Dell XPS 15

By Gabe Carey

When Dell refreshed its 13-inch flagship laptop late last year, many immediately wondered of the whereabouts of a certain 15-inch version. After all, while the Dell XPS 15 of last year was fine and dandy, it wasn’t without a few hiccups that ultimately set it back.

For starters, the battery life on last year’s Dell XPS 15 was dismal. Our other concerns included a shallow keyboard, weak speakers and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics chip that wielded only 2GB of video memory, not nearly enough for modern games and the onslaught of titles coming out moving forward.

Fortunately, all of these issues have been rectified with the new Dell XPS 15. What’s more, everything we liked about last year’s model is still intact, including a similarly diverse range of prices and configurations.

Price and availability

Like the Dell XPS 13, which we praised for its vast spectrum of hardware options, the Dell XPS 15 has a ton of these, too.

While the model we were sent for review is valued at $2,174 (£1,814, AU$2,634), it comes with a luxury, 7th-generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ quad-core processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD storage, a 4K InfinityEdge touch display, …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac