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I really liked last year's version of the Dell xps15 with its great build

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quality and strong performance in almost every category but has the 2017 model

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the XPS 9560 been able to iterate on

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that and remain recommended a year later

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well let's find out shall we

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we're opening up a new merch store you can check out some of our new gear today

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at the link in the video description physically the XPS 15 has

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hardly changed from the previous version

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not that that's the worst thing ever the thin bezel Infinity Edge screen is now

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bordered by glass instead of plastic which is a nice touch and overall I

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can't complain about the clean look and solid feel of the XPS

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even if it's slightly thicker than some other professional laptops like Apple's

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latest MacBook Pro booting up the delx ps15 the first thing that really struck

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me was how darn good the screen is there are two versions available 1080P and 4K

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and both have excellent viewing angles and brightness our model Sports a 4K

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screen capable of greater than the full Adobe RGB color space and it's frankly

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amazing to look at my usual complaints

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do stand Windows and third-party

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applications still scale poorly from

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time to time and higher resolution displays do negatively impact battery

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life so if you don't have eagle eyes you may want to consider a 1080p model but

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it sure is nice to have the option text and icons are crazy sharp making

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everything from using word to reading articles to watching 4K video super easy

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on the eyes another nice touch

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touch is that it's touch enabled I regret opting for a non-touch

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configuration of the xps15 when I reviewed it last year so uh glad we got

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that fixed this time around IO For Better or For Worse is basically

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unchanged you get two USB 3.0 type A's a

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Thunderbolt 3 Port which comes with all the wonderful capabilities that it does

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including the ability to upgrade the XPS 15 with an external graphics card in

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spite of warnings to the contrary and to

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adapt it to run a 4K 60 HZ display you

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get a full-sized SD card reader and an HDMI 1.4 Port so enough to cover

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day-to-day needs and the ability to add a dongle if it doesn't leading us

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finally into something different specs

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it starts at $11,000 with our config

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costing a little bit more with a quad core core i7 processor that boosts up to

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3 .8 GHz in our experience a fast NVMe

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SSD and a GTX 1050 graphics card General

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performance of the aforementioned Hardware brings us back to things that

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haven't changed very much Intel's latest kbl processors are more about power

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savings and battery life is pretty good in our standard test than they are about

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faster um Excel spreadsheet processing

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however gaming is a different story if

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you're a Casual Gamer who wants a sexy high performance notebook I mean 4K

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ain't happening but when bumped down to 1080p which still looks quite sharp

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despite downscaling the GTX 1050 handles

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AAA games pretty darn well and even in

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our synthetic tests temperatures remained acceptable with the CPU

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leveling off around 82 and the GPU at

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77° the fans did get a little loud but they don't have that high pitched noise

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that some other laptops do and I was able to tune it out after a while moving

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on the keyboard feels actually really solid with no perceptible Flex the

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keystrokes have a nice travel and remain quiet but not mushy sounding and overall

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the XPS 15 is great for typing and doing up this review on it was a pleasure the

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exclusion of a number pad will be a turnoff for some but I understand the

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trade-off here compared to most 15-in class notebooks the thin bezels cut down

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on the overall x-dimension size of the device a lot giving Del only a couple of

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inches of space on either side below we

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find the trackpad which is excellent as well it's got a

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surprisingly soft feel that makes

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navigating Windows feel like you're

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gently touching a a Lover's leg you know it's

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like up grades are easyish 12 screws and

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you pop the bottom cover allowing you to throw another drive into the 2 and 1/2

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in Bay at least in the 57w model the one

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we have has that bay taken up by the massive 97w battery and you can also

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change out the memory if you're so inclined we do have some constructive

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criticism though the wireless solution and Windows don't seem to get along

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quite right at this time although this was easily fixed by disabling some power

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management settings and a Windows service and given how impressed we've

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been by recent Dell Audio Solutions the

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speakers are surprisingly bad I'm still unsure why they continued

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with the webcam placement on the bottom of the screen when I'm on a Skype call

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it looks like I'm staring off into space and placing my hand on the home row

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blocks the view of my lovely face I mean is it really that important that the

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Dell logo remains centered this is a

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huge problem on an XPS branded device

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that straddles the line between Enthusiast and business where being able

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to engage in conference calls is actually a daily

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occurrence but with all those complaints

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aside I enjoyed my time with the XPS 15

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and I think the excellent screen aluminum and carbon fiber construction

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and great keyboard easily make up for

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its lame qualities with our model coming in at 2 Grand it isn't exactly a budget

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laptop but it does pack a mean punch for

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the money as laptops Trend towards being

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thinner while sacrificing performance and IO the XPS stands out for its focus

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on pragmatic performance and the inclusion of a proper GPU bottom line

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though the XPS 15 is a great option for

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basic use professional tasks like video or photo editing and even light

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