Hands-on review: Dell XPS (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