The Secret XPS? - Dell Precision 5470

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Alex has a goldilocks problem -- the XPS 15 is a bit too big and the XPS 13 is a bit too small, but maybe the Dell Precision 5470 is the perfect laptop to fill the gap...
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 The goldilocks laptop
0:20 Unboxing
1:04 Exterior impressions and IO
2:16 Interesting touchpad
2:54 Display impressions
3:46 Laptop spec impressions
5:28 Keyboard and trackpad impressions
7:02 Sponsor - Grammarly
7:52 But can it game?
9:41 Speaker impressions and comparison
10:50 It has Intel vPro
11:16 Webcam impressions
13:38 Cinebench benchmarking
15:09 Teardown
16:48 Overall thoughts and pricing
17:56 Outro

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[@PyromancerRift]

Whenever there is a 2 point signs, you need to put a space between and after. Like these ? ! ; :

[@Diablo1313-]

I'd love to see a review of HP Elite series, it's a lovely machine

[@kreigerbailey3550]

Portland, JAMAICA in the Building!!!!!!

[@Edvin_Nyman]

Fun fact, you can actually turn off hibernation with a poweshell command or you can at least turn off the reserved space that hibernation reserves.

[@BarryTGash]

I'm surprised the blurb on the dust jacket didn't just say: "Welcome to Dell. We'd like to talk to you about extended warranty."

[@uts_137]

“would you also want the financing, the 12 month financing? how about antivirus?”

[@amirhaveryt]

"we'd like you to buy an antivirus"

[@evindrews]

FINAL REMINDER: YOUR DELL SUPPORT CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED

[@loganhuwe9458]

you’ll need it unfortunately

[@supersuede91]

4:22 A terabyte of RAM. I'm gonna be able to pack more machine learning processes into this thing than my local server building.

[@alistairblaire6001]

Business laptops are great value on the second hand market. At $3300 I imagine that very few regular consumers will buy this but will check them out later when businesses upgrade to something newer.

[@lordseptomus441]

where would you buy them though? I doubt a company would sell their old laptops as individual listings on ebay

[@djsteiner1]

@@lordseptomus441they sell them to liquidators who auction off batches of them

[@dedoyxp]

but with current/post pandemic thing, probably need more time to company sell it, since ALL OF THEIR STAFF need laptop right now even a crap one

[@doomy_doomy2225]

At that price might as well buy a MacBook if you’re an average consumer. Better build than this anyways.

[@dennisjue1533]

Yup...took a gap year in Mexico doing volunteer work, and came back fulfilled but pretty...well...broke. Got back to the US (SF Bay Area) and didn't have too much trouble finding a job but still, didn't have a lot of disposable cash for a while. The year abroad had been pretty hard on the already ancient laptop I took with me down south, so I picked up a refurbished, off-lease, Dell Precision M4800 via ebay for about $275 (in 2019). Even 5 years old it was a beast of a machine...obviously it was pretty easily out performed by anything modern in its class (it had an Intel i7-4810MQ quad core CPU and 16GB of ram), but for general computing it was more than adequate. It even handled content creation and games surprisingly well thanks to its M5100 Firepro GPU...a GPU (much like the one in this video) intended more for Solidworks and Autocad and less for games, but it worked decently with games from the same 2015-ish era when the laptop was released and for indie games or even modern mainstream ones at lower settings. I even kept the machine for another year after I picked up a Lenovo Legion 5 (R7-4800H/RTX2060) as it was pretty useful as a secondary machine, but a couple months ago I sold it for $250. So yeah, off-lease workstations are frequently real diamonds in the rough...

[@ashwinnarasimhan2729]

It should be noted that the Precision line is mobile workstations, not standard business laptops. The screens on workstations are going to be better since many workstations are used for graphics work or video editing where color accuracy is often important.

[@shorb2289]

Yeah definitely not for the accounting department

[@aronseptianto8142]

@@shorb2289 what, are you saying an accountant won't benefit from 20 core multithreaded excel recalculation? (is excel even multithreaded? it has to right?)

[@badlydrawncars6460]

*cries in $1750 Thinkpad with 1366x768 display*

[@scrotie4198]

then why does the precision have a 1440p LCD and the xps 15 is cheaper and has a 4k oled

[@jasonhuang6332]

My work laptop is a Precision. Love that thing to death. Wish I could download games on it. 11th Gen i7, dedicated GPU and 32GB of RAM and Thunderbolt connectors so I can provide anything I find lacking.

[@NeonVisual]

I wonder if it will follow the long standing XPS tradition of completely borked audio drivers after 6 months?

[@AndRootPro]

I hate anything dell for audio

[@Like0Butter]

Don’t forget Bluetooth drivers too

[@gdw9946]

How come crab rave still sounds better on XPS15 during ShortC reviews

[@Ahfeku]

And sudden blown out speakers for no reason? Sure

[@JerameatC]

Oh of course it will

[@richardguo1892]

I've always liked XPS and Precision laptops, however there is one thing that no one talks about, their battery degradation is bad. Take my XPS 15 9510 for example. I believe the battery is only rated for 300 charge cycle, when every modern MacBooks are rated for 1000 charge cycle.

[@Modelo646]

So you don't have problems with your xps. I heard there are a lot of software issues in dell laptops that's why I kinda delayed the purchase of dell xps 13.

[@richardguo1892]

@@Modelo646 not sure what you mean by software problems. From what I can recall, Dell XPS laptops have always had pre installed bloat wares, so a clean copy of windows reinstall is always recommended. Overall, I have no complaints.

[@SkegAudio]

@@Modelo646 yeah I'm not sure what problems that you speak off. My xps worked just fine out of the box, even have two other OS's running on it in the same drive

[@james.telfer]

I think all their batteries are rated for 300 cycles, not just XPS

[@djrrmml7514]

Jup my battery even blew up on it's self, never buying Dell again.

[@gregbits6109]

Alex is like, “Wow, the build, the performance, the display! This is one of the greatest laptops I’ve ever used… 2 out of 5 stars.”

[@gabrielfair724]

Every Dell I've owned has disappointed me after 6 great months of use

[@4473021]

@@gabrielfair724 my Dell precision 5520 was amazing for 6 months. And then 0 battery life, tons of fan noise, dead usb c port, dead wifi, list goes on and on...

[@KPalmTheWise]

@@4473021 the 5520 got gimped hard after bios 1.19.2 with the plundervolt patch. After a ton of messing around you can get 1.18 back on it and the performance increase is substantial. I unplug mine after using it and my battery is at 60% capacity after 3 years, repaste and it runs nice and quiet. My Bluetooth is flakey though

[@jo_naash]

I love how flex in laptop keyboards, laptops and keyboards in general is seen as undesirable, yet in the mechanical keyboard community, people are going to great lengths to add even more flex, like adding leaf springs and making flex cuts in the pcbs

[@PaveMentman]

--- The main difference is that keyboard of laptop/notebook-computer is they're part of whole chasis of the machine itself. Therefore, the more flex these devices have the higher chance / less amount of time there is for the machine collapsing into itself as time goes on. ---

[@robert-zr1kx]

Had a Precision 5520 back in 2017 and was asking for you guys to cover the precision line, glad it finally came around!

[@Acidic_Person]

4:22 “We also have 1tb of ram” Who else noticed? He did correct it thoo

[@Tivian_]

13:00 Fun fact - image sensors are usually very configurable chips, which means that in this case the sensor configuration is different. Looks like they fined tuned some color gain settings which are not really software tweaks as it causes actual hardware (image sensor) to behave differently.

[@Zzonkers]

I love Alex first impressions. They way he observes and explains things is very entertaining.

[@nathanross4036]

He's a very awkward host though. He doesn't have the charisma that Linus, James, or Riley have.

[@TheSmileyTek]

I love my work Dell Precision. I was really spoiled with an 11th Gen i9, 32GB RAM, and an RTX A5000, but I use hell outta all that juice. Constantly running multiple 3D apps at once, being in Design Technology.

[@genethebean7597]

One of the things I liked about the old Precision lineup was the advanced hardware feature set. Like the laptops were always known for their plentiful port selection and state-of-the-art I/O, both inside and out. Now it's just a more expensive, slightly fancier XPS, something that is cool and all but really detracts from that legacy. I still daily drive a Dell Precision M6700 and the fact I have any port I would ever want, always at my disposal, with native port controllers and drivers, is something I don't take for granted.

[@genethebean7597]

@Goat I checked in on the newer models not that long ago. Most of the xx70 series all have a decent number of ports, in conjunction with their thickness. However, they make up a fraction of the product line, which is comprised of mostly XPS-esque devices with only 3x thunderbolt and a headphone jack. I'm happy to see them offer a version with full-size SD, USB-A, HDMI and ethernet, on top of the type-C, but they don't seem to advertise them that much (at least outside of aforementioned corporate scenes). I'm not saying we need to go back to the days when laptops (like the M6700) had 17 ports of varying shapes and sizes, it's just unfortunate to see this kind of focus on the Macbook/XPS-style of laptop.

[@TalesOfWar]

I'm wondering if Intel is responsible for this in some way? They've been pretty lack lustre in recent years for raw bandwidth with the lack of PCI lanes, which most modern I/O runs over.

[@mirknight]

I'm an IT tech. The latitude (and the rare Precision) are so easy to work on compared to the average laptop. I'm talking less than 10 mins for lcd and around 30 mins for complete mobo swap

[@genethebean7597]

@@mirknight I totally agree. I frequently open up the bottom panel of mine (just two screws and a slide to the back) for storage, RAM, mPCIe cards etc. I've even got an MXM slot, which allowed me to upgrade my GPU to a model 3 years newer with 2x the performance.

[@thegeforce6625]

My main driver laptop is a maxed out M4800, with a Radeon pro WX4150 and a i7 4940MX and 2 SSD’s, runs windows 10 great and can play recent-ish games really well.

[@asadava]

My stepdad has a friend at Dell that sends him goodies, and he got one of these, and it was amazing seeing it for the first time. My mom now uses it.

[@dannymartial7997]

The company I work at gives us these. I didn’t know about the Precision line until then. It’s definitely more of a business machine than a consumer product.

[@Cloud00]

Been using the 5470 for the last month. This thing has replaced my 7560 due to it performing nearly the same. Absolute powerhouse for how light and portable it is. I'm sure you'll be happy with it Alex✌️

[@lejoshmont2093]

Going from a really big machine to a relatively really small one. The thermal performance of the 7000 class should have been way better. Do something that peggs the gpu and cpu for a bit and difference should reveal its self.

[@dawsonpate7385]

@@lejoshmont2093 ud actually be surprised. I use mine at work with 2 or 3 light vms running to test server applications while simultaneously compiling programs and it doesn't get as hot as I would have thought it would (as long as it has air gap underneath)

[@dawsonpate7385]

@@lejoshmont2093 that being said u run games on it and holy crap watch ur fingers cause the back exhaust will burn em off

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@dawsonpate7385 I wouldn't. On my 5760 It will drain the battery if I hit both the cpu and gpu hard. I personally haven't experienced issues because I haven't pegged both for an extended period of time. If I am not mistaken the 7000 series also gets an extra 110w of power to use.

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@dawsonpate7385 Yea I bet. One of the reasons I chose the 17in was that it could be had with vapor chamber cooler. Got to say it does a better job than I was expecting. I doubt it would get as hot as the m1530 did back in the day.

[@xiinite9]

Smart card readers are also really useful for people living in countries with e-id cards, if you need to log on to government services like personal tax submission etc. I'm not sure how widespread this is in Europe, but we use it in Belgium.

[@LordNementon]

Estonia too 🐱

[@dannyl7602]

also, they can detect credit cards

[@cubertmiso]

Question about e-id. Can you make encrypted key from your face/fingerprint/pw and pair it with e-id so there isn't the need to use any physical cards?

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@cubertmiso This sounds like my personal nightmare. I'll just take the card please.

[@cubertmiso]

@@lejoshmont2093 take xmr like a man.

[@tomallo99]

Oh wow the ending/outro transition was smooth af, loved it

[@jseen9568]

currently have this for work. It's a beast.

[@BlindMango]

Fun Fact: Before the XPS 15 there was the XPS 14 Ultrabook, and it was my first laptop - it was great! It was quite beautiful and kicked off the design language of the modern XPS laptop we see today

[@lejoshmont2093]

15 inch XPS laptops have been a thing before ultra books were a thing. I know because I had one back in the day before apple introduced the world to ultra thin and light laptops with the mac book air.

[@zachhaden1208]

To be fair to the 15's webcam, it's closer to the picture the studio's showing. I think you would like it more outside the studio lighting.

[@salsasafi]

If you want this laptop but much cheaper, get the dell inspiron 14 plus 7420, it's literally just an xps 15 but smaller

[@handlemonium]

Or the Vivobook S 14X for $799 at Costco. It also has a 14.5 inch display but it's an OLED at 2880 x 1800. I really hope we see a similar display on the Zyphrus G14 at some point. 🙏

[@salsasafi]

@@handlemonium I like that but I think the inspiron is a good cost effective direct alternative. 2k IPS display, 12700h, rtx 3050, just a good laptop overall

[@jeffreyzhou1824]

@@handlemonium Beware if you get that laptop the heavy PWM flickering, I have sensitive eyes and only 30 minutes of use I had eye fatigue so I had to return it

[@darylzero3139]

The Inspiron line is nothing like the XPS. The Inspiron is the cheap laptops and the quality shows it.

[@salsasafi]

@@jeffreyzhou1824 inspiron 14 or inspiron 16 doesn't have PWM flicker

[@Aberusugi]

Yup, we have been pleased with our orders of these new precision 14's at our work so far.

[@Embattled5211]

Was not expecting the Linus scale. Got a good chuckle from that one.

[@weeksy79]

You should see the HDR high refresh rate display on the Precision 7770, it’s magnificent.

[@evdaman]

I wonder if they ever got that iced cream, after all, the summer is hot and full of tech tips.😂

[@jaumeroca9612]

I'm the only one that perfectly knows that I can't effort anything of these videos, so I just with them for fun? Nice video

[@UTR1]

Just ordered! It’s the 9310 upgrade I’ve been searching for. Lack of ports is fine for my use.. if I’m not mobile and using the built-in display, I’m at a thunderbolt dock and don’t want to deal with multiple ports if I can choose not to. A1000 is gonna be a great increase in performance from my Iris Xe

[@TheOzarkWizard]

Dell warranty tech here: The biggest difference between normal dell computers and the Precision line is the internals. Take the bottom panel off of both devices and youd be surprised. Also, dell now publishes service manuals online for all to use

[@RobinHardman]

You should take a look at some of the 7000 and 9000 series Latitudes/Precisions as well. I deploy them at work all the time and they've got some impressive engineering behind them, even if Dell's QA has been pretty rough lately.

[@ghomerhust]

im still running a 2011 Dell M4600, i7 2860qm, 16gb, all ssd storage, m5100 radeon (basically a 270x mobile), and it has a FANTASTIC keyboard, backlit, smooth trackpad (if VERY small due to age), the ThinkPad style mouse stalk, 10-key, and a VERY solid chassis. and the sound, SUCKS. its fairly loud but has NO definition at all, not even as good as my super tiny ThinkPad x220T Wacom art tablet! but it runs awesome, and is SUPER cheap. i would really like to find the M4800 tho, basically the same guts, same cheap cost, but able to toss a bigger GPU in it, MXM-B style, so something like a GTX 980 8gb or a 1660.

[@thegeforce6625]

Your thinking of the M6800, that takes MXM type B cards. The M4800 only takes MXM type A. (Source: own and have upgraded my M4800)

[@StretchyDeath]

15:22 thanks for the slide whistle, editors!

[@1steelcobra]

On smart cards: the US Department of Defense standardized onto using chipped ID cards in the mid-2000s because it allowed for 2FA in a common single-issuable item personnel were supposed to carry at all times: their ID card. It uses 2 factors inherently (something you have - the card, and something you know - your PIN). At this point if a model might be sold to the DoD it'll have the card reader by default.

[@nomisukeindustries]

Is there an LMG video out there that addresses Windows Modern Standby and how to disable or tweak it in the group policy editor or registry? I'm sure a lot of users would be interested to know the trick. Of course, AFTER they are warned that messing with their registry files or group policy could screw up their computer. LMG could also show how to change the behavior of the unit when the lid is closed.

[@ayden8901]

I was gonna get an XPS 15 but went with the Galaxy Book 2 pro360 from Samsung. It's only got a 1080p screen but its OLED and it's thinner than the M1 MacBooks. It's far from a mobile workstation like the precision in the video, but it's incredible for productivity. Full 10key keyboard, the i71260p is been solid for me so far and it's got 16gb of ddr5 at the same speed. I do wish it came with 32. I would love to see u guys take a look at this machine :)

[@buschbiene1402]

So, the basic idea for the nfc reader is as you said for example using it for a smart cards. As far as i got during my tryouts at work windows/ms only supports it to authenticate your account for logins to office apps and other stuff where sso can be used. If you try it with windows hello you receive a message that the drivers are could be to old, but i never found any newer driver nor a realy helpfull information how to use the integrated nfc reader for windows hello :D.

[@buschbiene1402]

@@egonprint also could be, but it very much looked like the old symbol they used for nfc. So thats why I thought the guess was correct. 😅

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@buschbiene1402 The laptop does have nfc though just so that is not confused.

[@theBoomerDoomer]

I use the 5470's slightly older, bigger cousin, the 5560 with a i7 11850H and a 15.6" '4K-ish' (3840x2400, 16:10) HDR400 display. It's such a nice display to use when I'm not at my desk. I really wish there were more 16:10 displays out there, because it's just that little bit better for productivity. I much prefer using it over the 2020 16" MacBook Pro I had been using previously. It doesn't ramp up fans every time I open a browser and a text editor like my Mac did, and battery life is insane... I can regularly go 4-5 hours on battery without having to cut back with anything. If I were in the market for a personal machine, I'd probably be looking at one of these. Dell really has done a great job on the Precision line recently.

[@lejoshmont2093]

I opted for the 5760 because of the vapor chamber and dual thunderbolt controllers and I didn't feel like being a guinea pig. The fans are pretty well behaved. I agree that 16:10 displays should be more popular or at least 16:9 displays should be less popular.

[@ios759]

Would have been nice if dell released an XPS 14 with a headphone jack,physical function row,large trackpad and display with symmetrical bezels.

[@lejoshmont2093]

With the high screen to bezel ratio my rule of thumb with the current line up is to go up a size to what you are used to. By this logic its the spiritual to the 13 inch.

[@HPerrin]

I had a Dell XPS 13 a few years ago that had rubber feet on the bottom that started coming off after one year. This laptop looks like it has the exact same rubber feet, the two long line style ones.

[@TheGreatJafa]

whoever did the slide whistle sound effect, brilliant.

[@kushagradeepmishra1451]

I've a question...so I've a dell latitude and it has USB-C charging but it won't get charged from my OnePlus charger.. am i missing something ..it works the other way round

[@levygaming3133]

Are you planning to review the MSI prestige 16 with the HDR1000 display? Because I’m very interested in that display.

[@andysilvers9532]

I agree about the Quadro. Don't like the lack of ports. Nice Video.

[@GMxTekhe]

My god, Dell *can* design cooling! Who knew! - from anyone who’s run Latitude devices in the past 5-6 years

[@SyRose901]

I have my Dell Latitude E7450, I run my i7-5600U at very low wattage so the fan is never audible. It can play Team Fortress 2 at 1080p 60fps, so it satisfies my needs.

[@bart416]

Work gave me an XPS13 with an i7, there is no sign of this illustrious thermal design. Thermal throttles like crazy when running KZbin videos, I have to use it for CAD work...

[@GMxTekhe]

@@SyRose901 To be fair - the E-series stuff was pretty well designed for cooling. 7480, 7490, 5400+ stuff is godawful. Had a 5410 i7 model the other day that wasn’t faulty measuring temps of 95c…

[@SyRose901]

@@GMxTekhe Oof. I guess I got really lucky. Yeah, I can never hear my fan while not gaming or something. Very efficient, as well, I can squeeze out like 9-10 hours of screen-on time.

[@lejoshmont2093]

​@@bart416 I would call into question a company that is issuing xps machines for cad work. Ideally you would want a 7000 series for that.

[@delkata]

Glad to see I'm not the only one throwing my XPS 15 in Hibernation mode every time I close it

[@elijarvis4969]

As someone who uses solidworks on a daily basis with a zephyrus g15, all you need to do is add a registry key with the gpu you have to get it to work properly. I have personally had zero issues so far, and it has been 2 years of using it

[@lejoshmont2093]

Dropping the real life hacks here.

[@Tivian_]

Lol, this is almost the exactly the same model I'm using at work! 😁 Love it, though there is some problem with the USB dongle which causes sometimes a glitch when I'm disconnecting it with lid closed. It goes completely bonkers with 100% fan speed and need to hard reset the laptop, but that's a minor annoyance.

[@soumilswapna]

How did you charge your laptop with phone charger, do they not have dfferent power deliver, due to which I am unable to just that....

[@tacoojisan]

Now I have the crab rave stuck in my head all the time thanks to y'all lol.

[@tylertyza]

You guys should do an unboxing of the Dell Inspiron 7620 2 in 1 OLED, it’s a fantastic laptop.

[@allank477]

Are we all gonna ignore the Flex Seal hat? I kinda want one on LTT Store

[@BOBAGENTSMITH]

Bell and the rest of the staff deserve the ice cream party from Channel Super Fun

[@MrPooBTW]

i kinda want that wallpaper the laptop had when you first turned it on

[@j22karu]

The rant about modern standby and sleep mode hits home so much, I was so confused by why my new laptop won't go to sleep and keeps working only to find out that sleep mode has been entirely removed, so now I do as you, just let it hibernate. Since I keep my laptop lid closed all the time when docked at home, I have to open the lid every time I wanna wake it up instead of just pressing a key on my keyboard, not to mention it takes longer for the computer to wake and it's wearing out my ssd faster because it has to write everything in memory to disk when going to hibernate, all around a pain in the ass. This is one of the worst decisions ever made by MS. And I can't even manually enable sleep mode because apparently that's tied to how the cpu and mobo work as well, so a lot of the blame also goes to Intel and AMD for going along with this decision.

[@lejoshmont2093]

interesting I don't seem to have any issues sleeping on fedora. Though historically I preferred hibernation to sleep.

[@user-xd7pr1kw3g]

Did you notice how reflective the display is? It shows the t-short print from the top or over-the-shoulder view on the laptop. It is especially visible in gaming demo. I wonder how the display shows anti-glare in front of a window, in daylight.

[@amarmolejo]

Loved the Linus sticker on the scale haha

[@Mistarnova]

during the speaker impressions you mentioned you assumed the speakers were upfiring however when you removed the bottom cover, the speakers are clearly downfiring on the front of the laptop unlike the XPS models. that might be partially for the sound quality differences. not sure why it had the perforated palmrest by the keyboard tbh

[@BorisFett]

Great review. We order alloy of precisions at work. They have really stepped up that line in the last year or so. Price sucks but they last longer than the xps's we have purchased.

[@estebanberenguer8659]

Your Dell rep should be able to discount the Precisions more than XPS. If they’re not, ask them.

[@BorisFett]

@@estebanberenguer8659 We have done that. The price is lower but not the exact same as an xps.

[@Minh-0]

Should i buy dell precision 5470 i7/16/512/A1000 with $609, but its ref by dell and option no wifi/bluetooth? How can i browse the internet on it? Thank you.

[@justinmyers6682]

V pro includes remote boot options Also some have remote access 😋

[@jacobpierce2548]

The fact Alex keeps the Dbrand scorpion is so funny

[@aranykai]

I'd imagine you could actually get it for quite a bit less if you asked for a direct quote. Dell's business prices are sightly inflated compared to their retail side, but they'll often match or beat them if you just ask. I've been buying my laptops from them this way for years. Pro support is amazing.

[@Ikxi]

14:45 why do you have a christmas water bottle?

[@vivek_v]

There are plenty of resources online on how to enable normal S3 sleep, and it seems to be a pretty simple fix. Personally I think modern standby sucks, though it's pretty nice for my mobile workstation that I use a desktop replacement.

[@CasD1806]

I think the vPro functionality also offers more options to remote manage devices besides some security stuff.

[@ArchusKanzaki]

Yeah, I saw a demo of vPro functionality before. You can actually remote in to a laptop installed with vPro.... from BIOS-level. So, if someone on the other side of the world having problem with the laptop's BIOS, you can use vPro to remote in

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@ArchusKanzaki the Intel ime is to much for me personally no thank you to vpro on a personal machine.

[@SimonedeBlasiis]

Alex is the hero we don't deserve but we need. His crusade against Modern Standby is needed, the fact that my laptop wakes up in my bag while on standby is so freaking stupid. I love my XPS but having to put it into hibernation or turning it off every single time it's so annoying.

[@KaTaLy5t]

I daily drive the 11th Gen version of this for work and it's a great laptop/workstation. For the people complaining about price, corporate/business customers do not pay the advertised price. They get a discount, not sure how big you need to be to get a decent discount but my laptop was around the $3,000 mark on the website and the company (MNC) paid around $1,500 for it. Keyboard is great. The touchpad is good but I don't use it much as I use a mouse almost 100% of the time. If the gastures are enabled, you can sometimes accidentally zoom or switch displays. The NFC-reader is smartcard compatible but a lot of companies disable that functionality in addition to fingerprints. Not 100% on the rationale for that. Would have thought the likes of a password and smartcard would be better than just a password but whatever.

[@UndeaKnight]

+1 for Alex’s flex seal placement 😂

[@CUDdev]

Just regarding hibernating on Windows, my older XPS 13 and 15 I have made sure to enable hibernate. However, just turn off background apps and set it to sleep before hibernating so you can close it and open the laptop without it hibernating immediately. Connected standby is pretty useless so it's a shame we need to bother we these methods instead of a simple toggle to turn it off.

[@Ashley-qe5by]

Thank you so much for your honesty at the end of this video, I ended up saving a bunch of money by just going with the Inspiron 14 plus with the rtx 3050 instead, and it was on sale.

[@ArniesTech]

Shoutout Saturday, so a major shoutout to all fellow tech enthusiasts 💪😎

[@Jezee213]

That's the best compliment you can give this display, not knowing if it's oled or not haha, it really looks like it, those blacks are dark!

[@elrvengador]

Can you review the Dell inspiron 13 5320? please (I know that it might be hard to get in Canada but it's probably the only option in Latinamerica, Europe and Asia; because we can't get the Xps series here)

[@PyromancerRift]

I got a lenovo slim 7 pro X. It's the precision 14 with a 3k 120hz monitor and a software suite that doesn't suck. Auto lock and auto login with windows hello is a killer feature. Auto switch from 60 to 120hz when the picture is static to save battery. Keyboard shortcuts to switch between power plans. And it's waaaaaaaay cheaper.

[@davidstingl6217]

professional speakers tend to be tuned for loudness and clarity, so that you can have a an online call anywhere even in bad conditions, while other laptops like xps speakers are tuned for comfort and quality

[@richiemohanty5107]

I have a Precision 5560 for work and other than the keyboard and battery life I actually love it! Our company allows us to keep the laptop for personal use after our devices are refreshed. Which is pretty awesome given its great specs.

[@lejoshmont2093]

I have a 5760 and I think the keyboard is pretty good. What don't you like about it?

[@richiemohanty5107]

@@lejoshmont2093 I feel like it's too shallow in terms of key travel when I type on it.

[@richiemohanty5107]

@@lejoshmont2093 again I don't know if the keyboard has changed between the 5560 and the 5760 so I can't say definitively if Dell has tweaked the keyboard or if they're using the same one.

[@lejoshmont2093]

​@@richiemohanty5107 It might be a different keyboard. Idk I was coming from the butterfly key switches of a mbp, so pretty much anything has a lot of key travel compared to those. I would say it has more key travel than apple's pre butterfly key switches (pre 2016).

[@HamishEdmondson]

I hate needing dongles but I appreciate that Dell include a useful one.

[@kevinw0lf]

Do 4k screens still use more battery of you set to 1080p? I know it's silly, you don't get the benefit of higher res, but I guess pixel density wise that would still be retina? Like res is lower but you don't really see the individual pixels.

[@lejoshmont2093]

It should save you on the computational load but you would have to check the specs on the panel to see how much power it draws.

[@timhess3405]

Jeeeez that flex seal cap 🤣👍

[@Collin_J]

Wowwww that webcam looked great. Please put that in every premium laptop, Dell

[@fraznofire2508]

Should review the X1 carbon gen 10. Super thin and light 14” premium laptop that makes the dell precision look like a mid-tier laptop

[@cubertmiso]

That X1 looks good. No point of buying expensive laptop and then need to use dongles for basic stuff like HDMI.

[@lejoshmont2093]

the x1 doesn't have a proper H series processor though.

[@fraznofire2508]

@@lejoshmont2093 it’s still plenty fast enough without killing the battery

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@fraznofire2508 Idk I did a compilation on 11950h and that still took ~15 mins don't want to know how long it would take on an ultra book processor.

[@fraznofire2508]

@@lejoshmont2093 I don’t know what to tell you man, it’s an ultrabook. The most beautifully designed I’ve seen in years, if you’re doing large code complies then you probably need something with more guts, or remote into a code server with guts.

[@AliMohamed-yq9kj]

I really really wish u could do a short-circuit for the Lenovo thinkbook plus gen 3 its quite unique.

[@lawrencejob]

That battery will give you a good 45 minutes of MS Teams call

[@gjkrisa]

i’m sure in windows 11 you can change your sleep settings i have mine changed . if the setting isn’t in the windows 11 lid power option windows 7 control panel has the advance power option you can change as before also

[@parkergriffith663]

Ha Ha Ha Ha 0:37 "Love to C it" Cause, you know, its USB C.

[@Jack32X]

yeahhhhh as soon as we saw these 14 inch models on our company portal we got a sh*t ton of requests for them to be deployed to the office! :P

[@trektn]

Pixel response might be a dealbreaker, I owned the new XPS 15 and it didn't really have a fast panel either and if this is slower than that well

[@redzak90]

Had the LTT add before an LTT*ShortCircuit Video - was confused on a higher level at 9am

[@tighebrown4521]

I look forward to your windows modern standby rants 😂👍🏼

[@dynamicburrito]

I disagree with the AX211 being the best wifi chip. It has driver issues (mainly Dells fault for not shipping with up to date drivers) and has issues in some wifi environments that have wifi 6 capable APs but dont have it activated.

[@realjohnnewburg]

You all gotta review the Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 with the RTX 3060. I gotta say, it's a great laptop, especially the features it brings for the price. Just a suggestion

[@feraral-ashkar2432]

why on earth they don't create an notch for arrow keys, i.e. extend the keyboard down little bit near the arrow keys? is it patented or something?

[@DerekHolmes]

Please make a video on Windows Modern Standby and how to resolve it! I hate how my laptop for work is almost dead every morning after closing the lid at the end of work.

[@tigeroats913]

Welcome to dell let's go through QA issues together

[@Iri5hman]

Dell business is the best costumer service i have ever used. I would go so far as to recommend Dell business to someone looking for a lapttop, even at the higher price.

[@W1ldTangent]

My workplace has been a longtime customer, and I cannot find comparable laptops cheaper from anyone else. And it's not been for lack of trying, I'm required to by policy. They often even undershoot their own bids when I get final quotes which were already low enough I get accounting asking me why I have so much money leftover from the replacements budget. I literally have to choose the stupid RAM upgrades just to pad the price. Nobody in my office needs 16GB of RAM except maybe two people, and yet there's a few rocking double that... because Dell apparently hates money and I have to throw it at them for them to take it.

[@MrSwiftResponse]

14 inch is the perfect size for a travel laptop. I had an Acer 14inch ultrabook when I was travelling alot for work. the 1 less inch makes all the difference when going through airport security.

[@lejoshmont2093]

Never had issues going through airport security with laptops.

[@MrSwiftResponse]

@@lejoshmont2093 it's the getting it in and out of the bag. I just found 15 inch laptops to be more cumbersome than the 14 inch.

[@lejoshmont2093]

@@MrSwiftResponse Maybe its your bag? Logically a smaller device would be easier to handle but I have never had any issues removing a 15in laptop from a bag at an airport. I have even flown with multiple laptops before.

[@mirknight]

This video helped push me to buy a latitude 5400-series I was eyeing for quite some time. Mine will have intel HD but it supports eGPU so I can still game on it at home. I like having two (legacy) type-A 3.0 ports in addition to two complete USB-C ports.

[@lejoshmont2093]

I hope you enjoy it.

[@mirknight]

@@lejoshmont2093 So far, I do. After agressive power tuning, I can get about 20 hours of usage out of a single charge (mostly browsing ifixit, google sheets, and a site to keep track of tickets. Haven't had to do anything intensive yet, but I have an eGPU with a 3080 that works flawlessly with it so I tested a few games

[@SHADOW543121]

Can you do the gram 17? I'm curious to see what you guys think of it