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[@ShortCircuit]

AUDIO NOTE: After this video I had a call with Dell's audio engineers to figure out why the new XPS 15 sounded so much better. After troubleshooting Waves MaxxAudio the differences in sound between the three laptops is a lot less striking, although the new XPS 15 still sounds the best (there has been some software tuning since the first gen, and there are going to be some small differences between the 15 and 17 due to different chassis). Waves is directly integrated into the audio drivers, so whatever EQ or profile you have enabled when it gets uninstalled is what you'll continue to have, the program is just a GUI to change those settings. My issue was that the headphone processing would reenabling itself after a Dell update, so when I disabled it in the GUI and uninstalled Waves my problem was solved (essentially freezing my settings). If I'd had some funky EQ enabled when I uninstalled Waves it would have been terrible. Dell are now working with Waves to make sure the headphone EQ doesn't reenable itself, and I'm going to keep Waves installed to see if there are any more issues. -Alex

[@olimpather]

Thanks, Alex!

[@sherlockmaverick]

Neat! But it's a higher benchmark now, haha

[@wisdomt00th]

Wow, it must be easy to get Dell customer support when you have millions of followers. That's what the rest of us got wrong when we plebs buy and contact Dell CS.

[@AlamoOriginal]

Thanks for talking on behalf of regular consumers who might find this troublesome

[@RichardRuffUK]

THANK YOU for calling out that Waves stuff as hot garbage. I have tried so many ways of disabling it, uninstalling it on my 2020 XPS, and it always gets reinstalled and reenabled somehow without my permission, and a lot of the time the GUI doesn't even work. The reverb thing ruins the audio so much and having an awful software solution to fix bad hardware is really poor work from Dell.

[@joeykeilholz925]

Good to see Dell listening to user feedback and switching from Intel to Intel.

[@wolfsden6479]

It's not worth the r & d, until a full redesign. Especially in thin notebook laptops redoing the whole inside just isn't worth it unless they to both the inside and outside. It is the same way for amd designs, of intel pulled a rabbit out of there ass in 6-18 mounths they whould be stuck with their amd design.

[@Freestyle80]

yes because youtube amd fanboy comments are “feedback” are you daft? you think normal people fanboy over a company like you?

[@DanKaschel]

@@Freestyle80 is it fanboy to want better battery life and performance? Afaik the reasons to go Intel are thunderbolt, some niche encoding situations, and maybe low core count performance in well-cooled laptops while plugged in. You buy AMD for battery life, multi-core and unplugged performance, and performance in laptops without top-tier cooling solutions. ...which category does xps fit into?

[@DanKaschel]

All that said, TB is a legit reason to prefer Intel if you want an eGPU or something else that requires 40gbps. That advantage should go away next generation

[@anakata3254]

you're a funny dude

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

Alex: “The XPS 15 is dead. Long live the XPS 15.”

[@ashyouknow7420]

Nice😂

[@a_fish_that_loves_to_overclock]

lmao

[@DiJAndy]

I must agree

[@ImpactSpace]

Long live the new MBP 14" and 16" 😉

[@thedog5k]

clever

[@leadergames0661]

Finally, I thought Alex was going to marry that thing.

[@makisekurisu4674]

Wasn't he using the surface laptop before the xps?

[@alexwitteried3893]

Getting out my tin foil hat. The new 15" has better speakers because it's literally known it would be sent to Alex and shown for the foreseeable future in every short circuit laptop review. I.E. at best the 15" is actually better. At worst that one specific unit Alex is holding is beefed up.

[@ashyouknow7420]

The Old XPS: He Cheated on me I don't know if that made sense or why I said that lol

[@SteelSkin667]

He just left it for its little sister

[@alexk1486]

wedding song would be crab rave

[@Neoxon619]

The only thing that can beat the XPS for Alex……is the XPS.

[@dinkarfowkar999]

In Windows or A M1 Mac can beat it easily. PS: I am not an Apple Fan

[@sixunity1171]

@@dinkarfowkar999 lol

[@anishj.2390]

@@dinkarfowkar999 lol

[@wasw]

@@dinkarfowkar999 lol

[@johannesssssssss]

@@dinkarfowkar999 he extra said it's the benchmark for windows laptops

[@justriggz1369]

How many times have you said goodbye to the xps at this point?

[@TensaZangetsu1200]

As many as the algorithm will allow.

[@houghwhite411]

Once a year every year lol

[@parapluie000]

it's a real turbulent relationship, Alex and XPS

[@ImpactSpace]

Switch to a Machook Pro

[@reedmoore5450]

I love how they sent them over so alex would get the OLED screen and alex just said no

[@aa-tx7th]

turning down an oled in favor of any other screen type is like turning down gourmet ice cream and picking up a freshly laid turd and eating that instead. some opinions/preferences are just plain wrong.

[@loicjeannin6233]

@@aa-tx7th the guy makes a living out of reviewing laptop. Maybe you should listen to what he said about why he didn't want the OLED.

[@TheMrShinning]

I've used the 2nd gen Samsung OLED screen on Asus ZenBook, it's really not good and I've noticed the "grainy" look that Alex mentioned.

[@Pumciusz]

Accidentally deleted my comment. U wrong. Long desktop use=burns. Oled screens+all white scene - bad. Hush.

[@thebuddercweeper]

@@aa-tx7th Samsung/LG AMOLED on a phone or watch - yes, absolutely, amazing, gimme. Any other kind of OLED or on any other product - that’s a big bucket of no from me. Generally lower refresh rate, burn-in, low brightness, less power efficient when displaying lighter colours. I’d rather stick with regular LCD until mini-LED backlights are mainstream.

[@davidcooley2694]

Dell: makes the same laptop Alex loves. Alex: I love it 😱

[@ghomerhust]

not-so-spoiler alert? haha

[@zyeborm]

It is slightly better though. They probably designed the speaker housing specifically to optimise for crab rave just for Alex.

[@jaketus]

0:05 "It's been a good run, I've had this for a bit over a year" Looks at 10 year old T420, still my daily driver.

[@RealMineKD]

Does getting an old MacBook count as it having long runtime? Bought a 2012 15" a few months ago and so far I'm pretty satisfied with it xD

[@ghomerhust]

typing right now on my 2011 m4600 dell workstation laptop. it's a trooper! i still play warcraft on this stupid thing on an external monitor!

[@liondepierre]

T420 rocks though?

[@JohnIrwin]

To be fair, T420 is a godly laptop

[@jaketus]

@@liondepierre It does. From time to time I've been drooling over new laptops, just to realize that I don't have any reason to upgrade as the T420 keeps serving me absolutely great.

[@richardrisner921]

2:26 The reflection of the LTT mousepad on the metal looks amazing.

[@HoLDoN4Sec]

*magnesium alloy

[@del.see.oh.89]

Got last year's from my boss as a gift last year and it's the best laptop I've ever owned lol

[@adityayadavx447]

your boss is a gem dude, not everyone has a boss like that.

[@Evan_Rodgers]

Wow talk about a low bar

[@nishitanand9016]

I have had very bad experience with my Dell XPS 15 9570. It overheats all the time, battery life is really bad, barely lasts for 4 hours, screen has a red tint which doesn't even go after using built in windows tools ( I don't have the budget to buy a color calibrator like xRite pro1), screen brightness isn't uniform. I would not recommend an XPS to anyone. I also bought it in 2018, after watching reviews that it is (one of ) the best windows laptop, but I have been extremely disappointed. Won't buy a Dell again.

[@del.see.oh.89]

@@adityayadavx447 Yeah. He's a solid dude.

[@del.see.oh.89]

@@nishitanand9016 Well, I got whatever was released in 2020 and it's great. I have the new display without the bezels. I haven't had any issues.

[@Dtr146]

Imagine just having your laptop casually upgraded whenever you want. Must be nice.

[@emerald39]

Only if you need the power

[@andrewmiles2204]

He literally said he has to have the best windows laptop to benchmark the experience to others. It is his job to know what the best is like to use daily. It’s like me working in a restaurant and eating free meals.

[@theinktician]

@@andrewmiles2204 tmw you've worked at restaurants and never had free meals...

[@JAKOB1977]

outsourcing all support to India and scamming your NA customers like there is no tomorrow.(see LTT consumer buyer vids) mindblowing how corrupt Dell is as a company if they sense they are talking to an NA-consumer). so it make zense that this Dell PR rep.. hurries to lubricate LTT staff with DELL goodies, as then Dell can hopefully in silence keep continuing scamming NA consumers.

[@Spdracer]

@@JAKOB1977 could you more elaborate

[@dougflewellen2940]

My XPS 15 had the touchpad problem and in both cases it required replacement of the very custom battery unit. It swells up and deforms the key and touchpad plate. That deformation shifts the touchpad to make the left (or right or both) click areas stop functioning. And at no point did Dell take responsibility for a crappy battery.

[@hackdesigner]

The Lithium batteries tend to swell when used for a long time when the laptop is mainly on the AC power. I had only one laptop with this problem. It cost me after ~3.5 years of work a 150 EUR and a 15 minutes of work to replace a battery unit. The laptop became as new after that. It would be nice, of course to get the manufacturers to replace these ones but a) this normally does not happen within the warranty period and b) I'm not sure if I prefer just spending a 3 days for delivery + 15 minutes of replacement - or arranging a pickup/repairman appointment, getting the parts, etc, etc. Just less hassle.

[@advocado7373]

At least you don’t have a Dell XPS 13, where your trackpad clicks itself on a chassis flex

[@idtyu]

And I bet it's quite painful to talk to dell support and get it sorted out...

[@lcmotive]

I'm not a fan of the fact that Dell's continued issues with this XPS lineup keep getting brushed over. I've had a horrible experience with Dell support on my 2020 XPS 15, with multiple times trying to get my trackpad resolved, along with other issues. At this point I'm stuck with a $2300 laptop with a defective trackpad that I've just ended up trying to fix myself with a little modding.

[@advocado7373]

@@idtyu almost impossible. They are the worst. That's why I really don't like how Alex praise XPS and lick Dell all the time. It so biased to watch any other laptop reviews by him.

[@pinguinn_]

literally this vid in a nutshell: RIP XPS 15, all hail XPS 15!!

[@Marinetuck220]

3:12 that wasnt only in your demo model. My production one had that issue. Had them send a onsite rep out to replace the trackpad. Basically took the entire laptop apart. 0_0

[@aribloch]

9:18 I have an XPS desktop and I installed windows 11 which seems to have broken the waves audio app. Apparently if you have the app installed and you toggle the switch off, it purposely nukes the sound quality to make the mixer seem like it's doing a lot

[@qwerasdfhjkio]

why did you disappoint me like this

[@rpzcsonli]

I have a crappy Inspiron 7567 that has a "subwoofer" and if i uninstall the waves audio app the "subwoofer" is turned permanently off , it only works with their shit app and driver that makes me mad because it won't let the incorporated mic work if I have headphones in .

[@slygg]

This has been the bane of my existence. I can't for the life of me remove it. But to get rid of the crappy sound without uninstalling go to control panel > hardware and sound > sound > headphones > properties > advanced. There turn off exclusive mode and disable audio enhancements.

[@aribloch]

@@slygg I tried to disable it permanently today and it broke the sound output. I re-enabled it and it took a bit of fussing but it works now. I'm glad I'm not an audiophile otherwise it would drive me even more nuts

[@Deinobi]

I have a Vostro and after I uninstalled Waves, headphones wouldn't work and it would only play sound from the speakers. I thought it was a port issue and Dell sent a technician to replace the motherboard and it still didn't fix the issue. Then I reset the PC which reinstalled Waves and headphones started working again. Never getting a Dell again

[@shinysky8119]

For the GPU, yes it's marginally faster, but having a DLSS compatible GPU in this thing is wonderful

[@jackpowell9276]

Are they not a bit more power efficient too surely?

[@balazsh2]

and CUDA cores! long hail the CUDA cores

[@USN1985dos]

I bought the XPS 17 yesterday and aside from Windows' super-invasive default settings, I'm loving it. I got tired of waiting for the 16" MacBook Pro M1X, and since this thing had a full sized SD Card reader and good speakers, I think it was the best choice. CPU has been more than adequate with what I've been doing, and I also love that the RAM is user-upgradeable, as well as the fact that it has a 2nd M.2 drive slot. So I'm able to put 3TB of storage, 64GB of RAM, have an amazing display and a decently fast CPU all for substantially less than what I'd pay for a similarly spec'd MacBook. This thing is a monster though, so I still have a MacBook Air for more mobile use. Update 9/27/2021: It began having issues installing and running programs. I decided to reset it, thinking maybe an update hadn't sat well with it, but it went into a reset loop for a while then said there was no boot device available. So, I've returned it and traded it for an XPS 15 instead. The OLED screen is amazing, and the speakers are even better, so it wasn't just an issue with the 17 in this video.

[@GhostSlayerYT]

64 gb ram what

[@moparjr89]

@@GhostSlayerYT dont be a moron you and everyone else knows damn well what he means especially since ddr4 is the only ram you can get in new computers

[@moparjr89]

You could go 16tbs in the laptop

[@MrRinre]

Yoo what do you do that need 64gigs of ram? Huge Excel sheets? Photo/video editing?

[@iamronaldo7764]

@@moparjr89 he meant why lmao

[@ArmenManukyan]

The keyboard design could use an improvement though. In my work I use Home and End buttons very frequently and they used to be mapped under Fn+Right and Fn+Left. Now the buttons are in the Function key row and for some reason they did not leave the previous mapping for the people who loved it the old way. And there is no new Fn combo for right and left buttons, so Dell just screwed us over for nothing.

[@LyricsFred]

exactly!, They had it like that in my old Precision 5520, and now I can't even use the Start/End functions when I'm not docked.

[@mini9503]

Well 6 other laptops - HP Studio/Envy 15, Lenovo X1 Extreme/P1, and ASUS StudioBook 16/16 Pro - all still have dedicated navigation keys, so I guess it is time to switch up your brands my friend!

[@ArmenManukyan]

Guys they've fixed it! The latest firmware upgrade brought back this feature!

[@Linuxxl]

The speakers being worse on the 17" had me thinking: What if Dell knows Alex uses his XPS as a benchmark for sound so they put in better speakers in the machine his rep got him...

[@42isTh3Answ3r]

Naaa it's that maxxaudio shit, that messes up everything, also uninstalling it create problems. I'm guessing that he got lucky on the new 15 and everything got uninstalled correctly

[@AlexPrevost]

I just checked my G5 and never noticed that wobbly trackpad feature before. Thanks a lot, Alex.

[@dinkarfowkar999]

Alex: Says goodbye to his XPS every year Me: Who intends to use a $500 laptop for 7-10 years Again Alex: XPS 17 is heavy Me whose laptops weight is 2 kg:

[@HakaishinBlast]

Well, XPS 17 is 2.4kg, so.......IT IS HEAVY.

[@WayStedYou]

wow your laptop is 400grams lighter than the XPS 17!

[@Alexlim0507]

Literally me 😢😢😢

[@dinkarfowkar999]

@@HakaishinBlast true

[@dinkarfowkar999]

@@WayStedYou and it has CD Drive 😂😂😂

[@Roa_noke]

I work in computers at a big box store with a blue and yellow sign. Our display models crash to bios several times a week, on all models. Our most returned product is Dell. I wouldn’t recommend one as far as I can throw one.

[@StephaneBergeronPixelyzed]

Not surprised. I've heard of that from other people. I'll keep sticking to Lenovo. The customer experience is way better all around and their laptops are rock solid stable and fast too. Benchmarks are not everything. We have 3 Lenovos by now, 2 Yoga including my 9i 15" and my older ThinkPad. My wife's Yoga had an issue very early with the physical on-off button and we had a tech here at home the next day. I forget what level of protection she has but the repair was free and the laptop has worked without issue since. I've had HPs and other brands before and I would never go back to an HP. I never owned a Dell myself but, as my family's unofficial "computer guy", I can attest they are some the most problematic PCs I know of, especially for the price. Way overpriced and overrated if you ask me.

[@DeanSajin]

Blue and yellow sign? Gotta be Home Depot!

[@ghomerhust]

i have a dell workstation laptop from 2011 that ive upgraded about as far as it can go (it's what im typing on right now) and it's a fantastic machine. backlit keyboard with 10-key (on a 15), quad core i7 2860qm, 16gb ram in 4 slots (32gb max) 1600 ddr3, radeon r9 270x 2gb mxm-a swappable gpu, all ssd storage. it's dead stable. my kid gamed on a dell XPS 15 gaming laptop, i7 7700HQ, 16gb ddr4, gtx 1050. it was a fantastic machine (i use it now for oddball stuff because it has a great battery). been a few years on both and no issues. im betting if you look at the model numbers of the ones being returned all the time, they are NOT the $1000+ models. they are the trash, who cares, models. ive worked in computer repair since about 2000 and dells are generally on the better side as far as rebuilts and laptops go. HP is the worst for major brands for me, with a huge percentage of those just being recycled due to major problems, such as motherboards.

[@Yobleck]

@@DeanSajin nah. It's totally Circuit City.

[@JackCarsonite]

The XPS lineup seems alright, if only a little overpriced. It's not like Razer in price, and I agree with Alex on the 15" XPS.

[@Sauws]

1:48 happened to me as well when my technical sales team sat together with HP to discuss the next purchase of HP monitors. I happened to be assisting as a technical engineer and told them I love ultrawide screens and they sent one to me as well :D

[@Jdudhhsuxbsksj]

Linus: Okay everyone since we are endorsed by Frameworks we are ordering everyone new laptops! Alex/Brandon:

[@jojmjojm3150]

Lol

[@joshcook8586]

Can’t buy more than 1 currently.

[@agentcrm]

No, that's not how investment works. Also it was a personaly buy in, not a business one.

[@avaviel]

Linus talked about that being an option, but it appears they went in a different direction. So, personal investment, his own money. If it was the LMG company, they might have done that.

[@TheDeathmail]

Considering that they have so many good computers lying around, getting a Framework would go against the philosophy of Framework...

[@a4andrei]

If you uninstall the audio EQ, you're actually just uninstalling the user interface component. At least as far as I know, you can't really remove that unless you do some aggressive registry hacks or something like that. Probably that EQ service kept running on the new XPS 15.

[@alistairblaire6001]

Just what everyone wants, more things that can't be uninstalled

[@BrownieNB]

I've tried pretty much everything to uninstall the MAXX Audio crap initially (even the registry overwrites), but it ended up creating some serious sound driver issues. Even on a clean reinstall, it wouldn't work properly without it. I've since put it back, but I always toggle it off when the computer starts. The only thing it does really well is adding clarity to the speakers, which is what I suspect happened when Alex "uninstalled" it. The EQ tuning probably stayed active until the next reboot. I'd be curious to see him retry the audio test after a full reboot without MAXX.

[@Myflag2022]

You can just go into the settings and turn it off. I’ve done it for years and it works reliably. It’s a simply on off toggle in the settings.

[@a4andrei]

@@Myflag2022 Yes, what I'm saying is that if you have it enabled and uninstall the user interface, it will remain enabled. That's probably what happened in the video.

[@a4andrei]

@@alistairblaire6001 Agreed. And that sound enhancing crap that Dell puts on their XPS laptops can be dangerous although I don't know if it's the case anymore but there were reports about blown speakers because it overdrives the crap out of them.

[@sirforcer]

Picked up the 2017 XPS when it was new and been loving it. Had an issue where the GPU bricked itself once, but it was fully covered by warranty where they replaced pretty much the entire MOBO (did not fix the trackpad and stole my battery since I didn't want to pay them to replace it for me, so its still the Dell support we know and love). Overall great and is plenty for my needs.

[@seepeoplenotme]

The speakers for the 17 is “softer” probably because the new XPS 15 is in the center of 2 laptops, so it could create a more “direct” sound to the mic. But I may be wrong

[@scheimong]

The one thing I care about: does its fingerprint reader come with Linux drivers?

[@Owenzzz777]

It does. I got mine working on Ubuntu 20.04. Although the experience is not great. It’s slow and not very accurate

[@fladder1]

Probably not,I have an XPS 13 for a little over 3 years now with dual boot Windows/Ubuntu and the one thing I never got to work was exactly that.

[@EyobFitwi]

It does, though it's not as smooth as Windows'.

[@CedarAce1000]

@@Owenzzz777 how???? With the new one with 11th gen Intel??? I've been trying SO HARD, PLEASE enlighten me...

[@slygg]

Using this with anything but windows is a pain because of all the custom locked down corporate bullying dell does.

[@JacksonSama03]

LMAO that was so funny when he said “that car sounds ridiculous” because a loud car just drove past my house at the exact same time lol

[@acatch22]

Haha same!

[@Marinetuck220]

1:40 FYI that mini dock failed on me and started doing weird things after only a couple uses. When plugged in the laptop thought it was the new power source and pulled up the "slow charging" message. Also kept windows creation media tool from working. after finding that it just went to the trash.

[@Undeadwolfy_]

I have last year's XPS 15. Love that thing. Vindicating to see Alex and Brandon use/continue to use.

[@gsr_9978]

the 9510 is a big improvment. got it as a replacment for the 9500 bc of problems. its alot faster (11800h vs 10750h-thats the same price option, at least in germany) and more important alot quieter.the fans kick in very late and the cpu/gpu stay cooler. so does the laptop bottom. was quite impressed with that. with the 3050ti you get, additional to the plus on performance, rtx voice/broadcast, which is nice for the webcam and microfon features. (still the weird "bug" that when broadcast is active in the background it drains the battery really quick) the trackpad was not clipping (the 9500 had this problem all its life cycle! ) and the tb 4 is alot less buggy. my 9500 tb 3 was buggy af. I installed a gen4 NVME which is also nice, despite the same slow boot drive from Dell. the insides are the same, so u can easily upgrade the ram, which is slightly faster now for me its a big improvment, despite the same optics etc.

[@mcslender2965]

The broadcast battery bug seems to be because it activate the dedicated GPU which always drains battery. I think the only way is to deactivate the feature if you want long battery life

[@gsr_9978]

@@mcslender2965 yeah did that but Im certain it can be fixed by software

[@ekifi]

Yeah, the 11th Gen. 10nm processor is bigger of a deal than he made it seem both efficiency and performance wise.

[@AdaaDK]

The cpu is not faster, perhabs the ssd or mem, makes it feel faster, but its basicly within margin of error with those cpus speed whise, and the RTX3050Ti´s only real advantage is DLSS/+ the new broadcast/voice features you also mentioned. Besides that its vram limited for gaming, and heat/power constrained on both cpu and gpu for anything modern at higher fps. Its a mobile semi-gamer at best, and with the XPS pricing you would want more for your money.

[@gsr_9978]

@@AdaaDK thats just wrong. the ssd is the same (WD SN730) and here are my benchmarks :) cinebench r23 i7 10750h Multi: 6393 Standard mode i7 11800h: Multi 11916 "turbo mode" (Avg. 3,9GHZ Avg. 75W Package Power) Standard mode 10434( Avg 3,2GHz 50W) Single: 1479 (Avg 4,5 bis 4,6GHz 23W Package Power) its not a gaming laptop. is a semi professionell/prof. laptop which u use for work. otherwise u bought the wrong laptop. despite u can game okay on it with the most limiting factor being the 60hz display. I play escape from tarkov ,civ and apex legends from time to time . all perform really good and the gpu runs in its set power limits. thats the 3050ti only has 4gigs is stupid i agree, but we have to thank nvidia for the vram madness on laptops and desktops cant complain about the performance at all for relativly slim laptop, which is also quiet while using it in games or other applications

[@Kysen10]

So this video is basically an admission that your past laptop had the same trackpad issues that plagued the production models? wow

[@Purely4subs]

"pre-production problem" - apparently he fell for Dell's lies

[@BonktYT]

LTT really needs to stop sucking up what Dell is throwing at them and start criticise them. Their QC is awful, the 9500 and 9700 series probably had more faulty units than working ones. Look at dave2D's video on Dell, holding them accountable.

[@Talwyn_Wize]

You should test out the new 16" Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen 4 and compare them to the XPS! 😊

[@profosist]

That what I want for work. Shipping times are super long!

[@mini9503]

and the HP ZBook Studio 15, it HAS to be a threeway!! 😊

[@GrumpyLantern]

@@profosist I just bought a Legion 7 16" with a Ryzen 7. Ordered and had it in three weeks.

[@petrolfever]

I bought my new 11th gen XPS based on how much you liked your 10th gen. Very happy with it, other than the heat. I did undervolt and disable 2 of the cores, which really helped. Thank you!

[@TobiasLeonHaecker]

Hmm, how propably is it, that Dell tweeked the Sound of Alex's laptop knowing fully, that Alex will compare the crab rave with every other laptop for the next year!? Please compare this one with an XPS from the shelf!

[@abdalla8558]

So just a spec bump I guess you can't outdo perfection

[@sankalpietechtips]

i love that crab raven is the sound benchmarking standard

[@gingersnaps6941]

I feel the same, Alex, when it comes to full sized SD-card readers. Since my latest laptop has one i use it all the time.

[@dcallan1]

I got the 9510 OLED. I gave my 9500 to an employee and waited about a year to replace it. It's an excellent machine. The only drawback is battery life with the OLED. But, the picture quality appears to be worth the tradeoff.

[@adamcimrmann]

Lol, is @delicious rice your employee? 😀

[@amineaboutalib]

Oleds consume less power what

[@dcallan1]

@@amineaboutalib No, generally, OLED consumes more energy, unless you only look at black images.

[@amineaboutalib]

@@dcallan1 oled pixels work individually, they consume less energy.

[@greengohm]

Damn, I hoped XPS will be replaced with Framework :(

[@dominicfindlay]

Then everyone would be saying conflict of interest!

[@higurashinerd]

I think that for the sound and loudness test on the laptops might show different results to your ear because it's flanked by other large, flat surfaces

[@JFinalXDark]

That portal background... So he is a man of culture as well.

[@AllanElkaim]

Did they finally fixed the poor implementation of sleep mode? I still struggle with battery drain when my XPS 9500 is sleeping...

[@aldenkaiser248]

I was really hoping they would address this

[@Purely4subs]

Unlikely - modern standby is becoming the norm despite it being a massive downgrade

[@Lupu-Valentin]

I would like you to make a full review, I am interested in the battery efficency. On sheet it looks like a monster but given it is that thin how long would it last?

[@ghomerhust]

it's still an intel so the battery wont be as good as the same hardware but sporting an AMD. still, im betting it's 8+ hours, depending on screen brightness

[@RandomUser2401]

@@ghomerhust M1 Macbook Pro gets you literal 20h of battery life. Look no further.

[@mini9503]

It's an Intel 8-Core laptop with a HIgh-res OLED screen, so not great, probably around *5-6 Hours.*

[@JohnBest]

I must agree, the hdmi/usb dongle is hugely helpful. 3 guys at work ordered these, and we had no usb hubs lol so the dongle came in handy.

[@nokia7917]

For anyone interested, the background music is Fire Drill by Cushy

[@Stuffaboutstuff555]

My company bought 10 or so xps-15 inches, and all of them have issues where the computer freezes for 30 seconds or so. It happens a few times per day, and its over more than one department.

[@diracflux]

My XPS 15 is one of the worst laptops I’ve ever owned. So many problems.

[@dawidunited9393]

I don't know why people are so excited about the Dell xps for me it is total garbage because of its price vs quality

[@Yengkoi]

i'm glad i went with the new macbook pro. got the 14". used to have a dell xps 15" that ran with no problem -- and then it died.. after 3 years. barely used it for anything heavy! was planning to get a dell xps 13" to down grade on size, but after seeing countless reviews from people saying it's not worth a price point -- i switched over to apple for the laptop only. Glad I went with my choice since i love my macbook so far!

[@Z4KIUS]

I bet proper cooling would make the old CPU faster than the new one anyway, and also less loud too

[@IdunDied]

Don't think so. 11th gen is finally 10nm so is far more efficient. Having said that AMD smokes them in crappy cooled designs like this. But seeing as in antitrust lawsuit against intel. it was released intel had messages saying how easy dell was to pay off as they paid them to not use AMD processors. doubt we'll be seeing AMD XPS anytime soon (even though based on other laptops would have better battery life + performance for the crappy cooling).

[@mrclown7469]

10:01 Assuming the speakers are in the bottom sides/corners of the laptops, the lack of deskpad could be affecting the sound of the outer two.

[@nishomzawan5196]

There are two speakers on top and two on bottom

[@hamilpatel4025]

I'm SO happy I can just look for the old one instead of worrying about the new one, thanks

[@henryatkinson1479]

The Thinkpad P1 Gen4 solves literally every single gripe you have with these things. More power than the XPS 17 in the footprint of the XPS 15, has all the IO you could ever want, no proprietary bullshit drivers.

[@RandomUser2401]

So after a decade there finally are Windows laptops that can reach up to the build quality and non-spec features of Macbooks. GG.

[@rawdez_]

but is Crab Rave any good on Thinkpad P1 Gen4? i don't think its even close.

[@MallocFree90]

@@RandomUser2401 dude, they exists since MacBooks and they have a proper CPU and they aren't Chromebook well dressed

[@RandomUser2401]

@@MallocFree90 hahahahaha no they DON'T. This version is around since 2020 and for the first time can remotely match trackpad, screen, speakers and overall build quality of the MBPs (which are available with 6- and 8-core CPUs just to make that clear). If you think MBPs are dressed Chromebooks, oh boy do I ahve bad news for you how utterly dumb you are with zero clue about laptops.

[@RandomUser2401]

@@rawdez_ best speakers are available on Macbooks

[@LyricsFred]

I have a Precision 5550, which is basically a XPS 9500, I love it 😂, sadly I have to wait until 2024 so I can get it replaced with a new one (it's the computer provided by my employer). Hopefully they don't fuck it up till then

[@horchan1216]

They might be switching vendor which is what's happened with my company... Was looking forward to get a replacement for my Precision 3530 later but we switched to HP since this year, so it will be a Zbook instead... Anyway the 3530 broke so they gave me a 3541 instead

[@rael_gc]

Precision is a XPS with better thermals.

[@RichardWaineUK]

I have Precision 5550 soon to be 5560 when they get delivered from the Dell factory. The only thing I don't like about it is that battery life sucks no matter which battery we kit them out with.

[@LyricsFred]

@@horchan1216 they won't be switching vendors 😂, I work at Dell.

[@LyricsFred]

@@RichardWaineUK I agree, you can turn the brightness down, disable keyboard lights and still it's only like 2.5 to 3 hours battery.

[@Luigi64]

Even tho I just got this laptop I still watched this video... Didn't realize I could fix the odd vibrant colors, thanks!! I already fixed the audio, it drove me insane immediately (I'm an audio guy not video lol)

[@yassineaksas5248]

Super helpful, was thinking about upgrading my storage on my dell xps 15 2020 (1650ti) and was getting anxious about how 'weak' the graphics card is, it being 3 generations old now. Had a fight or flight feeling that I needed to 'sell it now' while it still held some value before upgrading to the 3050ti model asap so I could keep things running, good to know that it only has a 10% difference rather than the %40+ shown on userbenchmark. much love! I'll hang onto this machine and just upgrade the storage

[@MarbsMusic]

Just got the 16GB, 1TB, 3050 ti with the i9 for one of my sons and it's quite amazing. Didn't really need the i9 but it was the preconfig I got a deal on and it's smokin' fast. What I have truly been impressed with is the thermals, they aren't perfect but better than I expected.

[@HeyPatch]

“Every little thing is everything” …. Is this a laptop or a fortune cookie 😂

[@aelaan12]

There is a difference: PCIe 4.4 (16) on the NVMe slots. The included SSD on my XPS 17 runs max at 5000 Mbps. I love mine to bits, this is my third week and I did have some issues, especially with the Wifi network. Once I upgraded to a new AX router the problems went away.

[@immortallix]

Full size SD used to be standard on most laptops. I love how companies think we want less

[@JimmyMcThiccus]

At Boeing I work for dell replacing laptops, what do you think of the baseline precision

[@zeli]

I recently helped set-up a few baseline precision (3560 I believe) for a couple of my co-workers, and I must say they feel a lot cheaper compare to the 5000 series (which is basically a XPS with quadro) and 7000 series (also had a few of them in, they're absolutely top notch when comes to design, build quality and performance). That said, the entry-line precision laptop will do the job if you don't need the absolute best quality and performance.

[@JimmyMcThiccus]

Everything at Boeing is military grade, in the bad way, when it comes to laptops and computers

[@kristian2483]

Can't wait for the Asus Vivobook 14X OLED review. 3050 Ti with a Ryzen 9 in a professional looking device is very exciting. Should be coming late 2021 to early 2022

[@ghomerhust]

oooo that's going to be a wicked quick machine. those late gen ryzen laptop chips are nasty

[@kristian2483]

@@ghomerhust yeah honestly, really hope dell make the switch to amd Had a XPS 13 that I sent back because fans would ramp up whilst doing menial tasks like browsing the web, and I theorise that wouldn’t be an issue with an AMD chip

[@mini9503]

Knowing Asus we probably have to wait until 2023 to see their new laptops available for purchase.

[@TheZombiecowmeat]

we almost bought the same configuration haha, except I moved up to the 17 for the cooling for $100 more. That felt worth it at least

[@aaronho1914]

Have the old XPS 17 with a dock as a college student and I love it

[@cirilloz]

This laptop seems great on paper and the specs seem good, but honestly I have had numerous hardware issues over the last two years. A common problem is the motherboard. The laptop will power on but wont charge the battery. I have had the laptop repaired twice. So far, I have had 10 parts replaced which is outrageous. Dell also have the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I would definitely not recommend this company or any of their products. They are a nightmare to deal with. I spent 2500 euro on this laptop and it is now pretty much useless.

[@ms-kg4pc]

100 % agree on that. I've had numerous driver issues, the laptop gets way too hot and the 4k screen got horrible pixel response times. It's unbearable to watch videos on it. I'll never buy a Dell device again.

[@cirilloz]

@@ms-kg4pc amen! I feel your pain!

[@tristan481]

I'd love so much if you guys checked out the Latitude 5560 and family, they're basically XPS for pros - Xeon and Quadros you know, that'd be great !

[@phantom1100]

Only thing is you can’t get the Oled on the Latitude.

[@remigoldbach9608]

You mean precision

[@vitormaichberger4057]

@ShortCircuit On the audio difference. Have you checked the Enhancements options on Loudness Equalization for the speakers? Maybe the difference it's due to that.

[@F1NALEXD]

I've been using the XPS 15 for a year, it is fantastic. The micro SD card reader is extremely useful, and I use the connector for a wireless mouse every day. It's an awesome laptop that is great for business, gaming and home.

[@manaspunk]

Mistake at 4:07 Old XPS 15 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1650 TI It supposed to be NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 TI

[@MyJuankmilo]

Beat me to it

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

It's hilarious how nitpicky you guys at LMG are. Makes me feel better about my tiny "must haves" in any tech lol.

[@adwaitgoku27]

First world problems

[@sirmonkey1985]

at the end of the day these companies are sending them review samples to show off as an influencer so being picky is part of the job. otherwise you set a bad example for what companies are allowed to get away with.

[@karlleego2513]

It's their job and also probably because they can compare it against every other laptop in the world

[@DizzyBusy]

@@adwaitgoku27 not really, customers in less affluent countries still pay money to buy these products, why should they be bummed out when they don't get exactly what they want? These are expensive items

[@mini9503]

Being nitpicky is why LMG's laptop reviews are better than the 99% of 'Wannabe laptop reviewers' out there who are either always positive, or just completely biased and projecting.

[@ryanmartinez1703]

have you guys reviewed any of the new carbon lineup from the past couple years? i have been with the nano for a few months and really like it

[@haydeneastwell6390]

One really cool thing I found with the Maxx Pro Audio software is that you can just turn it off.

[@razer1158]

Now it’s the Dead XPS!

[@aeris6892]

After all these laptop reviews I've been waiting for him to pull out the XPS 😂

[@KSAW00]

heres a thought. could the new 15 be radically different sounding since its in the middle of the table, potentially resonating with the wood? not sure if the mousepad has any effect on that either?

[@richardrisner921]

The speakers probably just have different midrange frequency response curves. You could measure it with audio equipment if desired.

[@-SP.]

So is Brandon allowed to keep that laptop? Because I remember when LG sent Colton their earbuds but Linus wouldn't let him keep them

[@dctaken]

its a work laptop so I guess they can use it until something comes up but not for keeps.

[@robertoshockley2733]

Actually, the limitations of the Dell XPS in question are really more limitations in two primary ways: 1) the operating system (Windows) is haunted by its limitations that to a great extent are expressions of: 2) the outdated Intel processor itself, with its decades old base functions that constrain the flexibility and efficiency of the computing device. Technology has moved on, Intel has not. They continue to patch the inefficiencies of a flawed and dated design configuration, dictating the limitations of MS Windows.

[@Luffy2Y]

I love the XPS 17. The screen is just amazing.

[@spooderous]

Recently got the new XPS 13 w/o OLED and I love it. Great little machine.

[@gustafandersson237]

I think it's something about his eyes. I've never seen anything wrong with the whites on my Zenbook oled

[@hananas2]

Honestly, I'm daily driving a 4 year old XPS and it's doing just as well as it did the day I bought it and have literally no reason to replace it, so I'll probably keep it for another like 2-4 years. Except the speakers, they suck just as bad as they did on day one. (well, actually a precision 5520 but that's an XPS 9560 with an nvidia quadro instead of a GTX)

[@whitebeartigtig]

I'm still rocking my Precision 3520, which is a Latitude based machine instead of XPS, works great. same thing here with the quadro, it's literally a renamed GTX 950M with quadro drivers. the speakers aren't the best, but they do the job, better than what I used to have anyways. I don't think I'll be needing to upgrade from this laptop for at least another 3 years, still got RAM and SSD to upgrade yet.

[@hananas2]

@@whitebeartigtig lol yup same with my quadro, pretty much a 960m

[@JoFreddieRevDr]

I need a numpad, 17" should have enough room for a numpad even if the 15" doesn't, so pass

[@Sebonze]

Comparison with 2016 XPS or general side by side over the years would be really interesting for me :)

[@aeonspast]

Why do I love the default background on the new 15 so much.

[@CliffTam]

I use to had an xps15. I thought it was great until they started to use a weaker gpu on it. Given these days you can stuff a decent GPU in even a 14" laptop (Razer and Asus G14), for Dell not putting a strong gpu in the xps 15 clearly is a marketing move to force you to spend more money on the xps 17. That is sad bc 17 inch laptop is way too bulky.

[@bizmonkey007]

It’s not a marketing move, but more of a compromise to maintain a balance between battery life and performance. GPUs can draw a lot of power

[@Granturion]

Dell needs to give us more laptops with amd. Unbelievable that we still buy those intel heaters.

[@remigoldbach9608]

10nm intel is not so bad actually

[@PintilieVasile]

The Trackpad problems were not present only on the pre-production XPS 9500 (9300 and 9700 too), but on the entire series and people are reporting the same problems with the 9510. Dave2D got a 9710 with the exact same problem as his old 9700 (rattling trackpad). I'm guessing Dell made sure to sent you a good model.

[@Gruggo]

Does LTT have a video about the Thermals of the XPS 15? I got one last year and love it, but it does get quite warm sometimes (usually when OneDrive decides it needs to do some syncing).

[@KensleyInnocent]

The only thing that would make me interested in them is an AMD processor. Otherwise, M1 MacBook it is

[@peterga3658]

for over a year ? got my lsptop 7 years and not planning on a new one lol

[@PerzDVP]

this thing is seriously amazing. left my macbook pro 16 for it (didnt even wait for the possible MX ones bc I just dont think they can beat this)

[@handlemonium]

Honestly all ultrabook brands should upgrade to 16:10 or 3:2 display ratios. I also find 16-inches to be the sweet spot between 15.6 & 17 and 14.5-inches to be the sweet spot between 13.3 & 15.6 My dream ultrabook would be a slightly larger HP Envy 14 with a 500-nit 16:10 1440p 120hz display and either a 3050TI or 3060. An Zeyphrus G14 with a 14.5-inch display and USB4/Thunderbolt support would be pretty sweet too. Also never hurts to up the battery capacity by 10-20Wh. 😉

[@wolfsden6479]

It depends on the target market. If someone watches alot of content then it may be a issue. Also depends if the black bars look good or not when watching content.

[@sangyoonsim]

Killing its own laptop... Great job, Dell!

[@FlorinArjocu]

For me, the keyboard cannot be perfect as long as it forces me to buy a numeric pad. Working with tables (LibreOffice Calc/Excell/etc.), programming, networking etc. is complicated without it. At least on the 17 inch one there is plenty of space.

[@noenic]

Got the 15inch 3 weeks ago and its amazing, still have wonky trackpad sometimes I have the OLED option and I don't even see the sub-pixel so i don't know if it's the same type display AND THANKS for the Max audio hint for echo sound that was driving me crazy

[@felixenemuo]

Where did you get it and how much did it cost?

[@noenic]

@@felixenemuo The french dell site, i got a good deal on it 2000€ instead of 2600€

[@alecsheppard1397]

Alex, homie, you can kill the reverb by changing the audio profile on NX.

[@keonxd8918]

Looking at Dell's history, I'll probably never buy a single product from them no matter how good it is.

[@MrLazini]

Why tho

[@remigoldbach9608]

Which history ?

[@caseyrice768]

Could the difference in laptop sound be your seating position? The speakers might be optimized to be in the actual 'user' zone in front of it. Even a foot off axis can change sound quality

[@etfoltz]

4:12 “and we have 1TB instead of half a gigabyte” Dang, that’s quite an improvement!

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Alex, review the Thinkpad X1 Extreme gen 4, that thing has up to a 3070/3080 and a 16in display