@@andrewmarcdavid Andrew, you won't get more subscribers unless you promise them free stuffs, giveaway and other free bee's. I think that's how you tube blogging works. Extreme honesty will cost you less advertise money, less sponsors of your contents. Personally I like honest reviews not paid advertisers pretending to be unbiased reviewer. Even though I didn't agree with your Dell xps 17 jubilation, I can accept that the jubilation was authentic.
Thankyou for this review , I am pricing up this model at the moment as still using my Sony Vaio from 2009 for content creation so well over due for and upgrade . After watching you review you’ve made my mind up for me 👍👍
I have the same nomenclature as yours to be honest nothing has been wrong no battery drain. Its not as big as I thought it would be. Also 5lbs. really isn't noticeable to me at all. The only thing I don't like is the sound quality to me sucks I also think that mbp sucks. It's a laptop not a stereo system. The whole thing is everybody seems to want to game with a laptop that isn't made for that purpose? I ordered my laptop directly from Dell. The customer service representative asked me specifically if I were going to game with the laptop. I won't be gaming with it at all. The reason I mentioned this is because the representative said that was important because he said that he could inform them to adjust the drivers in the graphics card. Immediately afterwards he said that with screen refresh rate it would be of little assistance really. Because 60 hertz is all that the screen can give you. The 4k touch screen is very impressive and accurate. Perfect really for WORK ONLY ADEQUATE FOR GAMING. My experience as for leisure use is video editing. The representative didn't exaggerate when he said that's what the graphics card was geared towards. I use DaVinci resolve the free version and I even upgraded a 1080p video to 4k and it actually worked. I must admit when I did that it really got the fans going. The amazing thing was it rendered the video in about the same time frame of the video! Now video that I had already recorded in 4k this includes color grading, animations and special effects in fusion with audio. It rendered it out in under the time of the video. No dropped frames at all amazing. So that's my two cents. Now would I suggest purchasing the dell xps 17. No not at all because if you purchase one the I'll lose my edge!!! Lol Yes if you are looking for a great WORK laptop definitely or creator edition laptop this is the best. Only thing is that quality control but they will send a new one. A bunch of reviews say this. I may have gotten blessed. Have great day.
I'm assuming you bought the quadro variant? The geforce graphics cards are built to game, their whole driver stack is made for games. The XPS 17 is a computer just like any else it should be able to game just fine. Gaming is less intensive than rendering.
Cheers Andrew, I'd been looking forward to this particular review! Nice work! I think the issue with the power drain was that some units were only receiving 100W of power instead of the expected 130W. The dipping into the battery when needed if power demands are greater than supply is apparently by design (or it would need a non usb charging system with a bigger power brick), but there was an issue where this "design feature" was exacerbated by the problem with the power not delivering what it should (100 vs 130W). That's the bit Dell has apparently fixed, but like you say, for intensive stuff you might still get a bit of drain happening.
I have bought this laptop and unfortunately, it has many quality issues. The device started heating and after only one week it stopped detecting the hard disk. The tech support had replaced the SSD but it was a problem of the motherboard that took them about one month to replace. I requested a replacement unit but Dell France have been ignoring my emails for one month now. Overall, awful experience with the device and the tech support of Dell. Avoid it as much as possible especially if you live in France
This just made my decision to go with the precision 5750. They are each built and tested individually not batch tested like xps line. From what I am told
Interesting to see the power drain issue mostly fixed. Hopefully, the next generation will fix any other issues with these XPS laptops. Thanks for the splendid review, Andrew!
So... Nobody is using the sRGB color profile on the XPS 17? Because I do, and it's loaded with "banding" issues. You cannot use the most popular color profile worldwide (sRGB) on this machine without bugs and nobody complains about it. What am I missing? I'm using Dell PremierColor btw to change color settings
I have both the 9300 and the 9500. I purchased both of the units I am using in July, so neither has any quality control issues. I had purchased earlier versions of both and they did have quality problems, so they were returned. Given the novelty of the new XPS design, the very large size of the mechanical track pads, the new proprietary 130 watt Dell designed USB-C power delivery, and the fact that these needed to be released during a global pandemic, I am not surprised there are hardware bugs to work out. I think the real winners will be people who buy next year's version of these products. I'm very happy with mine. I almost wish I had gotten the XPS 17 as a full desktop replacement. Well done AMD!
I have the same specs as Andrew does. My computer was manufactured in late July it should be the new batch. I tried the game of World of warship, P3D v5 (Similar to MSFS 2020) it does drain battery slowly even with 130w adapter pluged in. However, it doesn't drain battery when I render 3D model in Keyshot9 either under CPU or GPU. I'd say for XPS it's not designed for long time gaming.
the 130 watts charger doesnt give the proccesor and graphic all the power they need (at full load) and dell decided that IF the laptop is pluged then it can take a little energy from the battery this way they didnt have to make a bigger charger.
Been waiting for this one! Thanks AMD! Think I'm going to wait a few gens for them to work the issues out in the 2nd generation 17" models. Going with Envy x360 based on your review Andrew (still the only place to give a real in depth review of that specific model).
Dell could've avoided the power drain issue if they included a higher watt charger than the 130W one they provide. HP provides a 200W charger with the HP Envy 15, which is a smaller device.
@@cowboys20004 Even my lowly $600 HP ENVY x360 15 can charge via USB-C... But only in sleep mode or powered down... Heck, in a pinch I tried a 5v 2A phone charger and it worked, albeit VERY slowly... Simply putting this out as a tip for those who may not know (it is in the manual).
So I just order my xps 17 with 32gb ram 1tb i7 8 core etc anyways the reason I got it was because I was able to get a discount of -$451 off which brought the price under $3k I paid a total of 2800 plus tax I hope I don’t get any issues cause delivery isn’t till September 22
Great review and I see the high points. On my second one after returning the first one. Same specs as you, really beautiful except I took 2 tb ssd drive. But, if you want to attach an external samsung ssd usb c to the usb c port it won't read it unless something is attached in the port next to it, even if it's just a regular usb flash drive with the adapter. Once the 2nd item is plugged in, it recognizes the ssd right away but not without it. This is the second time it happened, same thing with the first xps 9700 and others have reported the same issue so if you use external ssds often it is annoying. Also, it does get hot, careful to make sure when turning it off that the power goes off and not to sleep especially when storing away.
Amazing review!! Watched a lot of reviews from the dell xps.. this video is 1 of the best!! I Liked the way you did the review!! Keep up that good work! 👍
Great review Andrew! Definitely my most anticipated machine! Would you say this is the best 4K video-editing laptop on the market right now? If so, I can only imagine that the i9 will make it better! How much higher do you think the price will be if you had to guess? Also, how do you think this 4K display compares to 4K OLED and which is better?
Hi, I don't know how much the i9 will cost so it's hard to say. Expect at least $300 to $400 more perhaps? I actually like this UHD+ display better than the OLED of the Envy 15, it's that good. It also has better battery life. Also a great 4K video editing machine
Yet another stellar review, Andrew 🤛🏾. It's refreshing to see Dell offering to make it right for the clients who faced QC issues. This is a truly gorgeous machine. I think the power drain issue would have been better rectified by offering a higher wattage power brick, though 🤔...
The power brick is not the issue. USB-C thunderbolt charging has a 100 Watt power limit. (If you do not believe me go to thunderbolt's web site and read up on the charging specs of these ports.) That is the bottleneck. Until they can come up with a USB port that can charge higher than 100 Watts having a larger power brick will not do any good.
Nice Video as always Andrew. From your experience, which laptop has the best keyboard: The XPS 17-15 or the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4-3? I currently have the surface Laptop 2 and want to upgrade to a bigger screen but keyboard is a must for me. I love the keyboard on the Microsoft and wanted to see if the XPS 17 has the same level as the MS Surface Laptop line or not.
For me, the 9700 and 9500 are hard to open. I mean hold it down and find a spot to pry open the lid hard to open! We had the 9500 for my son and he could not open it.
Great review! So which one would you recommend, the 17inch Dell Precision 5750 or the Dell XPS 17 and why ? Music editing and graphics design are my main purposes. The Windows10 version updates have been really confusing for the past 2years. For instance; power management disappears and sleep mode refuses to work as intended. Same issue on my 2016 HP Spectre 13" and Surface Studio 2 from 2019, now replaced.
Very useful review! Could you please review the latitude 5410 please? I am choosing between it and the X 1 Carbon Gen 8, so eager to know its value for money.
I had a chance to review both the New Dell XPS 15 2020 and the Dell XPS 15 2019 versions personally. My only complaint about the new Dell XPS 15 2020 version is that the keyboard is good, but not as good as the 2019 version. I love the keyboard travel, and the power button feels SOLID on the older version of the XPS. My two complaints about the older XPS 15 is that it supports only ONE M.2 Slots, and that the speakers are on the downside instead of having top firing speakers like the 2020 version does. Hey Dell, are you listening ?
I bought one that was produced at the end of July. It has battery drain issues as well as trackpad issues. I’m awaiting the replacement unit from Dell that is being built from the ground up. It’s apparently en route.
Andrew Marc David So I received my newly built unit from Dell EMC and they completely rectified the power drain issue. My battery stays at 100 percent during heavy gameplay which was the scenario that plagued my old machine that is on its way back to them. They also provided a “better” trackpad that does not have unusable backlash / play in it when clicking. I’m glad to see Dell coming thru with this replacement XPS laptop. I’m really thrilled now.
Nice PC. Would be nice if they added a full size ten key for the price one is paying for this. The web cam is okay and the internal microphone sounded okay. I noticed on your "first looks" review you mentioned that you purchased this PC with your own money. On this review at the beginning you said you purchased this machine with your own money but in the section where you showed the specs you mentioned that this machine was supplied by Dell and you were returning it after the review. Did Dell supply you with this machine? A little confusion on this part. Anyway another great review.
My unboxing video was with the unit I bought myself. I returned it because of.battery drain. In the interim Dell finally sent me the review unit. Hopefully that clarifies the confusion.
@@andrewmarcdavid Interesting. I think that explains why the internal microphone on this review sounded better than the one in your "first looks" review.
I bought the 5750 and it had many issues. So I got a replacement. That one also has two major issues, so I am getting a technician over. Dells QC is real bad.
I have the Precision 5750, and yes, I do notice the power drained issue when it is under heavy load. No trouble with the touchpad though. I will solve this issue with Dell support, which doesn't have a replacement for this issue yet, I think. Over all, I love this machine, but just bad luck, I will buy the 200W charger if Dell prove to me that it is the solution.
Marc I just purchased this unit & heard bout some issuers with battery drainage issues & dell offering motherboards replacements to help solve this issue. Can u give me any feedback from your experiences or those in the community Sincerest thanks
I love your videos. Can you make special points to the key travel on keyboards? I'm trying to decide what to get. I want to be an author. Im writing books on my phone currently, so I'm ready to get a laptop. I just can't decide what to get. I'm torn between the Dell XPS 13, 15 (both colors), HP Spectre, envy. You've done a great job showcasing them all, but GOSH DARN IT. I JUST CANT DECIDE WHICH TO GET. I'm in the market to buy within the next couple days. Any advice?
Hello Andrew. I hope you are well. So why would you go with a Dell given the new HP with Ryzen chips are still powerful but much cheaper? In other words, what are the + and - of each?
@@andrewmarcdavid Thank you Andrew. I appreciate this insight. If you write code all day, would you say the difference in display would be better/worse on the eyes?
i just purchased this computer i mostly just stream and cast shows to my tv, but would most likely be on it most of my day. Since it runs hot, should buy some type of cooling device for it? and if so what kind?
I need your help. Everyone talks about gaming. No one ever talks about high-end laptops for extreme productivity. I am a Doctoral student, own an investment firm, and run a nonprofit. At any given time I am running Word, Excel, & Powerpoint with 5 or 10 projects on each one. Then, I am running 3 internet browsers (Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Chrome) with anywhere from 100 to 150 tabs at the same time. Multi-tasking is critical. I run a 13" HP Spectre (4 years old) with 8GB RAM which freezes up constantly. I also run a 17" HP Envy (Almost 5 years old) with 16GB RAM which freezes up a lot as well. I am constantly having to shut down and restart. Under normal usage, both laptops are awesome. What is a great high-end laptop for productivity that won't freeze up? I am running two 27" Dell P2720D monitors. Finally, I travel a lot and being portable would be helpful. Thanks
hello, i am trying to find the right laptop for a long time.. no gaming, no video editing, no autocad or render work.. i will only use laptop for financial trading stock programs that need high CPU, SSD and ram. and laptop will be used from 09:00 am to 11 pm // all day nearly of course not will battery, always plugded in. i read some coil whine problems abaout this model.. can you advice this model for me ? heating /cooling issued and stable performance? thank you
Wow I saw another article on MSN this morning really knocking the battery on this thing. I will never buy another Dell after reading so many reviews of people concerned about Quality Control or lack thereof.
Great vid! Do you have any info on when HP envy x360 13 will be once again available? Or on another site like the Costco link? Please help. Was about to purchase but can’t find it anywhere.
I just got the spectre x360 15 few days back with the UHD low power display. Absolutely loving it. My earlier laptop was xps 15 from 2018 , which I have given to my daughter for her online classes. I feel the spectre x360 is leaps and bounds ahead especially with all the QC issues with Dell. Go with spectre, you will not regret it.
Great content Andrew... But as the bearer of WTF... Huge motherboard - Soldered in wi-fi??? Ridiculous... Yeah, "but it never goes bad, stop worrying"... Better hope so. Sure miss the days of easy access ports, and ability to swap out RAM, wi-fi card, and storage drives in minutes, even in basic consumer laptops.
Hey Andrew, awesome vids as always. My wife is a school principal and I was looking at getting her a laptop convertible. My budget is $800 - $1,000 What would you recommend? Looking forward to your recommendation...COMING UP!!
However, this Dell 'flagship' currently works with no Dell Active pen... their Tech has confirmed that to me. So we have a fully digitised screen for the XPS 17 but no active pen to use on that super touch-screen. Dell also cannot inform me of any other brand that does an active pen compatable with this otherwise excellent Laptop. Dell's Advertising for this Machine encourages 'unleashing your creativity'. Well, if your creativity involves Digital drawing, sketching, painting or intricate photo manipulation where accuracy is essential, I'm afraid without a workable Active Pen from Dell, and possibly no compatable Active pen from any other maker, you'll certainly have your work cut out soldiering on, trying to 'unleashing your creativity' by drawing with your mouse, your finger or a basic passive pen which will lack funtions an will be too inaccuate. Thanks Dell, you really thought that one through, didn't you.
This is not meant to be used with a pen. This is a clam shell laptop. What you are describing would be more suitable to a convertible laptop like the HP Spectre x360 or the like.
@@andrewmarcdavid While for you, 'unleashing your creativity as Dell advertised, seems to inclued playing games, for others of us, we took Dell's word that this was a 'Creativity encouraging machine and a great deal of creativity happens on a screen on which you can draw, paint and manipulate images. I'll be the judge of the best machine for my persoal needs but an active pen is essential and Dell know that, which is why they have active pens which work with their other 2in1 Laptops,
Can you help me order for an XPS 17, 9700. Is being one whole month, I order, they send me a confirmation then after a week they cancel the order. Any attempt to get clarification from the customer service has proved futile. Can you suggest what I should do?
Waiting your review for Dell Latitude 9410 touch or 9510 non touch version. I know its a lot expensive but I still love to have it... would you prefer..? (of course wanna have it for business purpose) Thanks.
Great, I was just streaming a show on the XPS 9700 and it went to Black screen with the round Dell Logo! Now it will not boot and was extremely hot. My guess is it overheated but now it will not boot, the screen stays and the fans are on. Been an hour and nothing!
Waiting for next years release, basically hoping for AMD processors. Give us a longer lasting, faster/higher performing, cooler & cheaper machine, please. No reason to evade it. And AMD finally can implement Thunderbolt 3 themselves, and if they still choose not to, theres the Intel JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller. Do it!!! Ps: after returning a fully specced out XPS 13, I beg you to release a 1440p display option with optionally higher luminance and refresh rate. This will save on battery life over 4k and makes the GUI more useable with less scaling If you choose not to, explain why not!
@@svinatraktore have never owned a dell so can't say. I just want amd + nvidia + Reasonably thin and clean design + 16:10 1440p 120hz with good color accuracy, is that too much to ask for 😄
@@maisondav1d I've had a few Latitudes (almost no problems except of batteries and power adapters) and recommended Inspirons to my friends. Had MANY problems with Inspirons and Dell refused to fix them. Also there are too many issues in their newer laptops, even priced as high as USD 2500 (XPS). Too dangerous to buy if this is your main PC.
I had an email that was in my junk file (so do look out for it) from DELL explaining the issue was with the motherboard. So they sent out a technician and he replaced the motherboard at my home. To be honest I have not got testing it but it seems fine were before it was running hot when editing and having a few Google tabs open. I am however having problems with the colours it seems oversaturated with the reds and the contrast is very high. (need Help)
Other reviews have similar 9 hours. I did a continuous web surfing test over WiFi at 150 nits as was shown in the video. Not sure which reviews you are referring to.
I want see at least 17 but also the 15 with numped, or at least the option, and speakers on top of the numpad. also in oled option as well, maybe with 120hz, you don't need now internal graphics tao take advantage to 4k 120hz, we have game straming apps, like moonlight, they can stream 4k with 120hz response time, if you have more than 100mbit/s dowload speeds. Please make it dell. you have 1 new customer, amongs many. And please let go that circle around the dell logo. That doesln lokk any good. Make the dell letters, a little bit thickker and yo have a cleaner look. Or make you logo instead of letter like everybody else. It looks better.
2:00 Under specification you could see the amount of saving. Maybe there is a promocode for additional off, dont know. But discount of $10 looks hilarious.
Obviously Mac book pro has better sound quality then this XPS 17 device. But it's gorgeous display & it's performance are the main selling points of this device....
Can't believe they'd make a laptop with no Ethernet port, or at least if they did they add that port to the dongle they supply. Such penny pinching for a three thousand dollar machine.
Do not buy if you want to use this laptop to run any DAW applications for music production. I’m experiencing lots of audio pops and dropouts. It is a shame for a premium laptop that cannot handle audio for DAW applications, stick with Mac for simple and rock solid audio performance out of the box. Also XPS 15 has the same audio issue when using DAWs.
Just decided to purchase the Dell XPS 17, based on your review. Great detailed review 👍
You should have more subscribers great content!!!
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
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@@andrewmarcdavid Andrew, you won't get more subscribers unless you promise them free stuffs, giveaway and other free bee's. I think that's how you tube blogging works. Extreme honesty will cost you less advertise money, less sponsors of your contents. Personally I like honest reviews not paid advertisers pretending to be unbiased reviewer. Even though I didn't agree with your Dell xps 17 jubilation, I can accept that the jubilation was authentic.
Have been waiting for this about 2 weeks. Glad it's here. Good job brother.
I love the way you say in every intro, “coming up.” That’s 🔥
Just decided to purchase the Dell XPS 17, based on your review. For $550...same specs and everything! the unit was barely used...and it is amazing!
I just ordered mine directly from Dell Yesterday! Great review !
Nice 👍
Thankyou for this review , I am pricing up this model at the moment as still using my Sony Vaio from 2009 for content creation so well over due for and upgrade .
After watching you review you’ve made my mind up for me 👍👍
I have the same nomenclature as yours to be honest nothing has been wrong no battery drain. Its not as big as I thought it would be. Also 5lbs. really isn't noticeable to me at all. The only thing I don't like is the sound quality to me sucks I also think that mbp sucks. It's a laptop not a stereo system. The whole thing is everybody seems to want to game with a laptop that isn't made for that purpose? I ordered my laptop directly from Dell. The customer service representative asked me specifically if I were going to game with the laptop. I won't be gaming with it at all. The reason I mentioned this is because the representative said that was important because he said that he could inform them to adjust the drivers in the graphics card. Immediately afterwards he said that with screen refresh rate it would be of little assistance really. Because 60 hertz is all that the screen can give you. The 4k touch screen is very impressive and accurate. Perfect really for WORK ONLY ADEQUATE FOR GAMING. My experience as for leisure use is video editing. The representative didn't exaggerate when he said that's what the graphics card was geared towards. I use DaVinci resolve the free version and I even upgraded a 1080p video to 4k and it actually worked. I must admit when I did that it really got the fans going. The amazing thing was it rendered the video in about the same time frame of the video! Now video that I had already recorded in 4k this includes color grading, animations and special effects in fusion with audio. It rendered it out in under the time of the video. No dropped frames at all amazing. So that's my two cents. Now would I suggest purchasing the dell xps 17. No not at all because if you purchase one the I'll lose my edge!!! Lol Yes if you are looking for a great WORK laptop definitely or creator edition laptop this is the best. Only thing is that quality control but they will send a new one. A bunch of reviews say this. I may have gotten blessed. Have great day.
I'm assuming you bought the quadro variant? The geforce graphics cards are built to game, their whole driver stack is made for games. The XPS 17 is a computer just like any else it should be able to game just fine. Gaming is less intensive than rendering.
Dude you've leveled up your game. Your videos are very impressive. excellent work .
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
Cheers Andrew, I'd been looking forward to this particular review! Nice work! I think the issue with the power drain was that some units were only receiving 100W of power instead of the expected 130W. The dipping into the battery when needed if power demands are greater than supply is apparently by design (or it would need a non usb charging system with a bigger power brick), but there was an issue where this "design feature" was exacerbated by the problem with the power not delivering what it should (100 vs 130W). That's the bit Dell has apparently fixed, but like you say, for intensive stuff you might still get a bit of drain happening.
I have bought this laptop and unfortunately, it has many quality issues. The device started heating and after only one week it stopped detecting the hard disk. The tech support had replaced the SSD but it was a problem of the motherboard that took them about one month to replace. I requested a replacement unit but Dell France have been ignoring my emails for one month now. Overall, awful experience with the device and the tech support of Dell. Avoid it as much as possible especially if you live in France
+100500
If u want quality then go with Thinkpad
@@ibn-aaam4170 Totally agree
Are you going to return it and get a thinkpad? If yes what model thinkpad
This just made my decision to go with the precision 5750. They are each built and tested individually not batch tested like xps line. From what I am told
Interesting to see the power drain issue mostly fixed. Hopefully, the next generation will fix any other issues with these XPS laptops.
Thanks for the splendid review, Andrew!
Thanks TechRealm! Hope you internet was restored.
@@andrewmarcdavid Yes, it was!
So... Nobody is using the sRGB color profile on the XPS 17? Because I do, and it's loaded with "banding" issues. You cannot use the most popular color profile worldwide (sRGB) on this machine without bugs and nobody complains about it. What am I missing?
I'm using Dell PremierColor btw to change color settings
I have both the 9300 and the 9500. I purchased both of the units I am using in July, so neither has any quality control issues. I had purchased earlier versions of both and they did have quality problems, so they were returned. Given the novelty of the new XPS design, the very large size of the mechanical track pads, the new proprietary 130 watt Dell designed USB-C power delivery, and the fact that these needed to be released during a global pandemic, I am not surprised there are hardware bugs to work out. I think the real winners will be people who buy next year's version of these products. I'm very happy with mine. I almost wish I had gotten the XPS 17 as a full desktop replacement. Well done AMD!
Thanks for the info!
I am curious, how is it possible to have 130w of charging via USB-C? I thought USB-C has limitation of 100 w?
@@PrayudiSatriyo its a proprietary design by Dell with their chargers and docks. I assume they use both sides of the connector.
I have the same specs as Andrew does. My computer was manufactured in late July it should be the new batch. I tried the game of World of warship, P3D v5 (Similar to MSFS 2020) it does drain battery slowly even with 130w adapter pluged in. However, it doesn't drain battery when I render 3D model in Keyshot9 either under CPU or GPU. I'd say for XPS it's not designed for long time gaming.
the 130 watts charger doesnt give the proccesor and graphic all the power they need (at full load) and dell decided that IF the laptop is pluged then it can take a little energy from the battery this way they didnt have to make a bigger charger.
He deserves more attention
Been waiting for this one! Thanks AMD! Think I'm going to wait a few gens for them to work the issues out in the 2nd generation 17" models. Going with Envy x360 based on your review Andrew (still the only place to give a real in depth review of that specific model).
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
Dell could've avoided the power drain issue if they included a higher watt charger than the 130W one they provide. HP provides a 200W charger with the HP Envy 15, which is a smaller device.
But the HP has a Barrel connector. No USB C charging
@@cowboys20004 Even my lowly $600 HP ENVY x360 15 can charge via USB-C... But only in sleep mode or powered down... Heck, in a pinch I tried a 5v 2A phone charger and it worked, albeit VERY slowly... Simply putting this out as a tip for those who may not know (it is in the manual).
So I just order my xps 17 with 32gb ram 1tb i7 8 core etc anyways the reason I got it was because I was able to get a discount of -$451 off which brought the price under $3k I paid a total of 2800 plus tax
I hope I don’t get any issues cause delivery isn’t till September 22
How did you get the discount?
@@samuelm5140 dell was having a 17% discount at the time
@@albertoleon4754 dang I hope they have another sale soon
Great review and I see the high points. On my second one after returning the first one. Same specs as you, really beautiful except I took 2 tb ssd drive. But, if you want to attach an external samsung ssd usb c to the usb c port it won't read it unless something is attached in the port next to it, even if it's just a regular usb flash drive with the adapter. Once the 2nd item is plugged in, it recognizes the ssd right away but not without it. This is the second time it happened, same thing with the first xps 9700 and others have reported the same issue so if you use external ssds often it is annoying. Also, it does get hot, careful to make sure when turning it off that the power goes off and not to sleep especially when storing away.
Amazing review!! Watched a lot of reviews from the dell xps.. this video is 1 of the best!! I Liked the way you did the review!! Keep up that good work! 👍
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
Great review Andrew! Definitely my most anticipated machine! Would you say this is the best 4K video-editing laptop on the market right now? If so, I can only imagine that the i9 will make it better! How much higher do you think the price will be if you had to guess? Also, how do you think this 4K display compares to 4K OLED and which is better?
Hi, I don't know how much the i9 will cost so it's hard to say. Expect at least $300 to $400 more perhaps? I actually like this UHD+ display better than the OLED of the Envy 15, it's that good. It also has better battery life. Also a great 4K video editing machine
So does heavy loading of the GPU cause battery loss ?
I want to know this too
Yet another stellar review, Andrew 🤛🏾. It's refreshing to see Dell offering to make it right for the clients who faced QC issues. This is a truly gorgeous machine. I think the power drain issue would have been better rectified by offering a higher wattage power brick, though 🤔...
Thanks Paul! Agreed 👍
The power brick is not the issue. USB-C thunderbolt charging has a 100 Watt power limit. (If you do not believe me go to thunderbolt's web site and read up on the charging specs of these ports.) That is the bottleneck. Until they can come up with a USB port that can charge higher than 100 Watts having a larger power brick will not do any good.
Nice Video as always Andrew. From your experience, which laptop has the best keyboard: The XPS 17-15 or the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4-3? I currently have the surface Laptop 2 and want to upgrade to a bigger screen but keyboard is a must for me. I love the keyboard on the Microsoft and wanted to see if the XPS 17 has the same level as the MS Surface Laptop line or not.
Just ordered after watching this video :-)
Very good work! Mine from one week now has the power issue, still waiting Dell to respond...
Waiting for comparison against Precision 5750 👍
Excellent review! subbed.
Hey, how do you test the notebooks performance in x plane? Like, which aircraft and settings? Nice video!!
Andrew when exactly do you expect the i9 to be released love the videos
I was told by my contact at Dell to expect the i9 at the end of the summer. So I would imagine very soon.
Waiting for mine!
For me, the 9700 and 9500 are hard to open. I mean hold it down and find a spot to pry open the lid hard to open! We had the 9500 for my son and he could not open it.
Thx for the review! How did you find the fan noise? Is it following the apple way (hot but quiet)? It would be ok with me as I like quiet laptops.
Coming up getting better :)
Great review! So which one would you recommend, the 17inch Dell Precision 5750 or the Dell XPS 17 and why ? Music editing and graphics design are my main purposes. The Windows10 version updates have been really confusing for the past 2years. For instance; power management disappears and sleep mode refuses to work as intended. Same issue on my 2016 HP Spectre 13" and Surface Studio 2 from 2019, now replaced.
Very useful review! Could you please review the latitude 5410 please? I am choosing between it and the X 1 Carbon Gen 8, so eager to know its value for money.
I had a chance to review both the New Dell XPS 15 2020 and the Dell XPS 15 2019 versions personally.
My only complaint about the new Dell XPS 15 2020 version is that the
keyboard is good, but not as good as the 2019 version. I love the
keyboard travel, and the power button feels SOLID on the older version
of the XPS.
My two complaints about the older XPS 15 is that it
supports only ONE M.2 Slots, and that the speakers are on the downside
instead of having top firing speakers like the 2020 version does.
Hey Dell, are you listening ?
Great video!
I bought one that was produced at the end of July. It has battery drain issues as well as trackpad issues. I’m awaiting the replacement unit from Dell that is being built from the ground up. It’s apparently en route.
Hopefully it will be issue free.
Andrew Marc David So I received my newly built unit from Dell EMC and they completely rectified the power drain issue. My battery stays at 100 percent during heavy gameplay which was the scenario that plagued my old machine that is on its way back to them. They also provided a “better” trackpad that does not have unusable backlash / play in it when clicking. I’m glad to see Dell coming thru with this replacement XPS laptop. I’m really thrilled now.
Nice PC. Would be nice if they added a full size ten key for the price one is paying for this. The web cam is okay and the internal microphone sounded okay. I noticed on your "first looks" review you mentioned that you purchased this PC with your own money. On this review at the beginning you said you purchased this machine with your own money but in the section where you showed the specs you mentioned that this machine was supplied by Dell and you were returning it after the review. Did Dell supply you with this machine? A little confusion on this part. Anyway another great review.
My unboxing video was with the unit I bought myself. I returned it because of.battery drain. In the interim Dell finally sent me the review unit. Hopefully that clarifies the confusion.
@@andrewmarcdavid Yes it does. Thank you.
@@andrewmarcdavid Interesting. I think that explains why the internal microphone on this review sounded better than the one in your "first looks" review.
I bought the 5750 and it had many issues. So I got a replacement. That one also has two major issues, so I am getting a technician over. Dells QC is real bad.
Wondering if cheapest versions have same gpu. Great review.
Best to wait for the 11th gen tigerlake chips come onboard these laptops
I have the Precision 5750, and yes, I do notice the power drained issue when it is under heavy load. No trouble with the touchpad though. I will solve this issue with Dell support, which doesn't have a replacement for this issue yet, I think. Over all, I love this machine, but just bad luck, I will buy the 200W charger if Dell prove to me that it is the solution.
Marc I just purchased this unit & heard bout some issuers with battery drainage issues & dell offering motherboards replacements to help solve this issue. Can u give me any feedback from your experiences or those in the community
Sincerest thanks
Great review and a beautiful machine
It really is!
@@andrewmarcdavid to rich for my blood though😂
I love your videos. Can you make special points to the key travel on keyboards? I'm trying to decide what to get.
I want to be an author. Im writing books on my phone currently, so I'm ready to get a laptop.
I just can't decide what to get.
I'm torn between the Dell XPS 13, 15 (both colors), HP Spectre, envy. You've done a great job showcasing them all, but GOSH DARN IT. I JUST CANT DECIDE WHICH TO GET. I'm in the market to buy within the next couple days.
Any advice?
That's a great idea!
Hello Andrew. I hope you are well. So why would you go with a Dell given the new HP with Ryzen chips are still powerful but much cheaper? In other words, what are the + and - of each?
The display is superior for sure.
@@andrewmarcdavid Thank you Andrew. I appreciate this insight. If you write code all day, would you say the difference in display would be better/worse on the eyes?
You'r the best Andrew ❤️❤️❤️❤️
i just purchased this computer i mostly just stream and cast shows to my tv, but would most likely be on it most of my day. Since it runs hot, should buy some type of cooling device for it? and if so what kind?
I need your help. Everyone talks about gaming. No one ever talks about high-end laptops for extreme productivity. I am a Doctoral student, own an investment firm, and run a nonprofit. At any given time I am running Word, Excel, & Powerpoint with 5 or 10 projects on each one. Then, I am running 3 internet browsers (Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Chrome) with anywhere from 100 to 150 tabs at the same time. Multi-tasking is critical. I run a 13" HP Spectre (4 years old) with 8GB RAM which freezes up constantly. I also run a 17" HP Envy (Almost 5 years old) with 16GB RAM which freezes up a lot as well. I am constantly having to shut down and restart. Under normal usage, both laptops are awesome. What is a great high-end laptop for productivity that won't freeze up? I am running two 27" Dell P2720D monitors. Finally, I travel a lot and being portable would be helpful. Thanks
Can u please give me advice Andrew?
Wonderful review
Can I play games on this laptop aswell
which midrange 2in1laptop is best for coding ,programming and video editing
hello, i am trying to find the right laptop for a long time.. no gaming, no video editing, no autocad or render work.. i will only use laptop for financial trading stock programs that need high CPU, SSD and ram. and laptop will be used from 09:00 am to 11 pm // all day nearly of course not will battery, always plugded in. i read some coil whine problems abaout this model.. can you advice this model for me ? heating /cooling issued and stable performance? thank you
Wow I saw another article on MSN this morning really knocking the battery on this thing. I will never buy another Dell after reading so many reviews of people concerned about Quality Control or lack thereof.
Great vid! Do you have any info on when HP envy x360 13 will be once again available? Or on another site like the Costco link? Please help. Was about to purchase but can’t find it anywhere.
Looking into it
Andrew Marc David any luck at all?
What do I have to look for to ensure I get one of the newer units?
What do you recommend me to buy the xps 15" GTX or the HP spectre x360 15t GTX. I'm really confused
the spectre x360 is a 2 in 1 so it depends if you need that flexibility, if you don't then I think the xps would be a clear choice.
I just got the spectre x360 15 few days back with the UHD low power display. Absolutely loving it. My earlier laptop was xps 15 from 2018 , which I have given to my daughter for her online classes. I feel the spectre x360 is leaps and bounds ahead especially with all the QC issues with Dell. Go with spectre, you will not regret it.
Great content Andrew... But as the bearer of WTF... Huge motherboard - Soldered in wi-fi??? Ridiculous... Yeah, "but it never goes bad, stop worrying"... Better hope so. Sure miss the days of easy access ports, and ability to swap out RAM, wi-fi card, and storage drives in minutes, even in basic consumer laptops.
How do you “buy” this laptop with your own money then send it back as soon after the review was done. Was it a loaner from Dell?
I bought the first unit and returned it because of defects. Dell sent me a review unit thereafter. Watch the unboxing video and you will understand
Hope to get a Dell Xps with ryzen 7.
Hey Andrew, awesome vids as always. My wife is a school principal and I was looking at getting her a laptop convertible. My budget is $800 - $1,000
What would you recommend?
Looking forward to your recommendation...COMING UP!!
HP Envy x360 15
Thanks Andrew, appreciate you!!
However, this Dell 'flagship' currently works with no Dell Active pen... their Tech has confirmed that to me. So we have a fully digitised screen for the XPS 17 but no active pen to use on that super touch-screen. Dell also cannot inform me of any other brand that does an active pen compatable with this otherwise excellent Laptop. Dell's Advertising for this Machine encourages 'unleashing your creativity'. Well, if your creativity involves Digital drawing, sketching, painting or intricate photo manipulation where accuracy is essential, I'm afraid without a workable Active Pen from Dell, and possibly no compatable Active pen from any other maker, you'll certainly have your work cut out soldiering on, trying to 'unleashing your creativity' by drawing with your mouse, your finger or a basic passive pen which will lack funtions an will be too inaccuate. Thanks Dell, you really thought that one through, didn't you.
This is not meant to be used with a pen. This is a clam shell laptop. What you are describing would be more suitable to a convertible laptop like the HP Spectre x360 or the like.
@@andrewmarcdavid While for you, 'unleashing your creativity as Dell advertised, seems to inclued playing games, for others of us, we took Dell's word that this was a 'Creativity encouraging machine and a great deal of creativity happens on a screen on which you can draw, paint and manipulate images. I'll be the judge of the best machine for my persoal needs but an active pen is essential and Dell know that, which is why they have active pens which work with their other 2in1 Laptops,
I still haven't found a display that rivals the xps 7590 OLED, still haven't seen the 17 in person yet though.
The x360s camera looks better to me. What do you think?
I think so, but to be honest none of these cameras are blowing me away.
Can you review the surface book 3 13" please
please i want comparison of hp envy x360 vs lenovo flex 5 vs acer swift 3 vs asus zenbook 14 all amd version plz plz
Can you help me order for an XPS 17, 9700. Is being one whole month, I order, they send me a confirmation then after a week they cancel the order. Any attempt to get clarification from the customer service has proved futile. Can you suggest what I should do?
Waiting your review for Dell Latitude 9410 touch or 9510 non touch version. I know its a lot expensive but I still love to have it... would you prefer..? (of course wanna have it for business purpose) Thanks.
Up next
OK Waiting and Thanks a Lot.... Cheers
Great, I was just streaming a show on the XPS 9700 and it went to Black screen with the round Dell Logo! Now it will not boot and was extremely hot. My guess is it overheated but now it will not boot, the screen stays and the fans are on. Been an hour and nothing!
It will a masive changing 😁
Waiting for next years release, basically hoping for AMD processors. Give us a longer lasting, faster/higher performing, cooler & cheaper machine, please. No reason to evade it. And AMD finally can implement Thunderbolt 3 themselves, and if they still choose not to, theres the Intel JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller.
Do it!!!
Ps: after returning a fully specced out XPS 13, I beg you to release a 1440p display option with optionally higher luminance and refresh rate. This will save on battery life over 4k and makes the GUI more useable with less scaling
If you choose not to, explain why not!
Wish this laptop had 2k 120-144hz and ryzen 7 or 9 would've been perfect
And not made by Dell :)))
@@svinatraktore have never owned a dell so can't say.
I just want amd + nvidia + Reasonably thin and clean design + 16:10 1440p 120hz with good color accuracy, is that too much to ask for 😄
@@maisondav1d I've had a few Latitudes (almost no problems except of batteries and power adapters) and recommended Inspirons to my friends. Had MANY problems with Inspirons and Dell refused to fix them. Also there are too many issues in their newer laptops, even priced as high as USD 2500 (XPS). Too dangerous to buy if this is your main PC.
this laptop should have real usb a and hdmi ports not just usb type c .... mimicking Apple is not a good way everytime ...
I had an email that was in my junk file (so do look out for it) from DELL explaining the issue was with the motherboard. So they sent out a technician and he replaced the motherboard at my home. To be honest I have not got testing it but it seems fine were before it was running hot when editing and having a few Google tabs open. I am however having problems with the colours it seems oversaturated with the reds and the contrast is very high. (need Help)
PLEASE DELL MAKE ARROWS UP/DOWN AS FULL SIZE BUTTONS!!!!
Xps 17 or hp spectre x360 10th?
It seems as if launching products with a defect is the new way to finesse you into getting the warranty 🤷🏽♂️
How did you get 9 hours?! Every review I've seen has battery life as a negative and only getting 3 to 5 hours on normal usage.
Other reviews have similar 9 hours. I did a continuous web surfing test over WiFi at 150 nits as was shown in the video. Not sure which reviews you are referring to.
I want see at least 17 but also the 15 with numped, or at least the option, and speakers on top of the numpad. also in oled option as well, maybe with 120hz, you don't need now internal graphics tao take advantage to 4k 120hz, we have game straming apps, like moonlight, they can stream 4k with 120hz response time, if you have more than 100mbit/s dowload speeds. Please make it dell. you have 1 new customer, amongs many. And please let go that circle around the dell logo. That doesln lokk any good. Make the dell letters, a little bit thickker and yo have a cleaner look. Or make you logo instead of letter like everybody else. It looks better.
that runs awful hot. That can't be good for long term huh?
Only time will tell
New day new video. Sup guys
Still waiting for mine to ship
😒
Are the issues with the xps15 over Andrew?
According to Dell yet, but reality may be a different story.
3:2 would be even better in my opinion. Though indeed it already looks much better than 16:9 with there big chins.
I love their discount of $10 on a 3k laptop, this definitely do it more affordable xD
Discount of 10%. Not $10.
2:00 Under specification you could see the amount of saving. Maybe there is a promocode for additional off, dont know. But discount of $10 looks hilarious.
I received my unit a week ago and it came with the stupid trackpad issue
Contact customer support
Sexy review i love the xps flagship
Obviously Mac book pro has better sound quality then this XPS 17 device. But it's gorgeous display & it's performance are the main selling points of this device....
XPS looks so much better than the Mac. Just imagine next year when Dell comes out with a 16:10 OLED..... ;) lol
Can't believe they'd make a laptop with no Ethernet port, or at least if they did they add that port to the dongle they supply. Such penny pinching for a three thousand dollar machine.
Already have one cost me $850 dollars not 3 grand like amazon says
$850? How did you get that price?
@@andrewmarcdavid i got it here in peru south america
@@andrewmarcdavid a friend of mine that sells desktops laptops sold it to me
@@mariadoloreshorna9517 Nice!
Do not buy if you want to use this laptop to run any DAW applications for music production. I’m experiencing lots of audio pops and dropouts. It is a shame for a premium laptop that cannot handle audio for DAW applications, stick with Mac for simple and rock solid audio performance out of the box. Also XPS 15 has the same audio issue when using DAWs.
U should have more subscribers x2.
hahaha premium laptop with aa awfull proccesor. Many Ryzen will eat this "premium" laptop
Very unimpressive average and vastly underpowered but the price is out of this world. In a nut shell an overpriced junk
Not at all.
@@andrewmarcdavid Andrew, I would choose XPS 15 2in1 or HP spectre 15 2in1. Better value better laptops that this clunky 17 inch
JJ Jilani the laptops you mentioned both have worse specs than the xps 17.