Dell XPS 15 Review (2020): The ideal 15-inch laptop

It's no secret that we love the XPS 13. Dell has refined the portable thin-and-light into one of our favorite laptops. At the same time, the XPS 15 has sometimes felt like a neglected member of the family, lacking some of the polish that made the XPS 13 so great.

With their new 2020 model, Dell is finally showing the XPS 15 some love, with an improved keyboard, large trackpad, sleek design, and excellent, nearly bezel-less screen. Add in powerful internal options including a 6-core i7 Intel CPU and discrete Nvidia graphics, and all for less than many of its competitors, and the XPS 15 joins its 13" sibling as one of our favorite laptops.

 
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[AshwinAjay]

I am tired of commenting how beautiful this laptop is in all review videos on Youtube.

[abeuro]

I brought it (this version exactly). It's amazing when it comes to performance, I'm going back home soon to my mechanical keyboard and screen and I won't mind, but it does warm up so much that it's problematic. An important note for anyone who is going to work on this laptop as a portable powerhouse.

[mesmacat]

I recently had to buy a new laptop; this one looked very nice, but fell into the "may be I can afford it if I sell both my kidneys" category.

[catramee]

then which laptop am i meant to buy???? everyone has something bad to say about EVERYTHING IM CONFUSIONNNN

[UsmanAhmedkoguna]

My problem with all the spx’s is that the keyboard doesn’t favour us, we Accountants. This is because it doesn’t come with numeric side keys.

[IReapZz]

you forgot to mention the huge quality problem of the 15 xps in their trackpad where A LOT of units come with a loose trackpad that makes a clicking sound when you move your fingers around without you actually clicking. That amazing quality control of excell is "exceeding all expectations" as always

[ArthropodSpidey]

and yet every single reviewer forgets to mention all the build quality and quality control issues.
comprehensive review, my ass.

[Viktorfranky]

My dad got this for my birthday yay!! And I'm gonna ace this at school

[shyampatel]

Just picked the I7, 1TB, 16gb model for £1500 from dell outlet (refurbished) and the price includes 4 years added premium support. I’ve only heard good things about dell refurbished products :)

[NewOrleansSeptember]

Saw some reviews by customers that the battery lasts less than a year and heats up damaging the touch pad as the battery sits right below the touchpad.

[DaniloSchitkoski]

Here in Brazil the Dell XPS 13 had just got released. Waiting for the big brother XPS 15 before Christmas (PLEASE, DELL BR)

[RedPMD]

i really wish it had a USB A port but looks like ill buy it for intensive university study and online work.

[Squidward]

A usb-c to hdmi and usb-a dongle is included in the box.

[mitas]

Now we just need an AMD version with 3000 series nvidia gpu

[hashemhashem]

Regarding the bezels that everyone is complaining about, I am not comfortable with the idea of the bezel-less screen or even thin ones. I don't feel that the screen would be protected anymore, in other words, the concept of how easy the screen could get damaged or cracked without having bezels to support it not getting out of my mind

[hustinogaming]

these laptop is good for autocad, solidworks and adobe premiere for engineerinh?

[billr]

Meanwhile by far the great majority of people are going to buy a 500-600 dollar "That's good enough for what I do" laptop.

[Sam-upym]

Seriously, who talks about laptop review w/o getting through the thermal issue as past XPS line up having thermal issue so frequently. Before we purchase it, we can't really get the laptop beforehand and test it, tech reviewer like Engadget should provide a details from hardware to software, thermals.
Ps: I owned XPS 15 (9560), such a disappointing machine at this kind of price. Thermals and lags what makes me so frustrated.

[unbroken]

Now I'm lost everybody's complaining about a trackpad on what the XPS 15 was it just a bat because the computer has a great reputation for photo and video editing

[amex]

Who will talk about thermals? Every laptop review is incomplete without that.