Next Level XPS - Dell XPS 15 9520 Review

[@rippxr]

I am in so love with the XPS laptops but the newer models' prices just skyrocket here in India. The XPS 15 i7 12th gen 16,512 costs $1900 in United States but here it costs $3200 (after conversion).

[@shabahfarook7527]

Damn fking true,same here in Sri lanka

[@hastazacharia]

Same here in Indonesia. Even Theirs Refurbish still Higher Rather Than Thinkpad, Dynabook Or Lifebook.

[@k1shaw123]

@@shabahfarook7527 now in Sri lanka we can't can't get the new laptops all old models are expensive and now most out of stock

[@tattooedredheadx]

Do you have any family in the USA? If so, plan a visit and buy one here and bring it back. Or have your family buy it in the USA and come visit you in India!

[@wisdomt00th]

Also, support sucks!

[@lukasmurmann625]

Man I wish the MacBook Pro with M1 Pro was included in all those performance charts. Would love to see a direct comparison

[@pureffm]

It is about 10% slower on Geekbench vs the latest Intel generation. But I prefer the latest AMD CPUs, the 6800HS is amazing, I love my Lenovo Yoga 7 Slim Pro 16"!!

[@Sponsi_PL]

But what would you like to compare? How games are running? : ) it's idiotic...

[@ashar8192]

Wait, so every Alder Lake Laptop could have a noticable battery life improvement, if Microsoft (and Intel) would fix the low power state entrance? This is the first time I'm hearing of it and no one else has mentioned it so far. Huge news actually

[@pureffm]

The Lenovo Yoga 7 Slim Pro 16 blows this out of the water. It has a 165Hz HRD400 4K display, AMD 6800 HS CPU and Nividia Ti GPU! The typing experience is fantastic, but the display is so smooth! I can never go back to 60Hz!

[@popokatapetl6995]

Where did you find slim 7 pro with 6800hs..??

[@pureffm]

@@popokatapetl6995 in the EU it is available

[@manojgail]

Thread count is wrong for i7 and i9 versions. Both 12700H and 12900HK have 20 threads each rather than 16 mentioned in description.

[@Garrettdx1988]

My dream XPS would have the design of the 13 plus and have a black aluminum option. It would have at least a 3060 as well as upgradable ram and storage.

[@pureffm]

Like the Lenovo Slim X Pro?

[@PKperformanceEU]

hahahaha you re hilarious what a clown!!! go stick your baby 13inch crap into your ass beta female type male

[@helemaal-niks]

I think it would be great to compare it to a thinkpax x1 extreme. It has a lot of similair features but is totaly different at the same time!

[@sultanabran1]

cool review, dude. love your style or reviewing and how you don't look for problems that aren't there or over analysing issues that don't exist.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Just got one. Everything works out the box on recent Linux versions. Really good performance, great battery, excellent screen abs 3050ti does fairly well with games

[@fhantoxic8347]

How long does the battery usually last you? I hear bad reviews on the battery life and that it gets very hot

[@blackdragonsaber7956]

@@fhantoxic8347 mine with the i9, 64gb ram and 3050ti lasts for about 2-3 hours in video editing programs, 5-7 hours regular browsing. Doesn’t get hot at all.

[@sourvenom359]

Care to give Your longer term opinion on this?

[@MrYossarianuk]

@@sourvenom359 yes. Absolutely excellent. Battery life is good 8 hrs ish for normal work use. Currently rocking Kubuntu 22.10 with plasma 5.27 ppa Little nightmares 2 (RTX enhanced edition) and valhliem work really well Just make sure your distro has at least kernel 5.18 (sound issues with older kernels apparently. I just installed 22.10 which has 5.19. Nvidia prime also works well)

[@sourvenom359]

@@MrYossarianuk Thank You very much :) I try to take into consideration actual user opinions more than week or two weeks long reviews. And from what You say it seems like pretty good choice actually :)

[@joshuatheoder2196]

Can't wait for the XPS 13 Plus review!

[@anthonymrbs]

I really don't trust Dell based on personal experience. While I've never had the XPS laptop, I have an XPS desktop only two years old and have had multiple issues with it. On laptops, I have owned three Dell Inspirons and each lasted only one year before the motherboards went out. I currently have a Lenovo Yoga I bought nearly three years ago and it has been outstanding. Maybe the XPS are built much better than the ones I owned but I would not want to take the chance. I would go either with another Lenovo or a Mac when I have to replace my Yoga.

[@dovydasstasionis]

Maybe it depends on individual experiences: I just replaced my old Dell Latitude E4300 and this laptop served my perfectly for 10 years! even never needed to bring for computer service!

[@hfyaer]

My xps15 from 2019 is one of the most unstable computer I ever had. It starts up in the middle of the night (from being turned off, not from sleep mode) and runs like a plane for 30minutes before turning off again. I had more BDOS than I ever had in my life. For the last fix I had to uninstall the Nvidia card and reprogram windows registry so that it stops reinstalling it on its own. It took me a literal day of work. Dell's support assist OS is the equivalent of a forced virus that you can't get rid off. If you want to access windows backup tools you have to go through support assist. And on top of that, it weights a tone and is louder than fan pointed at your face. BUY ANYTHING BUT DELL! It's all just good specs on a paper. The reality is terrible.

[@kidnamedfinger6323]

I tried an XPS 15 with a 10th gen i7 and it was not good. The charging light below the keyboard was partially blocked by a cable that was routed on top of it, upon opening up the laptop to fix this issue, one of the screw mounts was stripped for some reason and wouldn't let the screw out, and there were strange black spots when viewing the webcam. Ah yea, and the trackpad wobble. Not a good experience from a "premium" laptop.

[@fundoo203]

Interesting. I saw a similar comment on dave2d video where someone bought Dell XPS laptops for their employees and all of them ended up with several problems like yours. Dell really seems like a bad choice

[@ThePastaSlayer]

Dude, your being hacked

[@kumu141]

Wow that's sick 😂

[@AlessandroMian]

Hey, I have the same model. I'm sorry to hear that, to be honest I had similar issues with mine. If you still have the laptop there is a solution to those problems that worked for me. You should do a clean install of Windows 10 WITHOUT (this is important) reinstalling all Dell software, I know this is a lot of trouble because some drivers (like fingerprint) needs to be installed manually, but this solved all the problems, I never had a single blue screen after that. WARNING: I mean a clean install, NOT a factory reset

[@Mixi1]

Finally a competitor to amd in battery life. Nice video too!

[@xxzmk]

Unfortunately so many quality control issues I had with xps devices that I think the 15 and 17 inch devices are the worst xps models out there. The 13 Plus is the only interesting one imo.

[@JPK1337]

the 13plus is so overpriced. 9315 is a way better deal

[@mhtechuk1769]

@@JPK1337 33333

[@johnaart]

Agree.... Had nothing but problems after problems with Dell xps laptops... Never buying one again

[@dablazarus7303]

@@johnaart I've only had 1 but it was plagued with issues. Ended up sending it back after 2 weeks. Unfortunate because the external build quality is superior.

[@sravi59]

Totally agree, the XPS is supposed to be the top end model and should be problem free. I bought Dell XPS 360 desktop few years back from right from the beginning its a pain. I moved abroad and had to deal with it myself. every now and then the hardware was misbehaving and making the noise of a chopper with not starting at all. Reinstalled the OS about 3 times. Then I figured out removing all the memory chips and start it by adding 1 chip at a time. This was ok and I could manage it myself, but when I used to be away and family needed the comp it was a real pain.

[@brucechandler9484]

I am super impressed with the 12th gen i7 Intel processor. It's very snappy and a noticeable improvement over previous generations. I have a Dell XPS 13 Plus with the 12th gen i 7processor and OLED which I love and have just ordered the XPS 15 OLED because of an incredible $750 off the retail price.

[@paulflogeras2309]

Did you receive your XPS 15 OLED. I am nervous the OLED is going to drain the battery alot quicker. Is there any truth to this. Thanks

[@bryantsalas6423]

If the XPS 15 had the same design as the XPS 13+ it would be an instant buy

[@dovydasstasionis]

XPS 15 is bigger, but much more powerful!

[@tigerade76]

When you compare build quality, please keep in mind that there exist asus rog flow x13 on the market, it is not very popular device but has SUPERIOR build quality and shoud not be overlooked!

[@XMACHINAv2]

Got no clue as to why you want to compare two laptops of two different sizes, occupying two different product categories. But since you did, it needs to be pointed out that a casing made from a combination of folded sheet-metal and plastic panels isn't comparable to a chassis milled out of a solid block of aluminum. I don't doubt that the ROG Flow x13 _feels_ solid, but that's a different thing from the solidity achieved with unibody construction.

[@tigerade76]

​@@XMACHINAv2 This may be a heavy shock for you, and I understand that, but in fact these computers occupy the same category - these are premium business ultrabooks with a dedicated graphics card. I know Asus has ROG in name, but in reality it is a business laptop with the ability to run games, exactly like the Dell XPS, which is also available in 13 inch size. Both computers have a similar graphics cards, Asus has an optional 4k panel available if someone needs one. I think you are underestimating Asus, despite the fact that it is not built from a single block of aluminum its build quality does not differ from the Dell XPS or MacBooks. Seriously, I compared these 3 computers before I bought Asus. X13 doesn't just feel solid, it IS solid. Very solid. I mention the Asus for the reason, I wanted to buy a dell XPS myself, but ended up buying Asus, so I suppose other people may also be interested in this alternative. And once again I strongly advise - do not be cheated by ROG in the name, Asus X13 is a business computer, or studio notebook, whatever name you prefer. Asus also has disadvantages - worse speakers, camera and microphone than Dell, as well as shorter battery life. However it is offered at a better price, which is also important :)

[@TabalugaDragon]

Dell impressed me with that battery life. THIS is what we've been expecting from Alder Lake and their e-cores. Why the hell neither Intel or Microsoft fixed it, but a third company that just makes laptops?

[@mattfm101]

I get 5 hours with it, doing nothing.

[@TabalugaDragon]

@@mattfm101 did you check background apps? maybe something is running in the background?

[@mattfm101]

@@TabalugaDragon Formatted the laptop, did a fresh install still 5 hours. I really like the look of the dell but that's all its got there is way better value for your money offered by most other companies now.

[@Letstryscience]

What would you suggest looking at? I've been looking at replacing my 9530 after 7 years.

[@mattfm101]

@@Letstryscience In once I could say its an easy pick as the laptop is so old, so anything will seem better to you, on the other what is your price range, what do you want and why do you want it?

[@natea526]

i went and bought a 2021 model, paid 1300$ for the i7, 3050ti, 32gb ram and the oled screen, makes me sad how much faster the new one is but considering I paid less then the base model price for the new one im happy.

[@c4me540]

OLED is good for media consumption but kills battery

[@kennetha6594]

@@c4me540 I think you have that mixed up. OLED panels are certainly more efficient than their IPS counterparts.

[@trippinhard250]

Do you like it

[@IdunRedstone]

How to get performance mode on thin low to table laptop: Put some things underneath corners to raise it up so it gets more airflow

[@khachoang1719]

XPS was the only option for a rather portable & strong laptop, with high screen to body ratio. It is not the case now. So many alternatives such as Legion 7 slim which is also much more affordable. I know they target different customers, but these portable beasts were what I needed but couldn't find 3-4 years ago.

[@tridibmondal9148]

At such premium prices, the very concept of thin and light ultrabooks are impractical. They are for low medium range users, who want strong but portable devices. If you're paying so much, why would you not go and get a much higher performance gaming laptop?

[@joaoomega6627]

True.

[@thisistimmy]

@@tridibmondal9148 🙋‍♂ I'm one of those ppl. I already have a powerful desktop and a Steam Deck, so I don't want a gaming laptop. Other reasons include: Most gaming notebook screens, speakers, webcams, and battery life are still noticeably worse compared to premium non-gaming notebooks. There are a handful that try to cater to fill the "business/pro/content gamer" like Razer, Asus, and MSI, but they have their own problems that make it not suitable for me. I take Surface Pro 8 for when I'm out and about btw

[@mattfm101]

I've got the 9520 and for the money, I'm dissapointed.

[@joaoomega6627]

@@mattfm101 just return it? Easy

[@alexzero-g4927]

At those price points, how about giving us at least one USB Type-A port and one HDMI port? I personally would not care about sacrificing what may end up being a negligible amount of thickness in favor of port convenience and flexibility. I may be in the minority here, but I would love to have Dell create a version of one of these that has a full-size keyboard with a number pad.

[@firstNamelastName-ho6lv]

I agree

[@dms14]

Comes with a USB-C adapter for HDMI & USB-A

[@HappyBeeGaming]

The USB -c thunderbolt ports can easily be converted to USB A, HDMI, or display port while also letting you choose which port to use as which

[@pureffm]

Just attach an adapter to your HDMI cable, so you can always connect it.

[@abelgarrido2871]

If it doesn’t have an hdmi port I’m out.

[@finestPlugins]

I have to say that, compared to the Ideapad Pro that I got earlier this year as a "budget" laptop, this seems to be quite lacklustre for the price. I mean, I got a 5800U, 16 GB Ram, 512GB SSD, 2.8K@90fps display for a little less than 1000€.

[@dan6erbond]

This comparison just doesn't work because the XPS has 16-18 threads, 32GBRAM, an OLED screen and so much more without mentioning how much better it's built and the dedicated GPU. It's a highend Iaptop that can almost do anything.

[@finestPlugins]

@@dan6erbond It does work if you look at the entry level specs and prices that were mentioned. Oh, the Lenovo has 16 threads as well. Granted, it's not the current gen CPU.

[@blue4059]

Performance has nothing to do with price. Your Lenovo Ideapad 5 costs significantly less because it uses "budget hardware" - a.k.a cheaper build, keyboard, touchpad, speakers, webcam, battery, etc. "Hardware" is the most expensive part of a computer, and only hardware creates price points.

[@finestPlugins]

@@blue4059 I'd agree but then I'd also like to see those points, the ones that actually make a difference, being focused in detail. As far as general build quality, keyboard or even webcam quality (which isn't stellar on the XPS either) I'm not even sure if there is much of a difference. Touchpad, maybe - I can't really judge as I prefer to use a mouse if possible. The speakers could also make a difference if that's a usage requirement. Battery life is paramount of course, but then there's also models with discrete GPUs.

[@blue4059]

The difference in quality becomes visible when you see them in person. Also I forgot to mention, Ideapad 5 is not in the same 'category' as XPS 15 which is another reason for price difference. Your laptop is an 'ultrabook', whereas the XPS is a 'performance laptop' which is supposed to cost x2-4 times as much. Lenovo have their own 3 'performance laptops' that competes with Dell XPS lineup, which are "Yoga Slim 7 Pro 16", "Thinkpad X1 Extreme", and "Thinkpad Z16". These 3 are even more expensive than XPS 15.

[@AntVazAri]

Guys love your videos, just have to say that the bleeping sound made me think that I was getting notifications

[@effbeeaye]

Here's hoping that the next-gen XPS 15 uses the new USB-C 240W charging, then we can see Dell allowing higher thermal wattages for the CPU and GPU. There's definitely still space for them to put a 3rd fan there to cool everything down.

[@dan6erbond]

Or a vapar chamber. Three fans just isn't common in laptops.

[@c4me540]

You are right , I feel Dell is just lazy. This laptop can go places and possibly be one of the best selling windows laptop but they just can't seem to get basic things right. Lack of ports , improve thermal capabilities SMH

[@joaoomega6627]

Not enough Thermal headroom, XPS is knows for aggressive throttling.

[@matthewfleming3636]

I bought a XPS 15 9510 a year ago. It was the most unreliable piece of computer hardware I've ever owned, by far. (Admittedly it was a "refurbished" unit, but it appeared to be in new, perfect, condition when I got it.) Dell just agreed to take it back and refund my original price, because there were so many problems. In dealing with these many problems I had plenty of opportunity to interact with their tech support, which I found to be as appallingly bad as their hardware was unreliable. It is unfortunate that we can find all kinds of reviews of new hardware but no real information on expected reliability.

[@TheWolfNations]

I have one right now and seriously it is unreliable, so many things I don't like about it

[@gsamsa]

Hmmmm. I just got one today. Laggy as hell so far and noisy and runs hot just running Word

[@gsamsa]

What did you end up getting?

[@matthewfleming3636]

@@gsamsa A Lenovo Thinkpad P15V (AMD). I bought it on eBay, new, direct from Lenovo. (Lenovo's website pricing is weird: it varies from day to day and is sometimes ridiculously high, about twice what I paid for the same item on eBay. Buying it as a I did, it was a very good value.) Lenovo regards the P15V as an "entry level portable workstation" and that's basically accurate, but it makes a good, powerful, general purpose laptop. There are some trade-offs (it's not very light or thin and the speakers are not great) but overall I'm very happy with it. I had originally planned to get an MSI and I think that would have been fine too. Samsung maybe, if they make what you need. No more Dell.

[@raksachheun1691]

I love this laptop so much.

[@aarond8295]

Here i am still rocking the Dell XPS 15 9560 still and it's running fantastic.

[@techher7274]

I got on 9510 from 9560 and difference in real life performance is huge...

[@peterngochannel]

I am using the XPS 15 9570 for 4 years, the most unstable laptop ever despite all the raving reviews on KZbin. Never again Dell.

[@AMRKE92]

I've just bought the 4k one instead of the OLED if it was a little bit cheaper. Still waiting for it. Would you go for the 4k or the 3.5k oled?

[@starmorpheus]

4k drains the battery a lot.

[@Jjengering]

i opted for the 3.5k and i love the OLED, but i have seen comparisons, they are all VERY good.

[@evelynfive5684]

carbon fiber palm rest is nice before it turns out weird sticky palm rest after sometime especially from my experience.

[@TheNihmet]

There is nothing so close to perfect with a fan. We have to understand and accept it. Air Only ❤

[@thesupernad]

Funny that you say the ports are not that great, when macbook pro's have the exact same port layout and they get praised for it.

[@Fujiwara.Takumi1]

With a chassis that size, you'll expect the ports to at least match the LG Gram... yet it falls flat. everything else is surprisingly good, minus the price. Anyways hope to see a review of the LG Gram 2022 and Lenovo's AMD offerings to get an indication of how AMD vs Intel will fair.

[@dan6erbond]

USB-A and all those other legacy ports aren't the future and thus not what XPS buyers want. I've said it time and time again that switching to USB-C has been one of the best things ever as it has reduced so much clutter.

[@sentryion3106]

@@dan6erbond but for most it’s still not a choice as Most of the peripherals are still usb a. Plus I really don’t see why dell can’t add in more ports. Heck even apple, one of the first to go full usb c has backtracked to add more ports

[@moist_ointment]

@@sentryion3106 because the "need more ports" crowd is a very slim minority. Noone really cares about ports any more. Professionals are typically working from a USB-C dock in the office, and have nothing to plug in on the go

[@snowflake8369]

@@moist_ointment lmao I've seen soooo many "professionals" walk into a meeting trying to present but their $3K+ macbook doesn't have a hdmi port for the projector and then everyone is sitting around while someone go finds a dongle. At least Apple is smart enough now to give the hdmi port back in the m1 mbp.

[@moist_ointment]

@@snowflake8369 because at this point we'd expect your meeting room to have a USB-C connector for the projector like a lot of companies and ours have.

[@axiom3935]

How color accurate is the fhd screen?

[@1985zebulon]

That was one of the smoothest ad transitions I've ever seen lol

[@supersnail5000]

With the webcam, how big a difference do you think it actually makes to the intended customers? I've heard they moved to a separate IR camera that improved the colours, but the recordings we see of webcams on KZbin are so much higher quality than zoom call compression. I just don't think it's as important a point unless you want to use a webcam for content creation, in which case you're so much better off using a phone. It just needs to be good enough to not be distracting imo - ie. Not super grainy or a nose cam. Otherwise compression just kills the quality regardless.

[@mattfm101]

I've got the 9520, its camera is potentially worse than my 13 inch 8th gen dell laptop.

[@mattfm101]

The camera is bad, reallly bad, imagine paying £2200 for a laptop and having a work meeting where they can't tell the difference between your laptop and a 10 year old piece of shit laptop.

[@jonathanr4160]

Didn't even the MacBook add the HDMI port back to their laptops? I had an XPS 9560 back when it had a decent selection of normal ports but now it's just dongle life forever.

[@camtheham13]

Yeah and the mbps have three tb4 ports instead of just two + a usb c 3.2 port, tbh when even apple admits going to only usb c ports on a laptop for pros was a mistake it’s disappointing to see dell stick with it

[@joaoomega6627]

True

[@Overqualified1]

Found a 12th gen i9 with 32fb for a price good enough to justify buying it. Its been fantastic.

[@AudioFlat]

Well I’ve got one - i7, 32G RAM, 1TB SSD, OLED, and it’s brilliant - but everything you said is correct. The camera is poor - usable but obviously weaker than the rest of the hardware. The DAC, or the headphone amp (I suspect it is this) is utter rubbish. Sound from the headphone socket is really pretty poor - which is surprising as the speakers sound quite a bit better than I expected - particularly on films. Everything else is super slick and works as expected. I added a titanium, brush finish, skin and that looks epic IMO.

[@itzzz_eddd2955]

Dell is having a Black Friday - just purchased this XPS 15 / i9-12900k / 32gb ram / 3050 ti / 4k res/ 1 TB. For $2,199 -$700 off 👍

[@ronthomason8388]

If you don't mind me asking, how has it been performing for you? I've been trying to decide between going with the 3.5k OLED model or the 4k res model. I'm curious what your battery life is like?

[@edwingarcia1181]

@@ronthomason8388 It’s been amazing, battery life has been good depending on what I’m doing. If I’m playing video games it doesn’t last very much but when I’m doin school and work it lasts me a couple of hours. As for deciding which one to go with, the 4K and OLED are slightly different when it comes to battery life. But I have heard a lot of people say OLED strains the eyes when doing office work with text and white backgrounds. Which usually leads them to switching to the 4K. Hope this helps.

[@knotsable]

Regarding to the heat being exhausted underneath the screen: isnt that detrimental to oled lifetime?

[@DerekTechReviews]

Ohh men... You reviews are soo pure... I am gonna save up for the PC instead of the gigantic 17 inches varient because of that OLED panel... I am so much in love of OLED display ❤️. Thank you so much for this video.

[@c4me540]

I love the XPS keyboard and track pad and design

[@PMARC14]

I don't understand why the companies just straight use the gaming displays from their gaming laptops on these. They are so color accurate, bright, and clearly not insanely costly either considering the machines they equip them on cost as much or less than this with higher end hardware. And with the ability to drop refresh rate to 60 (saves battery life or fixes syncing refresh on some content) or have variable refresh rate especially with OLED, 60hz seems out of date.

[@faizsyed658]

Gaming laptop displays have a far worse color gamut

[@matt-dw]

Does the XPS numbering scheme make any sense at all? I used to use an XPS 15 9530 which is a 2013 model but from the number alone you'd think that the 9530 was perhaps a better version of the 9520

[@joaoomega6627]

They ran out of numbers and went back to 9500 a few years ago.

[@erikreider]

An XPS with a Ryzen CPU + 32GB ram -DGPU would be perfect for my use case as a software engineer... No compile tests?

[@andyH_England]

Dell are lucky as there are very few laptops running Windows in this sector, so they can get away with their high prices and average experience. I mean this does not come close to the MB Pro 14/16 in most metrics. The OLED display is outshone in max brightness, the battery life on the OLED is pretty ordinary. Apple is still king of the trackpads and has far better webcam. IO is better on the Mac. The Mac gets 120Hz dynamic refresh. Better DAC on Mac. The MB Pros perform as well on battery and efficiency per watt is miles better. Macs have far better sustained performance from some reviews I have seen. There is simply no way I could buy the Dell, though macOS offers all the apps I need so for some that may not be an option. Again, Dell is lucky to have such weak competition in Windows-land, which means the praise by creators si more in respect of the best of a bad bunch rather than a shining light, which it def was a few years ago.

[@TonyMacina]

But with fairly slim, light and well designed "gaming" laptops like a Razer Blade 14 or an Asus G14 or G15 on offer I'd rather those than an XPS any day. Unless you're a digital artist that needs a Surface Laptop Studio or an iPad for great pen exleriences I think a Macbook Pro 14, G14 or Blade 14 are all much better options for the creators that Dell targets these larger XPS computers at.

[@joaoomega6627]

@@TonyMacina i agree.

[@ahnafabdurrahman2033]

1. The OLED display is outshone in max brightness... The display that Apple uses only has a 1600 nits *peak* brightness. If you look at the actual data, on max brightness setting it only runs at ~500 nits. The 1600 nits is basically for some individual pixels when running stuff like HDR content. 2. IO is better on the Mac... The Macbook Pro 2021 does have more total ports, but to be honest with you, the existence of the HDMI port on it is *kind of* useless since you can just hook up a USB-C to HDMI cable; although, still, overall more ports to play with on the Macbook 3. 120Hz refresh rate, better DAC I agree with you on this one 4. The MB Pros perform as well on battery and efficiency per watt is miles better. Macs have far better-sustained performance from some reviews I have seen. The thing about the Macbooks u aren't realizing is that they are rocking 90 and 100 Whr batteries. Not only that, the 14" one with the M1 Max actually has very bad battery life -- on par with 10th and 11th gen Intel H series laptops (4-6 hours, light loads). That's because the M1 Max actually is power hungry. Although this, I must admit, it's still pretty good for a ~55W APU power ceiling versus ~95Wish. But my point is, although it's pretty good, there are *some* caveats to be aware of. Don't get me wrong -- I don't hate the Macbooks (I plan to buy one myself). I'm just trying to avoid the misinformation 5. Dell has no competition... G14 2022 -- M16 2022 -- ProArt Studiobook -- Surface Laptop Studio -- ASUS's new OLED VivoBook & Zenbooks (that they launched very recently for creators) -- in my opinion there still is competition :)

[@mattfm101]

I hate macs but I hate myself more for buying the 9520

[@andyH_England]

@@mattfm101 My nemesis are Lenovo laptops but I had a $3000 Dell break on me 6 months after warrranty ended so I am not a fan.

[@lilivier]

Not buying Dell XPS again. I got two and the are plagued with problems : - Swollen battery - Throttling and noisy fans - Not going out of sleep mode

[@WarpedTrekker]

Not sure how you think the speakers are not good. It is extremely detailed. Want really good audio? Hook it up to some home studio near-field monitor speakers like JBL or M-Audio creates. It's a laptop and can't have large speakers inside.

[@lukyphill]

FYI: That's a Noble wedge lock slot not a Kensington and the SSD screw is supplied with the OEM heatsink.

[@kodykmt]

Compare this with Envy 15, which one would you prefer and choose? I crave your answer

[@miyakariani1426]

2:53 Link of the wallpaper?

[@loge9981]

beautiful review, thank you!!!

[@khawajadotd]

Quiet mode produces 45dB?! Is that a typo? Performance mode is only 2dB more.

[@jeffreydijkstra3391]

dB's is not a linear scale ..

[@kasraa4840]

Hi everyone, firstly I wanted to appreciate your great video, then I wanted to ask, since I'm going to buy xps 15 (2022), but did not know that if RTX 3050 TI has remarkable difference than RTX 3050? Because even the price dost change a lot. So is it worth to buy TI version ? Thank you i advance!

[@psps6623]

3:19 What's "Zen Height"?

[@3moles1hole]

This is literally just a Dells version of a Razer Blade and I'm loving it!

[@RojsaCom]

Lovely laptop, great review as always! 🤩🤩

[@Pouyasin]

ببین اکانت کی رو دیدم 😂 کارتون درسته 👍

[@RojsaCom]

@@Pouyasin

[@AprilMayRain]

This needed the new Plus design!!

[@earlrobb]

Update on XPS 9520 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900HK 2.50 GHz 32 gb ram, received my second one. Lasted 1 week before the desktop would not hold appearance settings and the desktop icons are too far apart. Currently dell is trying to get me a third one. I am refusing saying I want another model.

[@matissparadise5799]

I purchased my Dell laptop two years ago for $3.2k. Unfortunately, the camera has not been functioning since the beginning. Overall, my experience has been positive except for a few issues. The battery life is not satisfactory, the touchpad is not as smooth as a Mac, there is occasional Wi-Fi stuttering, and it tends to heat up under heavy workloads. There are also several features that I find unnecessary, such as the touch screen, which I keep turned off, and the 64GB of RAM that I barely utilize more than 30% of.

[@reaganboettcher7984]

What is the wallpaper at 11:38

[@haberdasherrykr8886]

i recommend questyle m15 as a light and portable DAC AMP Runs my focal Utopia with ample satisfaction

[@urayamu]

Just curious if the DAC was tested with all the obnoxious filters disabled from both the Maxxaudio Pro (Pro? what's pro in that garbage???) AND the Windows 11 audio panel.

[@MRREVILOable]

Why is no one showing the I9 version. All I see are i7 versions

[@allgamestotal6773]

shall i go with the macbook pro for now?

[@JordanICM]

Does the DAC only count if you're using your headphones in something other than the headphone jack? I still don't fully understand what that is.

[@uleertel]

Just ordered one with i9 and 4k display, with 25% off it was strangely cheaper than the i7... I hope it will manage the additional heat.

[@charlieji8781]

hey, I bought the same specs machine, the sales went for a while. How's your experience so far?

[@uleertel]

@@charlieji8781 It's quite good. I'm using it for development so except compilation time I usually do not run heavy tasks and is quite silent. Even when the fan are running they are not loud. The screen is good. I have a little vibration on the speakers when the sound is loud, it's a bit annoying. I would just say that for my personnal use for compilation a CPU with less core but higher frequency would be quicker.

[@nathanbrown4417]

Can we get a link to that wallpaper at 2.58 ?

[@burakbaris7634]

Good job Dell. Big bro Lenovo appreciates what you did.

[@dankelly]

What about gaming when connected to an external, higher reveal rate monitor?

[@kinsoncooper7333]

What is the discrete GPU in the Apple for that price?

[@srb1855]

Really nice review. I just bought one.

[@privat2550]

I wanted to buy one by Dell directly, but the extra cost for the 32gb ram and 2tb ssd are not acceptable for me. I have these specs allready so I dont want downgrade it ! sorry dell but a 2tb nvme ssd from samsung costs 200€ , but in upgrade i must pay extra 400€????? over the 512gb

[@chrisohh5612]

Which display did he recommend???

[@shoaibahmed799]

whats the price bro i already use dell xps 15 9570 with window11 pro

[@alexandrealos5407]

This or the new XPS 13 Plus? I ordered the XPS 13 Plus but.. I want to use the laptop for editing mainly and productivity

[@hajaaa100]

Product weight???

[@TorresinhoLFC]

I need XPS with ARM processor.

[@mjh3519]

Furthest thing in the world from perfect!!

[@jackrdye]

Please elaborate

[@MrDucatiV4]

Overheating and trash bettery life. I had one with i7-12700H, 16gb Ram, 3050ti, and 3.5k OLED screen. Ended up returning it within three weeks. Fan was on non-stop like a jet engine and the battery lasted about 3-5hrs on casual web browsing and watching 4k KZbin videos. I'm currently using the 17" XPS 9720 model with UDH+ screen it's so much better and quieter. Battery on the 17" lasted about 5-7hrs.

[@jackrdye]

@@MrDucatiV4 thank you i am literally hours off purchasing one so value your feedback. Do you find the 17 too big at times? Also how did you use the 15, I have heard that blocking the bottom vents causes it to overheat but otherwise it's ok. Did you try a vertical stand?

[@jackrdye]

@@MrDucatiV4 I'm planning to get 32gb ram 4k screen cause my surface book 2 with 16gb ram is slow and runs out of ram nowadays:/. I study computer science, full stack so make apps and back ends. When I run emulators, wsl2 and stack overflow tabs etc 16gb memory doesn't cope anymore

[@jackrdye]

@@MrDucatiV4 my only issue with 17 is portability, do you travel/move it much or mainly just plug into monitors

[@maxweinbach3996]

It is pretty easy to add the price in CAD, as what Canadians would expect to pay. I mean, this is a Canadian channel, right?

[@sjn_]

If you are to compare the screen hinge strength between the XPS and MacBook which would have the strongest and durable hinges?

[@AnthonyTripoli]

How does the slower gpu affect engineering apps like solidworks, matlab, or machine learning. Does this laptop have enough cude cores?

[@Maxton318]

Hi, I would like to ask an information. I am interested in this configuration for the 9520 model: i7 12700h, 3050Ti, 16gb RAM, 1TB SSD, FHD+ (1920x1200) display. Does this incorporate a 6 cell battery (86 Wh)? I am trying to understand whether the i7 12700H ALWAYS comes with a 6 cell battery or not. Surprisingly, on the Dell Italy website there is the 3 cell battery with that configuration, but in any other country it is a 6 cell. So it might be a mistake on the Italian website. As there is no customer/sales support in that country, I would like to be sure before making the purchase. Thank you!

[@dovydasstasionis]

The best configuration for 9520 is 12th generation Intel i9 12600 processor, 32GB RAM, 1 TB memory and ultra high resolution touch screen

[@kawaihimu]

Thanks for this valuable information 😄😄😄

[@HarshJ_ohn]

On an average. How many hrs of battery life can be expected if it is running continuously at around 65% screen brightness. Doing data and ai related tasks?

[@Gaijin101]

XPS with a ryzen cpu?

[@george.brandon]

Ah how the XPS 15 has fallen. I know you mentioned it's not for gaming, but for that price, you can get a laptop that does all (or most) of those things and can game. That 4gb VRAM is a bottle-neck for that quality screen. So many better laptops these days and I wish that was stated in the video.

[@vivek_v]

Yeah, the 7590 was the last good one IMO. It served me well for 2 years of nonstop 24/7 rendering. Glad I moved on though.

[@HermannTheGreat]

He gets paid to promote it, and with that dumb clickbait title to boot, not even close to perfect, and clearly by his own tests it showed to be very over-priced for what you're getting, basically a ripoff when you could purchase 2 Nitro 5s for the price of one of these.

[@viveksawhney5691]

They need to make a version of this with better port selection, a bigger battery (if possible), and an iGPU-only config (maybe w/ AMD Ryzen). I think plenty of people want a premium laptop for personal or business use and don't need a dGPU. Would love a ~100Hz screen.

[@verocimil]

I've recently bought a laptop with an Intel Iris Xe iGPU only and am so disappointed with the performance. A dGPU is a must have for me now.

[@MaxItUpwithMarta]

I have an old XPS 15 9570 and it has outlasted all my other computers, HP, Lenovo, Acer but the camera is in the bottom of the screen, uffff i hate that. My 13 in 9310 2 in 1 is AWFUL. So I am ready to buy another laptop for video editing. What should I buy?

[@YasinHasan]

best overall laptop right now

[@knotsable]

Still no amd cpu options?

[@galenkehler]

Eber greeting us with "Good People" messed with my brain 😁

[@ludovicopapavassiliou895]

Please review the X1 carbon gen 10 🙏 Maybe compare it with Dell XPS 15 or LG gram. That would be great !

[@ayobamigbadamosi2334]

Would this price make sense in a Year?

[@alanraftel5033]

At this price I would choose a legion 7, a gorgeous 16:10 1600p 500nit 165hz, a very good build quality and battery life and better GPU for less price. The argument that the XPS lineup is for "pro" no longer stands, recent gaming laptops are well built and offer better value. The macbook pro is a way better deal than this XPS considering both performance/price.

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

Also Asus zephyrus m16 barely heavier than this and not really that much thicker either

[@alanraftel5033]

@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 Yeah the m16 is a solid alternative, I really like recent gaming laptops. I have a legion 5 pro and if I have to choose again I would definitely avoid the xps (I might chose the m16). a 3050ti and 1200p screen for 2000$ is atrocious (let's not discuss the other $3400).

[@joaoomega6627]

XPS = Pro ? You means business oriented?

[@alanraftel5033]

@@joaoomega6627 I put pro in double quotes because it has different meaning to each person. You can consider it for business people, for engineers, for traders, for designers, for researchers... My point is recent gaming laptops offer better value with good quality. If a gpu is not needed, then go with much cheaper laptops like the lg lineup or a lenovo thinkpad, even the New dell 16 plus is a better deal in my opinion.

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

@@alanraftel5033 yeah asus m16 with i7 alder lake and rtx3050 ti version, in my country it is like 1700$ or less now .even if you replace the ram and storage you still have a lot of spare money . Remember, in other region except india i am sure it will be cheaper

[@joaocostavelhodeabreu4177]

I wish they would have solved the ventilation problem. You can not use the laptop over a fabric, pillow, bed or whatever because it blocks the ventilation at the bottom and it gets super hot and noisy :(

[@Nate-zy5ce]

I'm trying to decide between the newest 12 gen intel Dell XPS 15.6 versus the Dell XPS 17, either with the 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSDI hardrive, 3050 graphics and the FHD screen. The XPS17 had a bigger screen but also a bigger battery and the air chamber cooling, so I am wondering which will provide better battery life with constant but normal use, no big music or video editing, not even much spreadsheeting, just lots of online streaming with numerous Chrome tabs and other things open. Any thoughts? Great review though. Thumbs up!

[@pureffm]

Definitely go with the Slim 7 Pro 16", it has the latest AMD CPU (6800HS), the Nividia Ti GPU, and a 165Hz display. Buying a 60Hz display in 2022 doesn't make any sense. You can stay on dedicated graphics most of the time because the AMD 680M is great out of the box, so battery on the go is fantastic! AMD is the way to go for battery life!

[@dovydasstasionis]

I just bought XPS15 which replaced my previous Dell latitude E4300. So my comment for you: if you are not big fan of computer games and not working with some engineering/graphic design or another sophisticated and complicated softwares, then you DONT NEED XPS 17 - as 17inch screen is too much large for simple everydays using and XPS 15 is optimal plus it's better option for traveling.

[@dovydasstasionis]

12 th generation Intel core i9 Processor, 32 GB RAM and 1 TB memory IMHO is the best configuration!

[@pureffm]

Go with the M7601 (Vivobook Pro 16X OLED with AMD 6900H) oder N7601 (with Intel 12th gen) from Asus,best display and sound, very bright 3.2K 120Hz 0.2ms OLED Display, nothing is better. Amazing thermals and noise levels.

[@Romash.]

Hi Hardware canaucks is lenovo legion 7 2021 AMD 3060 powerful for productivity and gaming can you recommend me .can you please help me to take decision i should buy this or not.