Dell XPS 15 (9500) Review - Everything YOU Need To Know!!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 5. 06. 2020
- There is alot to like about this laptop, but you MUST be aware of the large amount of issues if you are considering buying one. This is my in-depth look at the redesigned Dell XPS 15inch 9500.
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"Please Manufacturers start putting Ryzen CPU in high end Laptops" - couldn't agree more
I said a few times, why don't laptop manufacturers offer a AMD variant and an all AMD laptop e..g AMD CPU and graphics card
â@@harrytrueman4216 Intel plays their own game with manufacturers to not use AMD CPUs.
@@harrytrueman4216 Intel bribes.
Ill buy an xps 15 or 17 with amd and nvidia gpu as soon as it comes out
It's also a branding and image thing. Non-enthusiast consumers are used to hearing that cpus come from intel. They are used to laptop cpu tiers being decided by ideas such as "i3 for budget, i5 for all-around, i7 for performance". MOST people I know have never heard of AMD. The few that have, might still be under the impression that it's "not as good" as intel because of past branding and marketing campaigns. Many manufacturers that don't cater exclusively to computer enthusiasts are aware that saying "intel inside" tends to sell more, especially on mainstream non-gaming models (for now). Also, as @Atul Kumar Pandey mentioned, Intel seems to play their own game with manufacturers.
These videos are so good itâs starting to piss me off that I only just discovered your channel. Great work.
Legend!
Same
Thanks for the deep reviews and for include the screen flickering test. Eyes health Is very important and seems nobody cares
Esa Elias Nope they donât!
@Esa Elias I've never heard of this. As far as I know they don't.
Screen flicker is unpleasant but it won't harm ocular health.
@Sam S9 Thanks.. for some reason now seeing this comment.
After looking at my smartphone screen too much to play a game I experienced very red and dry eyes. At was so bad that I went to the doctor to get eye drops. It seems like it was due to screen flickering / PWM (pulse width modulation). I now prioritize a matte display without pwm over anything else in a screen.
Your reviews are incredibly detailed. I really appreciate how you dedicate time to the issues with a laptop as well as the performance. Keep up the excellent work
Awesome review love how you mention things like opening with one hand and the circumstances that it gets hot/loud in. Also appreciate the comparisons!
These are by far the best laptop reviews in CZcams I just wish you can do more of them.
I'm trying my friend!
I like that you talk fast and not wasting our time everything is on point , just subscribed !
Such a great Chap. Can't wait for him to review the 17 before I'll finally get it
Long waited for your review on this. Thanks ;)
Josh Iâm happy I found your channel a couple months ago. Your reviews are fantastic.
Thanks mate. I appreciate it
That specific touchpad register is one of my greatest pet peeves. I feel reviewers often miss such an overlooked component when discussing comfortability of any laptop. So far only found you and Tek Everything caught that issue. Great review Josh!
Thank you for your honesty!
This is why I watch your reviews. :)
Just subbed, I can't believe I just found your channel. you literally go over all my OCD points when deciding on a laptop. god bless.
You do a great job with your reviews, the feedback and data I need clearly presented without all the fancy nonsense other review videos are overloaded with đ
Man, you are my colleague! The Javists! I'm your new subscriber now, thanks for the review! (and I usually never thanks for reviews)
Man what a great reviwer! This is what every review should look like! Keep doing this amazing work Josh!
Great Review... đđđ
When other Reviewers unashamedly praises the manufacturers & models, you give the real-time facts & figures moreover I can feel the unbiased review...
This is the only one reason I subscribed this channel...
Hey man just discovered your channel and wanted to say that youâre videos are quite amazing and extremely thorough! I was wondering if you could please do a review on the hp Spectre 15 2020 model? I havenât seen any reviews with your level of expertise online anywhere. Keep up the good content my man!!
Great video man, incredibly detailed and informative, keep up your amazing work.
Thanks Rohan. Hope you are doing well
OMG...This is what i was waiting for. You are always a pleasure to watch.
You pleasure yourself while watching him?
Hey Josh, love the asthetics and presentations of your review. Really looking forward to seeing more of your vids in the near future.
Thanks mate. I'm trying!
First time checking out the channel and I gotta say the video was amazing and quite detailed. Great work keep it up.
Great review, concise and informative, keep up the good work!
Excellent video Josh - your use of graphics and markers that are legible, integrate and support your commentary are perfect. LinusTechTips and all other tech tubers should take note!
Love your reviews, awesome job, very informative.
For me you are one of the best reviewers in youtube.
Thank you so much
Great review! Thanks for mentioning fan noise. Many reviewers just skipped that.
Really appreciate the audio latency test! You are the only one that does it. Best laptops reviews I've seen!!
Would be even greater if you could add some sort of audio production benchmark such as DAWBench, since audio performance doesn't really reflect very well on other cpu benchs. Would be very valuable for people like me who does audio work for a living
Great vid as usual. Tons of info packed in here
Hey Josh! Thanks for the comprehensive review. Did you experience any throttling while gaming? I have to limit my XPS 9570 really hard in order for it to run cool enough not to thermal throttle.
"But" you're an honest reviewer đ
Thank you
@@JustJoshTech lots of problems huh
I just donât like that he buys and returns. Seems so wrong
@@curt8806 That's what the return policy is for. If Dell had better QC they could cut down on their returns. I've watched a lot of videos on both the new 13 inch and 15 inch versions of this and I find it disappointing that they have so many little issues. I feel like for the price of these laptops these issues should be worked out before shipping them to consumers. I'm glad he has had the opportunity to try these out and test them so that we don't have to. Honestly, it's kept me from purchasing one for myself which is probably a good thing because if I received one with some of the issues he has mentioned I would not hesitate to send it back either!
@@jrenova he's returning it because he is done reviewing...
Dell even made all-AMD Alienware desktops recently, so all hope is not lost. I hope we get some Renoir options, especially where Renoir is available with 8 cores in the "U" series for the 13".
12:31 "yes smash it". People teasing you about using the word smash? I guess it'd be like saying "root that like button" in Australia lol
Pleade do a very different review on asus rog g14, something that the other reviewers haven't done.
The long waited review, thanks Josh!
Please review the base model. We need to know how good they are. We can't afford this
For the price of the xps base model get a Macbook Pro 13, more value
These are my favorite reviews for laptops. Thanks Josh for the content! Could you please review the new 2020 HP Spectre 360 15 inch? Thinner bezels and 10750H i7 processor. Stuck between HP Spectre / MacBook Pro / Dell XPS (this review helps!).
SUCH A GREAT REVIEW! Subscribed! You've covered every important point that I look for in every review. Fan noise, coil whine, and everyday runtime speed. What laptop would you recommend for yourself?
I can't think of something I want to know about a laptop that you didn't touch on this video, excellent work!
I think you've got the blue-light filter mode on. Otherwise the 4K screen should measure at 100% Adobe RGB.
Is that a mode you can turn on/off? I thought it was just part of the screen. Does seem weird that the color accuracy results he got were so far off from their advertised values though.
Probably the best and most thorough review on this laptop. Great channel.
Great review as usual...You are definitely one of the top Laptop reviewers on CZcams...Keep up the great work.
Hi Josh. Wonderful review, as always. I found your channel about a month or two ago, and I'm slightly gutted it took me that long. Best laptop reviewer on CZcams!!!!
Thank you!!
Hi. Thanks for the honest reviews. You are the only channel that I turned the notification on :)
Felt like honest and 'to the point' review. Glad that you shared lots of information within a 13 min time period. Thank you Josh!
Thanks Denny
Finally a review that covers the trackpad issue!
Thanks for the review and pointing out the issues! Hope mine shows up with few issues..
Do update us
You are the best doing laptops reviews! Very imparcial and honest about pros and cons. Can't wait till you review the XPS 17, specially thermals. I would like you to talk about the importance of thermal in the long term, talk about whether it might damage the motherboard or other components in the pc.
Thank you for this video. I found it very valuable and it helped me make my purchase decision.
Glad I could help
I smashed the subscribe button :D When I want to watch quality reviews, I always check this channel first.
Thanks!!
Again, very good and helpful!! Thanks!
Good video Josh. I have experienced the same issue with the trackpad. At times it will have the "two clicks" defect and then at other times, it works as expected. An odd experience for sure.
Good review. If I paid that much for a laptop, I'd expect everything to work flawlessly, including the touchpad.. I'd definitely send it back too.
Hey Josh. Thanks for the excellent review. I love the way you work to emphasize the value of use case and user experience. Personally, I totally opted out of purchasing this unit as I found equivalent performance in HP laptops, which also come with a Numpad, a reasonably good if not equivalent screen with optional toggleable sure view privacy, better port selection, better ventilation for better thermal performance and their suite of intuitive HP apps like Sure Start and Sure Click. For me, sadly, Dell isn't on the table as an option until they can provide equivalents at the price to performance ratio that HP offersđ€·đŸââïž. I've worked with 4 HP systems over the years, 1 Toshiba, and 1 Lenovo, and HP hasn't let me down yet. It's sad that the XPS's track pad is a dud, given how much effort went into optimizing its sizeđ€ŠđŸââïž. I share your sentiment that that is simply a deal breaker for me.
Are you really happy with HPs quality?? I have to say I like the HP X360 line too, but as it was on my table I directly had to send it back. Even the second unit went back.
@@dennisberger3530 so far, I've been really lucky, I guess. I've never had to send a unit back for malfunction. I have a x360 Elitebook by HP and it's been the best system yet. Previously I've had 2 Probooks and a HP mini, and all of them worked as advertised and served me for 3 years and were still fully functional by the time I decided to sell them. Given how fastidious I am, I'm pretty happy that I've never had to return a unit. Perhaps my only issue is that since I'm such a heavy user, the batteries often need replacing every year and a half or so. But none of the hardware has ever actually failed me, so I've been quite satisfied with the quality assurance so far.
@@dennisberger3530 I'm so sorry you had a bad experience with the HP lineup. Perhaps those may have been bogus units. I'm a very sensitive and heavy user, and for 8+ years now I've not felt let down by a HP unit, even with reasonable wear and tear.
The "Everyday and Coding" section is such a nice touch. Really appreciate it. Would love to see the Asus zephyrus g14 and/or HP Spectre x360 15' 2020 reviewed in such detail
Youâve heard the other reviews - but hereâs the one to actually listen. Amazing stuff!
Great job.đđ Wauting for the review of precision 5550!
Will you review the new Thinkpads with AMD CPUs when they come out? (T14, T14s and X13)
Phenomenal review - subscribed
well god damn, that was a great review. subscribed.
Awesome review as always Josh!
Do you know if dell will come with a 4k version with no touch? And/ or if there will be more configurations you can buy later on?
Also you have said previously that dell puts stuff on sale a lot, do you know roughly how long that normally takes?
Thanks josh , good review ..still unable to decide between the XPS 15 and the Mac 16 . Was wondering if Dell has addressed the concerns you have raised with the XPS and done something about it..
Yes, same. Still owning a 2015 Macbook Pro. I would like to jump to Windows, since Apple fucked up Cuda, OpenGL, 32bit, etc... but Dell's quality issues are nuts!
Great video bro đ
Fantastic Laptop but i cant overcome myself to buy a Laptop with an Intel CPU which gets destroyed from a any 1000$ Laptop with an AMD Renior CPU. I would be happy with the 4800H without discrete GPU. Not a Gamer but a worker..
theres a mi laptop coming with 4800h cpu only
@@haroonmuhammed3513 Now zouÀve got mz interest. Got any sources?
Thanks for pointing out these issues, Josh. I was going to upgrade from my old XPS but am now holding myself back till they fix some of them.
The trackpad issue has been resolved. These videos are OK but Josh harps on about Macs a little too much. The fact the XPS is cheaper in orders of magnitude + you can upgrade SSD (there are 2 SSD slots) and upgrade RAM (thereâs a video on CZcams where a guy adds 64gb to his base 9500) which Josh flashes up for about 1 second makes the XPS the winner for me. My 2012 MBP Retina is about to get replaced! :) Iâve been trapped in the Apple ecosystem for too long.
Thanks for the review, I'm also very sensitive to high pitch noise. Do you think this is a good buy over the XPS 13 2 in 1? It has so high pitch fans that i have to return it.
You are great !
Thank you so much.
Would you take a heavily discounted XPS 15 (last model) or the new one Josh? I have 30 days to return mine.
Great review mate. Would you still recommend it given the trackpad is supposedly fixed ? Cheers
thanks perfect review Josh. Subbed ofc
The review we all wait for!
All hail Sir Josh!!!
You are awesome!
Hey Josh I really love your in depth reviews but I'm waiting for you to review the Lenovo legion 5 and 5i AMD and Intel variants. Any word on the same ?
Wobbly trackpad is still present in builds form December 2020. Fixing it by adding isolation tape between battery and trackpad helps.
damn... :(
Great video! Question for Josh: between the different higher-end laptops (Dell XPS 15, MacBook Pro 16, etc.), which one do you think might be the best in terms of longevity/life of the device? I know that is a rather tricky and speculative question to answer (especially since the newest models of these devices are, well...new!), but I am curious what your best guess would be based upon your experience with these different models over the past few years.
Awesome revieuws Mister. Thanks so much! Dont forget to breath now and than. đ
Thanks for the deep dive. Itâs really appreciated.
Ignoring gaming and price (in my country. The cheapest XPS15 w 4K costs USD100 more than the base MBP16) would you recommend the MBP16 over the XPS15?
Thanks for the review, What computer do you recommend for GIS and programming?
I just would like to praise the "issues" aspect of your reviews.
Notebooks these days easily lasts 5 years of confortable usage and can be critical to work/study routines, but most tech youtubers approach laptops as something that you buy a new one every year and have a closet full of spares in case of problems.
This is why the new MacBooks problems were outrageous. MacBooks were machines you can trust and that's really important for a "Pro" user . I easily pay more for a reliable machine even if the specs/design are not the best.
Bonus: I'm a programmer, so it's really cool benchmark of things like IDE launch and other developer applications.
Im really interested in the thermal performance on the inspiron 7501, would you review it? Thanks.
Great review as always, Josh! I have a request for you to review - thereâs a budget laptop on Amazon called the Acer Aspire 5 thatâs about $350 right now - I would love to see you review it and see why itâs so cheap. Thanks!
Hey...Great video. Would really appreciate some advice. Please can you let me know how loud the XPS is under normal usage (web browsing etc). I know in your video you said it's not that loud, but I am quite sensitive to fan noise.
Also, please let me know what other laptops you recommend for general everyday use and video editing that are of a similar budget. Many thanks
Great review! I'm trying to make a choice between the MacBook pro 13 and this one. I love the screen and the overall performance, plus the fact that you can upgrade the RAM and storage. However, I've seen so many people on the internet having issues with it. Which one of these two would you recommend? I'm at Uni studying Artificial intelligence, so I will mainly use my laptop for coding.
Wow.. I'm also having a hard time choosing what to buy.. Macbook pro 13 or XPS 15.. I'll used it in programming and editing...
5:40 how did you undervolt a 10th gen intel cpu? Can you please share how? And any tips to keep temps low as much as possible without sacrificing performance?
I have a question for you Josh.
I saw that you undervolted the Lenovo Ideapad 5 15 with the Ryzen 4500U in one of your videos and it resulted in much better performance.
And since my Ideapad 5 15 with the Ryzen 4500U will arrive in about one week IÂŽd love to know how I can undervolt my CPU and if it is even worth doing it.
Great video as always! Love how you are onehundred percent honest and talk about the little details. :)
What model would be right for me when I want to get one that's like Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15" but with more color accurate display and metal chassis?
Excellent video like always, thanks!
Hi Josh
thanks a lot for the insightful review, incl. pro and con. I'm on the edge of buying this device as a travel-photo-editing-machine and would like to ask few questions;
1) You had a couple of words on different chargers. From your experience, which one is the lightest that can be used? Is it the MacBook one you mentioned?
2) I hear you on the missing Ryzen model. Do you expect Dell to add a Ryzen model later?
3) Do you have a chance to compare it to the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2? The ThinkPad is just a little bit older, but also offers a small form factor, full size SD-Card and adds more interfaces, such as USB-A without the need for dongles.
Thanks a ton! Chris
Hello, very nice video.
Have you updated to the latest bios? It seems to improve the fan curve and it stays more silent when not on heavy tasks. Thanks.
Superb review!
Thank you
Nice job. I like how you stay on topic and cite both pros and cons, and don't waste a lot of time up front with fancy splash sequences and pointless blathering :) One thing I wish you would have discussed is stylus and touch screen use. I use my Surface Pro for photo editing, etc, and rely a lot on windows ink and the stylus. Do those things work as expected on the Dell??
what will be your daily driver this second half of 2020? the xps? razers? macbooks? thinkpads?
Thanks for the review. Any chance you can review the new hp envy 15?
I have the same spec XPS 15 arriving on Monday...will probably end up returning mine as well if the touch pad is the same as yours.
I have never seen such a concise and informational review before. I am not exaggerating.
I am looking for a laptop for my upcoming studies and with my girlfriend having her MacBook Pro 16 which I use quite a lot I feel like I have to find something to match that brilliant user experience. As I dislike MacOS this definitely seems like the contender.
I do love my big screens though, are there any plans for you to review the XPS 17? Big thanks for the review.
I am planning to buy the base model and upgrade it on my own(as it is a lot cheaper) but the only thing in my path is the trackpad. Josh, is the trackpad really that bad or after you get used to it, it isn't that big of a problem?
"Size to weight ratio" so density?
Amazing review!
But we will shout for more ryzen laptops :)
Try importing redmibook from China
excellent review, thanks.
Great review!
a very good, well-detailed review with facts. thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Do you think that the fan noise/heating issues are 'over-hyped' on this laptop? It's seems from the tests you've run that it's competitors (e.g. Macbook Pro 16 inch) run comparably hot and make comparable levels of noise.