971. I’m interested in it
I have the XPS 13 i7 7th gen with touch screen and absolutely love it. Also with a dbrand screen. Great quality build.
wallpaper on the laptop?
www.artstation.com/artwork/LyG3K
Саша Смирнов Thank you!
what about wallpaper on the tv?
Thank you!
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XPS is a great line, however I am excited for when the surface pro goes quad core (and usb c). That is what I am waiting for. Great review Dave as always.
Hi, I'm kind of a newbie. Is something like this laptop sufficient for editing 4k videos? I need something portable for work than can edit 4k videos, simple stuff no fancy edits or graphics, maybe 5-10 minute videos. Thanks if anyone can help answer :)
No
i saw all your reviews in in short span of time and i am typing this on my new xps 13 8th gen, cheers
THEY STILL HAVENT FIXED THE COIL WHINE ISSUE?
Olav Samuelsen Telneset I'm wondering about this as well. I have the 2015 version and the coil whining is driving me nuts when I'm using it at the library.
I've got the XPS 13 8th gen for just a week now and it still has coil whine, but I can only hear it when i put my ear to the laptop in a silent room. When I use it in a quiet area it is not noticable.
Vincent van Bergen would u recommend it even with coil whine? I want to use it in class.
Thanks, Dave. Great review as always. Please review the aero 15x when you get a chance.
Black Friday sale for $1000?! Yes or no ?!?
Hey Dave. I gotta say, you're making some of the best tech videos out there. Keep up the great work. However, in this vid I noticed that you're using the RED camera as well as some of the other youtubers such as Marques and I gotta say, the picture quality in this video for some reason just doesn't seem as sharp as in MKBHD's vids. Maybe it's the background colours, type of camera, editing, I wouldn't know. Just sharing my opinion.
I have the XPS 13 and I love it except:
The keyboard is way too shallow and I constantly make typos. I'm coming from a mech keyboard so might just be me. It's also very, very mushy.
The screen having small bezels means when you open it, fingerprints get all over the top of the screen.
The trackpad is just bad. Constantly moves tabs into a new window when I'm just trying move from the tab menu to the content on the browser. But I haven't used a laptop trackpad full-time so this might just be a general trackpad issue. Accuracy is nice though, it's just moving around that's an issue.
Needs one or two more USB-A ports.
The plastic on the inside is very easy to scratch and mark up. The palm rests feel nice but the bezels around the bottom of the screen is where crap can really accumulate.
The hinge gets a lot of crap stuck inside it. I have to clean mine out every week or so (it pretty much lives in my backpack so keep that in mind).
That being said, I love its standby battery life, the screen brightness, how snappy it is, how solid it feels but also how light it is, how cool it runs with light usage (4 windows of browsers, with each browser having 5 tabs along with Telegram and Spotify running), and the battery indicator on the side, the light on the charger. With very light usage (maybe a couple hours of use every other day), I can get around a little over a week (8 days) out of the battery.
Dave 2d
I couldn't think of anything else
hp was able to have thin bezels and a rregular webcam
Lenovo Yoga 920, too
its just i have been having wet dreams with the hp envy for a long time now ...
Not as small as the bezels on the eps, though. And Lenovo's bottom bezel drives me insane.
The webcam on the xps isn't even that big of a problem, I've had mine for like a month or so now and it's kinda unique. And plus a lot of people don't find hp products very durable.
Can confirm, HP Envy 13 is awesome. Only thing that is missing for me is the Thunderbolt port.
I can relate your videos to asmr , it's actually great content man , keep it up!
But can I edit a 1080p video in Premiere
Seriously tho can someone pls answer that question because I need to know
Yes. Light editing will be fine.
JoNo TV Yes but don't expect very good performance. If you're going to do a lot of video editing, you're going to want discrete graphics.
Metamancer or a macbook pro in final cut pro X
Metamancer do you have any suggestions for a medium budget laptop that can edit decently in premiere
Hey Dave! As long as your a local admin you should be able to switch to High Performance mode from local gpedit. go-to administrative, system, power options than choose a active plan. Cheers!
I think Dell's have way worse ghosting than the Macbooks. I would appreciate if you add that section to the review, Dave.
gynnox what kind of bullshit are you talking about? You know that if they are paid they are legally required to disclose the sponsorship, as dave does everytime when that is the case?
calcyss lol really?
What if he doesn't.. how would one know if he's sponsored or not?
Eggsdayz I do understand what you're saying..
But have you watched Casey's videos? He reviews DJI drones, Samsung phones and boosted boards.. We all know it's sponsored in one way or another, yet he says it's not sponsored..
Jatin VK but this isn't Casey...
Zapzy Haha true though.. Dave is cool..I like his simplistic set and the clean vids :) sponsored or not, I'll watch..
Great review dude. Love the methodical polished vids. Keep it up. PS. Dude, you're starting animations are out of control, everyone knows that.
PLEASE do the razer blade stealth with 8th gen intel cpu review
the intro music is so relaxing
Best video!!
I never understand the battery life part.. everyone says 9-12 hours on most of those laptops and in reality.. i use them for around 3-4 to just watch a movie, go to some youtube and perhaps write down some papers. Not even gaming or anything.
What will it take for a laptop to be able to last 12-15 hours? I just got a phone that actually lasts me 3-4 days, its amazing. It really makes me wish my lappy could last at least 1 day... (at this point even half a day is alright...)
not even a 1050? for the price this things can get to? Hell no. It's basically a no show without a dedicated GPU for 3d modelling or editing videos or images with programs that take advantage of GPU acceleration, and i won't even talk about gaming, the XPS 13 and the Razer Stealth both suffer from this stupid issue, they want to charge us half a kidney for this underpowered laptops without a Graphics processor.
David Mendez don't you think it's too thin to stuff that kind of dGPU?
Rayhanantha Rasya ataleast if it a gpu like in the macbook it would have been good
Just don't buy it. Perhaps, this is not for you.
rayhanantha rasya that can't be used as an excuse when thinner laptops have the MX150 and some have a 1050 aswell.
the new Microsoft surface book 2 has a thin design with a 1050 on it.
Great content of video, you covered almost all the differences between old and new versions of laptop. Thanku really going to buy one.👍
Might have been my luck but here is my experience with this XPS 13 line:
gen 1 : coil whine
gen 2 : coil whine
gen 3 : coil whine
gen 4 : coil whine
WTF DELL!!!!
my 9333 is also having same problem lol.
It seems to be the backlight issue.
Wow. I'm curious did the coil whine start up immediately for you or did it take awhile to start? I'm wondering because I got the XPS 13 9360 3 days ago I can hear some coil whine when I put my ear down very close to the keyboard, but in a normal position, I hear nothing. It's completely silent even in a very quiet room. Is it luck or is it supposed to get really bad eventually?
It starts immediately in my case. But even louder one can be heard if the backlight turns on.
Stanley Park Perhaps I just got lucky then 🤷🏾♂️. I hear nothing
it is unnoticeable unless I am in a really quiet room with backlight off tbh.
In the latest Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the High Performance and Power Saver is removed from the power plan, but you can create your own power plan and the default high and power saver plan is still there. And Microsoft just moved the power plan switces to the battery icon that in the taskbar when you click on it.
Watching on my Vostro 😢😢
HK 5858 lol hahahaha same mate!
Milos Djeric Decent!
Windows' Creator's Update changed the power panel thing. In that same menu, look on the left, it says "Create a power plan." You'll see the option to choose a High Performance mode. Do a retest on its performance after that :3
60% Faster. Than what? My damn toothbrush?
Faster than the previous model obviously...
That was a short-hand for the phrase "now 60% faster," meaning it's improved by 60% over its previous form. Quite self-explanatory.
Are you a troll or an idiot?
Ya'll really don't get when someone makes a damn joke.
I am all for jokes and sarcasm but reread your comment and tell me how in any way that comment can be interpreted as a joke ..
The use of the barrel plug for charging is based in part on user base. Apple has used three different power connectors in the last five or so years. Dell, for most of their laptops, have used the same barrel connector for at least the last 12 years. The XPS, since its 2015 (9350/9550) iteration, is the exception to that rule, with a smaller connector than Dell's standard type that ships with every other laptop they make. That said, chargers can often collect over time, and having multiple chargers to choose from is a boon to traveling professionals, who may prefer a 12+ foot power adapter at home but would rather have less weight and bulk when they're on the road. I understand the desire for universal charging, and it's certainly something that has been a long time in coming, but it will take some convincing to get Dell on board because of their dedicated business user base, who will be very unwilling to change over to a new standard unless some kind of cost cut is implemented to ease the hit to IT budgets.
Hey Dave, just wanted to let you know that the power options in windows 10 creators fall update is when you click the power button. It comes up with a slider, which I think is really neat. Cheers, Phoenix Rising
800k subs !!! i sense a million subs very soon , hope u achieve it :D !!
I got a surface book 1st gen on sale for $850. its an amazing machine, skylake i5, all that. but seeing how 8th gen stuff is such a massive boost over even last-gen tech, it makes me want an upgrade. I wont obviously, the new surface books are $1500+, but still. one can dream.
I'm watching this on my Dell XPS 13 9360, w00t. Great video Dave! =)
I have XPS 13. I bought it last December. This is really great laptop except 2 things that drive me NUTS: 1. SD-Card reader. It just doesn't work. I had to use it just once and it didn't work! This is a common XPS issue not just mine and there is no program solution to fix it. 2. Touch pad. It works nice and smooth but sometimes it makes strange thing and moving everything around during dragging things in multi window mode. But, I payed $700 for it and still pretty satisfied. But I would never pay over $1000 for this. For my opinion this is the best price/quality ultra-book.
had this dell xps about 1 year
with 8 gen CPU 8gb of Ram
interestingly ...
Still like it
very happy with it
High Performance Option is absent after Fall Creators Update.Instead it is available on the taskbar (battery icon),you can adjust between Performance and Battery Life.
You can add a high performance profile, it does not come with one by default on windows 10 I guess. Also, I missed some details like temperature (both CPU and bottom/top). Great video!
I like your videos, very precisely explained everything that I'm expecting to hear from an video review of an product. Great job!
you don't need to have a "high performance" preset in order to get those settings. Just change them manually. You can make as many custom presets as you could possibly want, and High Performance doesn't actually max out all the settings anyway.