Dell XPS 15 (9570) 2018 Review

[@alexeichercashin2303]

5 years later - fantastic laptop, it aged very very well

[@KAMProductions]

The wait is over!!! Like -> add to playlist -> favorite -> watch later.

[@minhtrinh282]

You should really get a sponsor from the manufacturer of your shirts. If they are your own, maybe you should open a merch store cuz they're awesome, Lisa

[@whateverrrrrr123]

I am still using my i7 9570 No Problem thus far........XPS Rock

[@kollinskristian3086]

How's gameplay on it

[@whateverrrrrr123]

@@kollinskristian3086not a full blown gamer CIVILIZATION ok.

[@alexeichercashin2303]

@@kollinskristian3086pulls cyberpunk and GTA 5 on low to medium no problem

[@agaskew]

Reviews of this type (not just MobileTechReview but many others) are starting to get repetitive and, well, a bit boring. Benchmarking is counter-productive: In this video for example, we hear that the i9 is basically just a marketing term for last year's chip. People complain about Intel or Dell or Apple or whoever bringing out new stuff that's no better than the old, and yet as soon as they do they're artificially tested and overloaded, and often portrayed as not good enough, 'must try harder'. This just drives manufacturers to rush out more stuff, more quickly. I couldn't care less about video editing, 'content creation' and the like. What I'd like to know about these laptops is some more real world information - the stuff that I actually need to know rather than some silly Cinebench score. Here are a few examples, some of which you can find out by digging around, but some maybe not so obvious. - Is it heavy and/or large to carry around? Does the manufacturer offer decent accessories such as adapters, peripherals, even sleeves, bags etc? - How big is the power brick? Are extra power bricks expensive? - Can the battery be swapped/replaced? - How well does it perform wirelessly? Any wifi issues? - Is the SSD plenty fast? Or the card reader if present? - Does it appear with a ton of bloatware? Or is any of it useful? - Any issues with sleeping and waking up? - How long does a full charge take? - Are there any docking solutions available? How about reviews of these? - How many external monitors will it run (docked or undocked)? - If it breaks, what are the repair/service options and how good are they? - Is the built in sound card OK or garbage? - How well does it run other stuff, eg music production software (low latency), code compiling, virtual machines? - What's the Linux compatibility like? And so on.....

[@Josh-ow4gc]

agaskew Doesn’t care about video editing and content creation; wants to know if manufacturer offers accessories like bags 🤣🤣🤣

[@dkimmortal]

Josh actually besides that, most if not the rest of it all sounded very reasonable and would improve a review video tremendously

[@abousono1]

Why do you care if it has compatibility with linux, if you are interested in linux, buy a linux laptop why waste money on a windows license just to use linux; Also who really cares about the bags available for this, the main audience cares more about performance rather than what bags can you get for it.

[@agaskew]

angel bousono Plenty of people are interested in Linux compatibility, and not just in 'performance', whatever that means.

[@abousono1]

agaskew When I say performance I mean how cool it runs, what clock speed the cpu has, how fast it can do the task most people use it for, etc., come on you know what I mean by performance; As I said before if you buy this just so you can wipe it and put Linux on it, you’re not using your money right cause you’re paying for windows and not using it. However you might dual-boot, but dual-booting a device like this with windows 10 introduces problems that the target audience for this most likely does not want to deal with.

[@ItsOnlyMikesLife]

No-one buys an XPS for 'standard use'. Ms Office, streaming, 'day-to-day stuff'. Benchmarks mean nothing to lay people. Talk about actual content creation, adobe software, render times, export times, whats the keyboard like? How's the trackpad? Port selection?

[@fulop1000]

So, the main question is: DOES IT OVERHEAT, like all previous models?

[@thechillmaster5836]

Yes

[@piotrd.4850]

In order for laptop to NOT overheat under sustained, you'd need to have MacBook Air spec in XPS 15 chassis with some fancy vapor chamber / liquid cooling connected to display back panel....

[@alphonsusho8962]

I have a Dell XPS 15 (9560), love the build quality but I had many software problems, had to reinstall Windows once and then reset to factory 2x, this was within one year. The computer also runs hot whenever I play games such as Fortnite. Battery life is down to 4 hours on a full charge also, overheating has lowered the battery. I suggest if you look for a laptop gaming, if you have a big budget either buy a expensive gaming laptop like Razer thats portable and doesn't have a gaming vibe. Or buy a Dell XPS 13 as an ultrabook and then buy a gaming laptop for under $1000

[@mikeluis9]

I also had a lot of battery and hardware issues with my 9550.

[@Itzhennessy]

Xps 13 i7 model is freaking 1900$ and the Xps 15 9750 is just 1399$.. wtf

[@AbdulAziz-rc4nk]

only 4 hrs which variant do you have?

[@kkp4297]

I wonder if the battery pack still gets swollen on this

[@anonymous_909]

Can you make a smackdown between Dell XPS 13 vs Huawei Matebook X Pro

[@christopherpenn1850]

I am on my 3rd replacement xps 15 - i've had 9550 9560 , and am waiting for my 9570 replacement from dell(all in warranty) you are spot on in your review, stating little bugs. all my xps systems have had repeated ssd failures.I will not purchase another xps 15. My roommate has a xps 13 from 3 years ago. that machine is perfect , no issues , ever. Thank you for putting the pros and cons int the' review.

[@Dee-Ell]

Review units delivered by manufacturer are no-no. Truly legit reviews use units from the stores.

[@keithsalinas85]

I couldn't click fast enough

[@hitenshah9]

Great review Ordered one from Dell on Cyber Monday for $1349 i7 Fhd 16 GB ram 256 GB SSD Love it

[@hitenshah9]

Had to pay 100$ for taxes so so $1461 still a good deal

[@mbordeaux2590]

Just the absolute best mobile tech reviewer, thank you. This has seriously influenced my decision.

[@PearComputingDevices]

I found the "cheap" model is fantastic under Ubuntu Linux. I swamped out the slow as molasses hard drive for a Nvme ssd and much bigger battery, another 8gb of ram and having no Nvidia chip really does extend the life and over all performance of this laptop. I am able to boot in under 5 seconds, and go for hours. Best of all the unit was cheap. I picked up mine for under $450 bucks, after the battery, ram and ssd under $600. The "lowly" i5 feels quite confident.

[@DanielRodriguez-fg5ll]

very useful. two comments, 1) I also find surprising dell's secret support of WACOM pens. on my 9570 it worked fine with a bamboo pen and I find it a quite useful feature for occasional retouches of photos kind of thing. I can guess dell does not want to cannibalize sales of the 9575, and hence they might not want to advertize the feature; 2) I still cringe at negative statements of other reviewers on cooling that refer to something like "well dell kept the same cooling than last year but now we have six-core instead of four, so of course it is insufficient." what puzzles me is that the 8850h is a 45 watt TDP part just like last years 7700HQ, why then the same cooling of last year is not enough if by definition TDP is the heat the computer has to dissipate. is Intel lying about actual TDPs of the 8th gen?

[@fersunk]

Actually Intel is lying about the TDP, like always, they advertise TDP at 45W (but for base clock)(pretty low for the 8th gen btw), and then the turbo clocks way higher. I recall that the 9570 in Intel XTU have the TDP set at 57W turbo boost and short term something like 70W. But still Lisa was a bit harsh this time, it scores very high even compared with the competition and long term has a clock of 3.2Ghz all cores, and with just a undervolt it easily reaches 3.6~3.7Ghz all cores (!), That's full 700-800Mhz more than the MBP after the patch

[@DebErney]

Always enjoy your reviews. always spot on and unbiased one way or the other. I check out your channel before buying computer equipment and I'm never disappointed. Great job and keep on and thank you.

[@electrology]

Lisa, why are you not talking about the ridiculous fan noise this one and 13" 9370 have out of the box?

[@SRJCUSSEN]

Hey Lisa, I had this XPS for five months. I had many issues. It didn’t recognise the charger. The screen bleed made watching videos and Netflix a pain, not the great experience I was expecting from a high end laptop. The sound went crazy after a bios update four weeks ago. Dell sent a tech guy to replace the motherboard, the screen and the speakers. BitLocker had been set up by Dell so when the new components were replaced the laptop was locked. Dell solution was a fresh install of Windows. All my info would be wiped……NOT GOOD! I had done my research but Dell are doing quite a lot wrong. I don’t want to but maybe it’s time to go back to Apple. Any suggestions?

[@nadtz]

The heat issue hasn't been a big deal for me with my 9560 but after the 9570 reviews I'm looking a lot harder at the aerox as my next daily driver. Thanks for the review as always!

[@ThatChannelhere]

Thank you for your review. As i am writing this comment on my XPS 15 9570 you can figure out that your review helped me to decide. I am absolutely in love with this laptop. I bought the version with 16 gb Ram the big battery and the full hd display to further increase the running time on the laptop. It is the perfect mix of design, graphic power, battery runn time and compact smal light laptop.

[@inigo_hungerford2123]

have you tried running any CAD programs on it? How well does it perform if so?

[@ThatChannelhere]

@@inigo_hungerford2123 I havent. I am using it mostly for Office and games. I am running acassains creed odysseys on max graphic on 1680x1020 eit around 65 fps if that helps you

[@CrymsonDawn]

Hello Lisa! Just wanted to say how much I love your reviews, you're always so thorough and your voice is so soothing and easy to listen to!!! Preciate you ma'am!

[@nyjonathan]

Finally!!! My xps 15 is being delivered tomorrow!

[@VarunDaniel]

What are some really good colour accurate laptops for photo editing? Probably with a 1060 GPU in it as well?

[@MadelnMachines]

Is it normal for Dell speakers to distort easily with digital clipping? Watching TV shows and movies you can detect high pitch resonating once you get past sound 60 or 70% volume. I just got the 9575 and I'm not at whether my speakers are faulty or they're just not that good. I turned that waves maxx software off as that just made it worse. I would expect to be able to 100% without distortion assuming the audio source is below 0db. The laptop body seems to resonate too which seems to add to it.

[@edgurrr]

I had 3 brand new xps laptops past year and they all failed me :( I really wanted to keep one of them

[@HoraceHarriott]

@ 8:46 was the graph altered to make the MacBook look better 🤔

[@mobiletechreview]

No, that's a typo (argh, sorry about that). The Mac should read 6:11, not 7:44.

[@HoraceHarriott]

MobileTechReview thanks for clarifying, I watch a lot of your videos lol, good to know we can trust you

[@johnnyxp64]

i bought one last week. latest bios 1.11 is good even though it add intel security crap you don't feel the performance drop. as about the thermals if i want to game i always have a fan pad...and i have it by default undervoltage -140cpu core -14igpu core. that gave me -20c most of the times and increased my battery life +40mins!!! without loosing any Ghz performance.

[@dplxy]

I been waiting for your XPS 9750's review for a long time!!! thank you!

[@jinto12]

are you planning to review elitebook 1050 g1?

[@PetersonBlanc]

great video, OMG, having recently purchased a 2018 dell 15 9570, recently I was not made aware of a swelling battery issue. I am curious as to know if you have hade to replace the battery at all and how long are the batteries rated to last? Was there any error and or alert that the Windows OS gave you in your discovery of the battery problem, that is did you perform a diagnostic which informed you prior? This really sucks, to where I may now consider returning the laptop for this reason. Thanks

[@TheOfficialRamVenkatakrishnan]

I remember watching your surface pro 2 video. it was the reason i subscribed. great to see your amazing reviews, and unbiased as hell, i bought my maxed out XPS 13 because of your review. cheers.

[@yamamancha]

Please do a smackdown between the XPS 15 w/ touch and a Surface Book 2 15'

[@ericsuh620]

Surface Book 2 and XPS 15 are in different league.. SB2 has 15W cpus while XPS 15s have 45W

[@yamamancha]

My realm is mainly documents, large files, multitasking, and presentations. I'm wondering how important the CPU difference is for a content creator who doesn't game.

[@kaguillermo5767]

Eric Suh what is 15w?

[@ericsuh620]

As long as video editing and gaming are not your thing, any cpu would suffice. Actually H series cpu would be counterproductive in your case for sacrificing battery life for no meaningful gain.

[@secondhanddog3]

the power supplied to the cpu, much lower

[@ioan_jivan]

Great that you mentioned the GPU problems

[@sahajgupta6386]

Lisa and her consistency

[@ukaszbeben2557]

Why dell dont write about pen support in this model? They do mistake and replace later with other screen?

[@kenyonr]

When does the Apple check come in?

[@likethewind5088]

Any chance of a review for the new Surface Go?

[@abobobilly]

This needs same change Dell did to it's 13 inch XPS. A radical improvement.

[@keshabkuikel6636]

My mind boggles sometimes how these firms manage to charge so much for little change. This laptop has slight increases to the hardware does it justify the price tag? I don't think so. No money spent on (R&D) cooling solution, no money spent on designing new look of the laptop. Does it justify consumers spending so much when the XPS with the same design and thermals when Dell refreshed it's XPS range I think not. I believe consumers should demand more from this product and Dell in my opinion have been lazy putting in 1050ti which is a poor graphics card for 2018, no thermal solution to i9, poor speakers, poor camera placement doesn't justify the price tag in my opinion. I've tried the keyboard I think it's overrated too, Lenovo or the old school MacBook pro have the best keyboards but yet consumers are content with this XPS? Yes when the XPS came out it was innovative product but does it justify charging consumers the same amount year after year purely on hardware? I think not.

[@zyzzuschrist3410]

finally! been waiting for this review!

[@petepakulski5835]

Lisa where i can get such beatiful wallpaper ?

[@user-xp3gh1cv1t]

What I really want to know is.... how does it do as a tablet in portrait mode??? I want to use it to read music sheets on in tablet mode, so while everything else is nice for a review, it's missing the other aspect.

[@TechLeatherCraft]

Yay! I've been waiting for you to review this! Thank you Lisa!

[@Swermie]

I really wanna know how well it would perform for virtualization applications

[@flyingsausage5827]

I am curious to know what you would recommend to look at for a mobile work station. I need to replace my desktop and was looking into a laptop that could do the job. I want to start a youtube channel so it will be mainly used for video editing. Not a fan of Apple product and Surface, so it doesn't leave us with much choices. I thought XPS would do the trick but you seem to say for video editing it's not the best. I'm looking to invest between 2k and 3k CAD. Thanks for you recommendation.

[@Rikus8051]

Lisa, any idea how this compares with the Dell Precision 5530 performance-wise? If I'm not mistaking it uses a similar, slightly larger chassis, but considering that the workstation has more power, I assume that the thermals is still a problem?

[@JonAlycia]

I’m a photographer who plans to spend most of my time on this laptop in Lightroom and photoshop with occasional Premiere pro 1080p editing. Everyone else has made feel confident that this laptop is the right choice. Do you reckon it’s still going to perform well enough for those task. I will rarely Game, but occasionally.

[@joellecole9202]

7:54 I completely disagree with you. "not mobile workstation level". What are you talking about? You don't think being able to edit and and playback projects with 4k footage in them in full in adobe premier pro is good enough? Sorry but it's kind of stupid to say that anyone would buy a $2,000+ laptop with that much power and just use it "casually" for emails and browsing the web. This laptop isn't meant for that! what type of idiot would spend that much money on this laptop if that's all he/she wanted to do?!

[@happy_burger]

Is there a real benefit to putting in such a low powered dedicated graphics vs the Intel HD?

[@frimphony]

I bought the i9 version with 32gb RAM and 1TB SSD. I really liked the laptop, the display, the keyboard. All good. But I returned it. Why? Thermal throtteling was an issue of course, but I expected that. But what really drove me crazy, was the loud fan noise. It kept only calm, when idelling, but when starting any work on this laptop (even office apps) the fans got very loud and that´s a dealbreaker. I also had a key, which was not working proberly. I was really looking forward to this laptop, to replace my workstation. But now I am clueless again. You have any recommendations? I cannot find anything comparable, regarding look and feel on the windows market. Would you say, that an MacBook Pro 15 isn´t a reaplacement for a workstation, too? Thanks for advice, and by the way. Love your videos ....

[@karaygeoushearts]

What did you get? I'm excited for the 2nd gen Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme & new Dell XPS 15 that will launch this summer with Oled options. The Thinkpad is my frontrunner because I'm a writer, so their keyboards make me droooooooool.

[@reiserwasserman1629]

up/down arrow buttons have little size again. both as one button..it's so uncomfortable when you type too much.

[@HucaPuca]

Hey! Any plans with the new Omen 15?

[@techtipsuk]

Just wanted to thank you for these excellent reviews. They make purchasing one of these things so much easier.

[@markoramljak9579]

Hi there. I've a question about the 4k display metrics. Dell advertises full adobe rgb colour gamut and I can see from your review that spyder 5 elite measures 98% of adobe rgb colour gamut. However, when I read the review for this notebook written by the guys from notebookcheck, they say that the 4k display covers only about 88% of adobe rgb colour gamut. So I'm confused by such a large difference between your measurements and those from notebookcheck. The reason I'm asking is because I am seriously considering buying a dell xps 15 for my girlfriend who is a professional photographer and works in adobe colour gamut. And now I'm confused by such a large difference in numbers between the two reviews. I was hoping you could clarify this a bit for me. Thank you for your time in advance! Cheers!

[@stavrozinio]

still having battery swelling problems?

[@rondhole]

XPS 9570 has much better CMOS chip than 9560, Even temperature of the CPU reach 100C, it never throttles below 2.5Ghz in game-like Dirt4 or Farcry5. Meanwhile, 9560 always throttle down to 1.6 Ghz. The main reason is not CMOS overheating, but power throttling by not having enough CMOS chips. XPS 9570 has about 50% more CMOS for powering the CPU and smaller size chip. Repaste with MX4 arctic makes the temperature about 10C cooler, hovering 80-85C during xtu benchmarks instead of 95-100C. I did not expect that the boost of VRM quality chips is so great compared to 9560.

[@Matanumi]

What about the 7590¿

[@rondhole]

@@Matanumi The improvement is marginal since xps 9570. 6 cores make it very hot. We can setup on windows to 99% throttle, so it never overboost and keep the temperature down therefore the GPU can go faster at very stable rate. Afterall XPS is not a gaming laptop. But it is still capable to do gaming although the screen freshrate is not as good as anything with G-sync or Radeon-sync. Get a true gaming laptop with g-sync option instead. It is much pleasant and smooter. I prefer cheap OMEN HP. They have a good price with nice screen and cooling.

[@360PictureUK]

Hi Lisa! I'm temped to buy the 9570 with i9 but unsure if i want to spend the huge amount of wonga if a new version could be due for release. would you have any knowledge on the possibility of a new release? UK.

[@A-Brax]

If you want to undervolt use powershell not xtu or the other stuff. You guys can make a .vbs that would be able to undervolt in power she'll and never have to open xtu

[@jetkok4475]

Been waiting on this review for so long, great review as usual.

[@muh.dwikaramadhan4156]

is it good for Engineering software, like civil 3d, autocad, and lumion ?

[@SY-ve5qm]

Will XPS15 be compete with Thinkpad T480? If so, would you do a comparison vid of that, especially the models with 32G RAM...Thanks!!!

[@lorenzoderiu5474]

Hello Lisa, I speak to you and to all those who have had the opportunity to try this XPS 15 9570. In the video we see that the upper part of the display appears darker especially with white backgrounds. I'm noticing the same thing in my XPS that I recently purchased. Can you confirm that the 4k display of this XPS has this effect or defect?

[@EricJrSax]

Hi Lisa, would you buy the Lenovo X1 Extreme over the XPS 15? I've seen both of your reviews, but it's kinda hard to tell which of the two you think is the better buy. Is it true that the 8850H in the X1 Extreme is a better and cooler running option than the i9 used in the XPS 15, but just as powerful? Is there a substantial performance difference between the 8750H and 8850H processors? I'm a pretty heavy user, leaning mostly on Office 365, Chrome, Lightroom (Classic), Photoshop, and a lot of Netflix. No Premier yet, I'm just doing stills right now, but I plan to experiment with video at some point soon. All your reviews are great. Thanks.

[@EnzoFoove]

I'm torn between this, the Blade 15 and the Aero 15. Any tips?

[@Abdelx2]

Loved the review, had a question would you take this over a razer blade for daily use and casual gaming ?

[@toddstowe8494]

How is this laptop suited for working with Photoshop and Premiere Pro?

[@LLJ-vids]

hey can you use it without the battery i mean you take it out and its charging all the time?

[@georgefa]

For a college student, do you think I should get a mobile work station? (something like the Thinkpad T580) Or a gaming laptop? Both are powerful machines. I really care about the powerful performance, as I'm a computer engineering student, but I also need a good battery life that would last all day.

[@williamcattr267]

I don't know why Dell does not put a numeric keypad on this.

[@GeonQuuin]

What would you recommend as a mobile workstation?

[@benbechor6838]

I have seen dell XPS 15 2018 that can flip 180, what is the difference between the models?

[@TheLeif001]

Hi Lisa, is it still good to buy a last year XPS 15? i am not into video editing, just photos and just need a good screen. any recommendation?

[@richardbeirne827]

Any chance of a Surface Go / Tab S4 smackdown at some point in the future?

[@zakv5057]

Hello. When you say its not for the mobile workstation crowd. Define mobile workstation levels of use?

[@mobiletechreview]

The thermals aren't designed for constant heavy use of the CPU and GPU as they are in mobile workstations.

[@Tinfoilpain]

Lisa, you should keep the memory chips of an ssd warm, they last longer at higher temps, it's the controllers that need cooling. My guess was that fold was intentional.

[@mobiletechreview]

It was not intentional- it was a crumpled mess. If they wanted to cool only the controller, they would have used a shorter thermal pad. Believe me, the memory chips still stay cozy warm with that pad on.

[@Tinfoilpain]

Yay I'm glad :)

[@jag5695]

Lisa !!!!! could you please review the Dell Precision 5530, which is a workstation version of the XPS.

[@Rikus8051]

Agree with this comment. Also looking at this laptop but can't find a decent review anywhere

[@jag5695]

I have been in search for a high powered workstation laptop, I have shortlisted HP zbook G5, Dell 7530 and 5530 along with the ThinkPad P52. They have 6 core CPUs and Quadro graphics along with a good chassis.

[@Rikus8051]

Seems like we are in similar positions. I'm looking at exactly the same workstations and have no clue which to buy. Wish I can find a decent comparison somewhere.

[@ahmeddaou8369]

Jagdip Singh there is also the hp elitebook 1050 g1 which is hexacore and looks better than zbook

[@jaredvanrooyen5201]

Has anyone reviewed the 5530 yet? Can’t find anything anywhere!!!

[@rafagarcia6585]

Would you prefer the Dell XPS 15 9750 or the asus zenbook pro ux550ve

[@hreeman]

Thanks for putting this up. Sorry for being rude while asking for this review in one of your previous videos

[@bjon.andrei]

Hello I just want to ask if the link of amazon on your description is reliable to order?? Im from Asia (philippines) and I want to order via your link on your description. hopefully someone can answer. thanks!

[@nomadicperceptions]

Hi! Does the xps 13 got the same thermal throttling issue as the 15?

[@Medium0Rare]

Why no numpad on the 15" laptops Dell???

[@flfl3969]

Not on the 15" XPS. HP has number pads on several of its laptops. I would suggest getting a separate USB or corded keyboard anyway (to use with the XPS 15), they are far superior to any laptop keyboard. This is especially true if you are doing a lot of typing or computer work.

[@flfl3969]

Interesting review but it differs from other reviews in some ways: 1. The color accuracy tests in other pro-reviews lists it right behind the MacBook Pro. In fact, I have read a photography website review which picks the XPS 15 over the MacBook Pro because of the cost difference and the colors are still accurate. 2. There area number of pro-reviewers who say that this laptop can game very capably and they show extensive shots of it running some of the most difficult games at 1080P (not 4K). This may be because you got a defective GPU which leads to the next point. 3. No other pro-reviewer I have read had problems with the GTX 1080 Ti GPU - not one. In fact, most of them praised it highly and said it was the perfect choice for this laptop. Powerful enough for heavy content work like editing 4K videos; and powerful enough for gaming a 1080P resolution; but not overkill for a business type laptop like the GTX 1070 or 1080. Please don't take this comment as being overly crtical, I greatly enjoy your reviews and I am a fan. However with this XPS 15 laptop, it appears you got a defective GPU or something, going by what other reviews have said. Keep in mind there are several KZbin reviews where the XPS 15 beats the MacBook Pro handily in several important categories like display, keyboard use and performance. It is also somewhere around a $1000.00 (or more) cheaper than the 2018 MacBook Pro and has much better connectivity. This has been selected by many sites as the #1 best laptop for the money (the 4K version). You might have gotten a defective unit. Check with Dell.

[@rf8477]

Did you meant 1050 ti ?

[@Char1ieC]

I've had the last model for about a year, it's been fantastic but my main issue has always been the cooling! Makes it much harder to render and run games than expected.

[@DXultra]

have you tried undervolting it? looking to buy this and was wondering if that solves the overheating problem.

[@Itzhennessy]

Buuy 1080p screen model

[@animemaster9351]

Should I get the 15 or the 13 if I’m a student?

[@supes12]

Hi Lisa, great review as always. I was looking at getting one but im not so sure. I want a laptop for Premier Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, After Effects. Some very light gaming too. What would you recommend?

[@thahomie773]

@ Lisa Gades would you recommend this laptop for music production

[@sergioortiz8219]

One technical problem that I'm having is with the keyboard not recording keystrokes, which is incredibly annoying when you type all day. There's an unofficial workaround, but still, this is the kind of thing that Dell needs to fix ASAP. And the carbon fiber material is absolutely impossible to keep clean. Add to that the sub-par cooling and the related fan noise, and suffice it to say that if I could return my XPS15, I would.

[@xXWillyxWonkaXx]

Couple Questions: #1. Can I upgrade the ram to a 64GB DD4? #2. Ive been hearing "thermal throttling" is a big issue with some of the units produced, if I got one and ran into that, is there a way around it that you suggest i go about on approaching? #3. Is there a better Wifi card than the intel that I can replace? Really looking forward to your reply. Also, can I replace the battery with a much longer duration battery from a Chinese manufacturer from Amazon/Ebay?

[@RichardsWorld]

What mic are you using Lisa?

[@mobiletechreview]

It's a Sony wireless mic for Sony cameras.

[@squaredrapier3356]

You can change the camera and background Looks a little dull

[@vpr5562]

I am wondering for my photography files of a7R3 (40 - 80MB/raw) and lightroom would that laptop worth it? And if yes - which configuration.

[@Kingbaise]

is it vr ready?

[@Dennis-oc8bn]

Screen color inaccurate after calibration, really? I read others saying something else

[@aminbajrektarevicab]

I would really want to see a comparison with the new Hp Zbook studio x360. Seems that noone has reviewed this machine yet.

[@URestURust]

Is it just me but does the macbook pro 15inch look bigger than the xps 15inch.

[@xJiXsaw]

How will the XPS 15 perform with CAD and CPU rendering?

[@s-plus]

Why such an underlying negative criticism throughout the entire review? I don't think the tone of the review matches the objective test results. Many other tests have shown the throttling to be much better than before (no VRM issues) and that the performance is better than competition on both i7 and i9 versions. And if you do a simple undervolt in ThrottleStop with no physical mods it's even better. Screen is brighter with better anti reflective cover and consumes less power than before. Many people have reported they get better battery life than previous XPS 15 9560, which is solid. It's still if not the best 15 inch laptop then right there at the top.

[@danielee8418]

Better, but still sucks. How many more times people have to tell you that xps just sucks? Stop worshipping xps ok? lmao

[@iTheBeep]

danielee facts

[@andyH_England]

Sergey Balasev-Samarski Sergey Balasev-Samarski you probably joined in with the MacBook Pro issue blaming Apple, so fair is fair, Dell has to get its share if it has the same issues. My 2016 Dell XPS was a throttled over heating disappointment and the 2017 was also bad, however as you said this is slightly better but still “badly designed” like Windows fans claim the MacBook Pro is. Of course it is Intels fault but Windows fans claim Apple mucked up so we have to call the XPS 15 also a fail. The XPS was always about aesthetics, form over function, and they started the trend for no bezels and therefore smaller footprint and poorer heat dissipation, so I do admit Dell deserves some criticism, maybe a lot, and although cheaper than a MacBook, compared to other Windows laptops it is a poor buy unless your priorities are looks over performance and reliability, don’t start me on driver issues!

[@agaskew]

andyH_England "form over function" is Apple's tagline first and foremost. The XPS 9570 is by no means perfect but it's cheaper and faster than the equivalent MacBook, isn't crippled for ports and doesn't have everything soldered in one big undesirable lump.

[@Anyguy4321]

People need to stop being fanboys. Both machines have their issues. It’s clear 6 cores is simply too much for thin and light notebooks as is. Both companies screwed up by not designing new heatsinks and cooling. As for me, it only incentivizes me to buy last year’s model on clearance for cheap.

[@asbachhar]

Hey. Does anyone know how good the service is of Dell products in Vancouver? Would they be able to fix the laptop quickly if something were to go wrong?