Hands-on review: Dell XPS 15 (2015) review

By Kane Fulton

The 2015 version of the Dell XPS 13 added an unexpected gem to the company’s arsenal back in January. Sleek, powerful and packing a gorgeous Infinity Display, it ramped up the company’s reputation in the consumer space and served up a real alternative to 13-inch Apple’s MacBook Air.

The new Dell XPS 15 carries over the XPS 13’s Infinity Display, which makes it one of the most compact 15-inch notebooks around. Just as the XPS 13 managed to be around the same size as the 11-inch MacBook Air while cramming in a 13-inch display, the XPS 15 is only slightly bigger than the 13-inch MacBook Air. Lying one on top of the other, you can see that the XPS 15 wouldn’t give you that much less space than the Air when slung into a backpack.

At 3.8 pounds, the XPS 15 is noticeably heavier than the Dell XPS 13, but when you consider that it’s a 15-inch laptop with dedicated graphics inside, you can’t really complain.

There’s another advantage to the XPS 15’s 15.6-inch display in that it has a higher resolution than the XPS 13. The Dell XPS 15 can be configured with up to …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac