XPS 13 Plus - Cleaner And Faster Than A MacBook!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- My review of the XPS 13 Plus 9320 (2022). Running the new i7-1280P chip from Intel. This is the most powerful 13" laptop they've ever made. TWICE as capable as their 2021 XPS 13.
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this thing is clean af
just like the slap that will happen right across my face after i fail my exams :(
Waaaw
@@madlad25 big willie style slap
booga booga
it's very clean for an apple product 😆
They really went and David Blained the trackpad hah incredible
David Blaine Everything !
hi
so i've been using this laptop for two weeks now than i gave it to david without the touchpad
ayyy marques, i believe this might as well be the next addition in my new setup!!
Hello. Ur content suck
When is the touchpad DLC coming?
How about external touchpad?. Oh wait.. we call that mouse 🤣
Download it
True
The game is still half baked tho
10/10 humour pls be at my wedding in 10+ years
Love that minimalist and clean design. It's giving you the "no stress vibe" while doing a "very stressful job" in Excel.
Lol
excel without numpad? lol
hahahahahahahaahahahahahahhaahah
@@barsam2amao, but my and some of my friends offices don’t offer numpads while doing statistics, but they excel.
@@barsam2amaybe we can buy numeric keypad?
I love seeing these videos to see what the tech world pumps out. Never would get a laptop like this, but its nice to see.
This looks sick! That David Blaine magic act was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Best thing I've seen in some time!! I can't believe how casually he did that sick editing
Who's David Blaine? What's the context here please?
@@victorokwudiri2613 American illusionist. It's a metaphor for the touchpad hide trick.
@@MuhammadAbdusSalam thanks
this design looks amazingly cool and i guess futuristic looking. just straight up excellent design. gives off epic minimal and aesthetic vibes. in love with this design
Great design, poor functionality. I know which I'll choose.
But does it run MacOS?
There, it’s settled what is the better machine
@@thibaldus3what will you choose
@@diverman1023you can hackintosh several dells
Dave excellent vlog. Loved the quality and animation. You explained the model pretty well. I am surely gonna jump out and buy this thing in the morning...
A very underrated transition at 07:23; the frame changes from the white to black model while the game keeps running! Reaaaaallly smooth Dave! 👏
Yep
i didnt even notice until i just watched it a couple more times
If you don't change the position of the camera at all then it's obviously smooth, which is pretty cool.
That doesn't mean it's underrated
Yeah, the editing is top notch here!
This thing is incredible. Respect to Dell for trying something unique in the often stale PC laptop space.
For the last few years, I wouldn’t say their products have been stale, at least at the consumer level.
@Garrus Vakarian No, newer intel ones are better.
no headphone jack is ridiculous
@@legendp2011 they give the adaptor in the box...
@@iCrackr which will eventually get lost. it's a laptop. a 13inch laptop. there was room for a headphone jack. having to use a dongle to use headphones on a laptop is ridiculous (it is already bad enough that smartphones removed it. at-least on a phone you could make the battery life argument. but on a laptop a headphone jack would effect battery size by at most 5%). it should have had a headphone jack.
Eddit: also wanted to ad, when you use the headphone adapter it will use 1 of your 2 usb-c ports. so good luck charging....listing to music, and using a mouse/HDD with your laptop (you will need a usb-c hub in addition to your usb-c headphone adapter)
My previous laptop, HP EliteBook, had a glass touch pad and it was one of my favorite features. It just felt so smooth. Additionally, I did drop it more than once and the touch pad glass never broke.
They could have at least added some LED borders to the trackpad lol, it's a crazy design indeed. I'd say, more companies should make the haptic touchpad a new norm. I absolutely love how the trackpad on MacBook works.
I had a chance to check this out in December and the touchpad is actually pretty good to use I like the haptics on it and like Dave said becomes natural to use pretty quickly.
Is the touchpad size big enough.
@@astephup for me it was big enough to use. I had no issues.
@@andrewmarcdavid thanks for the replie btw love your vids
@@astephup thanks really appreciate it!
@@andrewmarcdavid are you going to have a Dell XPS 13 plus unboxing
eview if they send you one?
As an XPS 15 owner and an IT pro who has worked with Dell for over 15 years and gave them a chance by rolling them out to my company over Lenovo I can say with extreme confidence that Dell is by far the most unreliable major computer manufacturer I've ever dealt with. At least two out of 10 laptops needed to be sent in for repairs in less than 3 months of use (a lot of display issues, keyboard issues and so many Wi-Fi issues). Then we have the mainboard issues that seem to happen around the 4-6-month mark. We've had some of these issues as soon as we took it out the box and powered it up. Dell’s QC is complete garbage. My CEO said to never, ever, ever buy Dells again. We rolled out over 400 Dell laptops and 100% regret it.
I recall when we received Dell Precisions. Those things were like jet engines.
I can confirm. I have gone through 4 generations of Dell XPS laptops. They are great on paper. Perfect specs, sleek looks, got all the bells and whistles. But the technical issues and glitches are endless. These laptops do not even work properly with DELL peripherals (USB-C hub, monitors etc.). The firmware is garbage. The last laptop I bought went through 2 replacements and that is after 2 onsite visits and troubleshooting by dell technicians. I am definitely not gonna buy a dell xps anytime soon. Then again, I don't what else to buy. Ideally, I would like an Apple macbook (for hardware quality and battery life) running my OS of choice.
In contrast to all that, I have a Dell desktop Optiplex 9020 from 2013 which works flawlessly even today in 2022. Running the latest update of Windows 10. No lags, no stutters and I use it for gaming, image editing etc... it all works perfectly. So maybe it's just the laptops that are crap?
I've had 4 XPS laptops now and they all had some awful issues, either with shoddy build quality, to random driver problems, overheating, throttling, touchpad which just isn't as good as on other laptops on the market.....
Yes, Dell makes absolutely beautiful laptops, but I honestly can't recommend them to anyone.
I also have a Dell laptop at work and it sucks so bad. The fans are unbearably loud, even on low workloads, I frequently have overheating issues, every morning I need to press the power on twice because it won't boot, every thursday it randomly shuts down and I can't get it to work with its own Thunderbolt dock reliably. Like - works 1/5 times with the dock. I'm so sick of it that I keep it in the next room so I won't hear it and only work via RDP from my tower PC.
@@DumTut I have a personal Latitude 5580, half the time used for working form home. It has a lowend 2core i5 and lowend GeForce 930M and even with this spec it's very loud and overheats and then throttles when gaming. I simply don't understand. My workaround is to limit the CPU to 85 % of its frequency - then it manages to cool down the GPU enough it not to throttle after 1.5 hour of gaming. And the Power button! I feel like every Dell I had had a problem with this button.
Dell used the capacitive buttons for volume and so on since 2007. They were always pretty innovative and sturdy, design wise .
I love that beautiful, modern, minimalist aesthetic. Super clean. I used a white XPS 13 for a while in 2020, that I made myself from parts. Stunning little machine, but I always seem to find myself gravitating back towards Apple and ended up with an M1 MBA.
Wow this is actually a really good looking laptop.
Miss going to your website for wallpapers 😅
Hey Linux
It looks great but the lack of jack and touch fn keys is a stupid move (something lenovo tried and ditched with their carbon line - for a good reason). It must be pretty annoying while watching movie at night for example, and no headphone jack...?
They should have made it 14inch with the extra room for cooling, and keep keys and headphone jack.
Best looking laptop to date
and its better than crapintosh
lol when will isheep wake up
Imagine if Dell cared about Alienware like they do xps.
Who cares about Alienware??
Not going to lie the new Alienware x14 and x15 are very well built machines but can’t say the same about the desktop line up
@@Ezbeatz101 yea was more thinking bout the desktops
If only !
their monitors are pretty sick
What is love about Dave is the minimalistic feature , from his room,outfits to his technologies.
Very beautiful room ! I really like this minimalistic space ship style.
This laptop looks great. The lack of headphone jack is a bit of a deal breaker for me. Looks like Dell didn't take any hints from last years' Asus Zenbooks. Beyond that, I kind of wish they added at least some indicator of where the touchpad starts and ends. I can imagine a softly lit line on either side of the trackpad that would have _really_ made it look futuristic.
Would be even better if they can make the entire palm rest 1 big trackpad and work on the palm rejection so it won't register your arm
@@mcslender2965 It would kill the price.
Level 6 will do the job ...
No headphone jack? When will they learn?
I could live with it - there are adapters, usb-c headphones and more importantly BT, but the capacitive Escape and Backspace are definitive dealbreakers.
Loving the design, very smart indeed! 😍
I had the first XPS13. Also had a good design and great keyboard but even 12 years ago there was the problem with the missing ports.
nowadays missing ports became normal, hubs for help)
Thank you for this excellent review. Did the laptop keyboard deck really crack (at the 2:43 mark) while in your possession? Or was that some video magic by you to superimpose a different device's cracked screen onto the Dell XPS 13 Plus keyboard deck to show what a crack COULD look like? Thermals look fantastic for a change. Thank you again for your hard work.
I was waiting so much for you to review this laptop!!! Thank you!
It actually looks great until I realize there is no physical esc key.
But it completes the aesthetics. Imagine whipping this out in class. Massive flex
This
@@beastmanx9865 No one in your class cares what computer you whip out. Then when you're in class, using something like Excel, you'll wish you had function key like your classmates.
Even apple added the escape key back
It serves the function though.
Thanks Dave. Getting this laptop for sure, upgrading from the original XPS 13
0:56 Actually, it looks more like the capacitive buttons that HP used to use on their Pavilion laptops years ago, and unfortunately, they have the same inconsistencies those did. I find that if I want to repeatedly tap the volume "button" to increase or decrease, it drops inputs which can be a little frustrating. I notice the same issue with the escape key when I try to do combinations like opening Task Manager. It's a nice idea in concept, but I won't be deploying these to the rest of the staff for that reason as well as the fact that it has no headphone jack.
15" version of this would be awesome!
I'm a bit worried about the glass palm rest adding weight though
@@mcslender2965 good point though, but a 13" is just too small for my taste. 15" is a sweet spot fo me.
Hope Dell will make it happen.
@@g0ng89 The XPS 15 already got refreshed a few weeks ago, so if it is gonna happen, it won't be this year.
Thank you Dave! I love your content! Please dont stop doing a great job!
I love this review because it starts right up with no intro or “alright let’s get right into the video”
The $1k+ laptops are out of my budget but this new XPS line looks incredible. It's tough to re-design laptops when they are all rectangular portable computers but Dell made this design so cool.
Nothing is out of reach. You can do it!
Yeah I'm gunning for the G14 6800S (or the 2023 "7800S" revision if does turn out to be 50-65% faster) at discount for $1350-$1500. Anything over $1,100 needs dedicated graphics in my book.
meh. this feels like form over function.
@@jahjoeka no, he is not. He is a lazy loser.
@@Aecor I agree. That trackpad is going to be a serious pain in the ass because you won't be able to tell when your fingers leave it.
Surprised you were very positive about the capacitive everything. Thought for sure it was gonna be form over function here from Dell but looks like they’ve done this right. And double the performance from last year without affecting battery life is incredible. I’ve been using a MacBook Air last few years but might switch back to Windows with this one, it’s very tempting.
The XPS has been the only personal laptop I've bought for myself since freshman year of college. i'm now on my 4th XPS 13 after buying one last year. I've had no issues with them and in a few years when I'm looking to upgrade again, I'll check out the latest models.
Until I recently switched to Lenovo (T15G Gen 2), I used an XPS 15 9550 (2016) every day. I replaced the battery twice, each time the trackpad would extrude from the base plate. The last battery replacement lasted a year before the battery swelled up, now I run it as a second machine with no battery just off the mains. For the first couple of years it bluescreened a lot, but these issues were ironed out eventually. Dell use that "rubber"-like coating on this generation (and even the latest generation) XPS. This rubber coating will wear around the ports pretty quickly and eventually it will make the laptop look like shit. Every year I had to disassemble the laptop to remove dust and re-thermal paste the GPU/CPU heatsink. I managed to get more performance out of it by undervolting it, but this feature isn't available on newer generation intel CPU's. You also can't run the XTU software on Windows 11 with this laptop because it isn't officially supported by Microsoft (no TPM 2.0). The "Killer" wireless card is an absolute joke, cuts out all the time. The XPS is the only device so suffer from this, phone, PC, other laptop, mac mini, raspberry pi - all fine. Even though it was undervolted and cleaned thoroughly it would still thermal throttle most of the time. The 4K screen is beautiful, keyboard is not bad (but I prefer Lenovo's). The touchscreen still works perfectly but the gloss screen is a fingerprint magnet. I never spilt liquid on it but the keyboard has needed replacing after 3 years, I never got around to it as I use an external keyboard - around 25% of the keys don't work on first press. It has been well looked after but I probably will never buy an ultrabook again, I prefer a "desktop replacement", and I'm okay with the extra bulk of a workstation.
Great review as usual! As an XPS user, it's a must for me that they keep the headphone jack. Hopefully they bring it back.
This is a beautiful piece of engineering and design ....i'm pretty sure there must have been a huge debate in the dell hq before going for this design because it's a risk to make such bold changes but the employee who pushed dell to go for it kudos to you .
With that price tag. Macbook air is definitely a winner
Thank you. I nearly got fired for it.
I wonder where they got this beautiful engineering and design ideas :)
Looks like some 2006-2010 business laptop focused on esthetics and design, I don't think there is anything special about it.
Love the Grey Casi-Oak on your wrist Dave, great with your general aesthetic.
Just got mine in today and absolutely love it. Coming from last year's XPS 13in you really cannot compare the two. I have the i7, 16GB memory and highly recommend this laptop in glacier.
Is it 13 plus and does it have heating issues?
How is the battery life?
Still recommend it?
“Good design is more than just the removal of clutter. It’s the clarification of function. Material honesty. And as little noise as possible.”
- Jony Ive (although Dieter Rams said something similar in the 60s)
problem is that this does not apply to the trackpad. its the removal of a useful feature to look more nice. thanks but no. this thing is a device I need to work with and not something to present on the catwalk. the same for the headphone jack. there is no clutter removed. they just removed a useful feature. now i need clutter (another usb dac) to work with my aweseome beyerdynamic mmx300 headset!
the quote might be correct but can't be applied in this case because it's just the removal of useful features adding more clutter and inconvenience.
@@ReneHoffmann194 I agree, that’s partly why I shared this quote. :) Removing the track pad might look “clean”, but could cause confusion and problems, so I don’t think its good design.
@@The-Rest-of-Us If the trackpad works as intended then its not causing any problems, you will adjust to the learning curve if done correctly.
The removal of the home button for iPhone X is the same scenario. It was confusing at first because it was new and was done solely to look “more clean” than a traditional iPhone with a home button. But because the gestures worked so well its change became invisible to the user.
Removing features people use with no alternative just for the sake of removal is the point of Jonys quote.
@@known3617 Yes but imagine you are dragging around a folder, then dropping it unintentionally as your finger drift out of bounds without knowing the boundary of the trackpad.
@@known3617 I don't agree and think you can't compare it with the removal of the homebutton, apple totally changed the concept of how to UI works. in case of the trackpad its just the removal of a useful feature but did not change the concept. it has absolutely no benefit and removes all of your senses regarding the trackpad. you can't feel nor see the edge it just stops working at a certain point which is frustrating and annoying.
Damn! Both of the colors and overall design looks aesthetically pleasing 😍
Longterm XPS 9300 user here. Pretty much resolved all of the issues in this iteration. Headphone jack had driver problems, track pad wasn't the best, thermals are pretty weak and fiberglass shell was chipping. Plus will be pretty bulletproof.
An excellent review. Just bought the XPS13 Plus and can't wait to get it. Looks like blazing speed, a cool design, and this is my third XPS13!
What do u do with the old ones
This is what concept laptops looked like 10 years ago...now it's real
They develop very fast lol
i wonder what laptop will look like in next 10 years
@Tanjiro Kamado that's because they take too much space and aren't durable
This thing is awesome! I'm a Mac user and if I were ever to move to Windows, this would definitely be my pick. Also really impressive performance while still packing only 2 hours less battery life than the MacBook. It's Windows PCs like these that are going to make the whole market better.
question is: will the xps keep up the good performance while unplugged from the wall? past years' models struggled with this when not being charged at the same time.
@@gehtdinichtsan309 last years were tiger lake, no?
i assume if you take it off the plug it’ll lose performance, and much, but I assume it will be similar to M1 performance which is already great and the battery life is phenomenal, being able to go toe to toe with a m1 Mac is no easy feet, and they did it.
@@liamsz then compare that to the m1 pro in the 14". okay, price point varies slightly but the XPS gets destroyed in majority of aspects
@@beastii7414 they're very different products, macbook pro is bigger heavier and costs more.
I'm wondering with heavy usage is this going to get more done though? The benchmarks smoke the M1 but the battery test is at light usage.
I love how the video just starts, no intro no sponsor. Nice
Please always leave the links of Wallpapers you use, if possible. I just love them
Honestly, disgusting to remove a headphone jack that takes absolutely no space. There is no way around justifying it.
This is the most beautiful laptop I've ever seen, the perf is nuts. But stop fucking us over removing functions
Everyone use Bluetooth headphones tf u on bout
@@recursion. don’t speak for everyone, I can somewhat understand removing it from phones but to do it in a laptop, many people like me uses wired headphones because you can’t get way better sound for less money compared to wireless
@@recursion. Everyone also use wired headphones too
@@recursion. I use AirPods Pro and still sometimes I use wired headphones bc cluetooh acts up during meetings. Nothing quicker than plugging in some reliable wired buds to make sure shit works. This has happened over several times , no one has time to mess around with Bluetooth connections and stuff when a meeting is happening right now urgently
@@recursion. I have sony 1000xm4 and still prefer to use my good old wired headphone. Higher audio quality, no need to worry about batteries and connection status.
I absolutely love this design, and the performance / battery life, it just looks amazing and ill surely consider it if im in the market for a windows laptop, the lack of the headphone jack really isn’t an issue for me, since I just use AirPods because they can connect with multiple devices, so I don’t need to deal with cables. I would use wired headphones on a desktop but not on a laptop, the thing that annoys me is that function strip, its just a Mac Touch Bar with all the cool features stripped out of it. (pun intended)
The Touch Bar was rough on macOS even with apple’s control over it, now, dell doesn’t have the same control over windows, so I don’t think they can do the adapting buttons depending on the app like Macs do, aaaaand I think the XPS Touch Bar looks kinda ugly, other than that, it looks like an amazing laptop.
I saw the video and even though I have not watched it yet I smiled saying in my head, "Dave always delivers"
This looks sick! That David Blaine magic act was
🔥
I feel like they missed out on making the trackpad extra wide (not the full width of the deck as that would just end up being annoying but they have quite a bit of room to extend it). Still this thing is really cool. I'd prefer function keys over the touchbar but it looks dope
Edit: For those complaining about my comment for no reason; I didn’t mean make the trackpad the entire width of the deck, I just meant a few cm on either side. The only reason I suggested it is because this laptop is trying something new in the trackpad department. It was just an idea and I won’t be purchasing this device anytime soon but the criticism on my comment seems to assume I’m complaining and not suggesting 🗿
Its about the size of the M1 Macbook Air so its pretty big already
Seriously tho, who needs a trackpad that big? If you're doing design work you'll use a mouse.
@@Jry088 I mean I agree but it’s just an idea since the entire device is basically just a proof of concept anyways
Pretty sure that would effect your wrist pad area, so ig just be content with it
duh
Id love to see them do this for a 14/15/16 version with a dedicated GPU. Absolutely love the new design and I would take it 10x over the already great) design
absolutely. it would be a shame if such a great design were only offered in a 13" version.
This thing is already so expensive without a dedicated GPU. I’d rather get Asus Zephyrus everyday of the week rather than this!
@@fouzan7758 It is premium.....
I was in constant awe with my jaw dropped just looking at this beauty. wow.
This looks like a great product. Interesting choice with the function keys. It looks a lot like the Touch Bar and Apple just got rid of that. So i wonder how people will like this style of keys. Also the touchpad looks really cool.
I would prefer the 2mm thicker laptop than one without physical keys. The laptop is insanely clean though.
try them. i love these more.
the thing is you have multiple of them available. this one aims to be different.
You think you would. But in reality, you wouldn't. You do not even know what you really want.
@@tttyyy949 That's valid but my point is more a practically unnoticeable increase in thickness brought so much benefit it makes me upset that so many gave up that benefit. The issue is we aren't comparing massively thick vs ultra book we are comparing unnoticeable thickness difference vs a device twice as fast.
@@Mockedarche_old i would also prefere physicall keys but the difference it brings its probably the selling point in dell's eyes.
I mean Dave 2D 9min review itself means alot by It self cause u mainly spend like 5min to review a single laptop but 9min for this one means that how different it is among the bunch, thanks for review love you dave
I hope stores start using this in their sales pitch HAHA
this device looks amazing, i wish i can buy that :p, btw great review like always Dave
Feels so great to watch the review from the same laptop XPS 13 plus😜
I’d rather have a thicker laptop with less compromises on ergonomics.
They could just get the extra 2mm space for thermal solution by making the laptop 2mm thicker and it won’t be noticeable by most users on daily usage.
Not to mention the uncomfortable keyboard by having that _modern_ look 😒
look at the thinkpad x13 G2, i'm using that as my main PC and it does what it says. Sure, the screen is average at best, but the ports, performance (AMD 5000 series rock), reliability (sticking to what works) and still being under 3lbs makes it a great option for serious users (heck it can even run gtaV 55fps).
Been a fan of the XPS 13 since 2017, it's nice to see it made a comeback
If only it didnt have the poor version of touchbar tho
@@yupickmyusername poor version ? You mean non inclusive and there is no bar it’s just touch
@@fabolousjada5070 Mean if you wanna make it a touch something, might as well make it a touchscreen, so they can be adaptive to different applications, just like touchbar. You lose the convenience of physical button without really gaining much
Love this review !!! and your vibe as well :)
I currently have a Lenovo Ideapad 5 with Amd (Great Laptop) but this, this looks like my next laptop i'll be looking at
Dave2D has the ability to take a 9.30m video and make it feel like a 2min video 👍
Yes I also felt this video was a huge letdown, it's missing so much information
@@lukasmurmann625 mine was a positive. Other will come with the 3.2 usb specs etc. Think of Dave2D as a guest launching a new ship. 👍
Looks really awesome. Love the wallpaper. Can you share a link?
Sick editing dave
This is a really good looking laptop! First time I actually said a laptop that is actually almost comparably or just as nice as a MacBook!
it's interesting to me that they removed the physical function keys, not to mention the headphone jack. Super clean design which is awesome to see but I feel like a laptop especially a smaller one like the 13" should have a headphone jack since it's geared towards media consumption
Idk anyone that uses wired headphones anymore. Most of my friends have iPhones so of course they got bluetooth.
@@voop00p a lot of people still use wired headphones
@@voop00p Wired headphones are still fully covering high-end and low-end markets at the same time, and has sold a fuck ton.
@@voop00p I use wired earphones for my Zoom classes and online meetings. I feel like they're better for computers because of the fact that they don't run out of charge.
@@voop00p I'm an "audiophile" so I can't really be one to speak, but personally I only use wireless audio on my phone or if I am on a trip. Wired audio is just better for watching movies / listening to music which is something I would do more on a laptop. Of course the xps line of laptops is already geared toward people on the go so whatever butters your croissant I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Amazing engineering. Kudos Dell designers!
This Dell is gorgeous, pure minimalism above all else 👌🏼
I’m a XPS 13 fan! Have the 9370 from 2018. Although had a lot of trouble with it. And now the Bluetooth just doesn’t work anymore, at least not for wireless headphones. It’s a windows thing apparently.
Battery was excellent in the beginning but I had to swap the battery 2 years in. Constantly heating issues, than after a windows update the fans ran much louder, draining battery. Eventually the fans had to be replaced, that was last year and Bluetooth did work then it didn’t, Dell driver update made it work again then next windows update killed it and on and on.
In comparison I still have a MacBook Pro 13 from 2011. Still works, can watch Dave2d on it. Had to swap the battery 4 years in. And never issues with Bluetooth. Now it’s obviously slow, 11 years in. But I don’t think the XPS 13 will make it till 6 years.
So I’m quite interested in a new XPS 13, and it looks great. But having the experiences I’ve had it’s a bad deal. CPU temps run up to 100 degrees Celsius, and I do use my laptops regularly on my lap. I will get burned.
Now I do bought the MacBook Pro 16 inch 2021 model. I don’t need the power, it so need the screen, and it’s silent, it doesn’t get hot, and battery last a whole trip from Europe to Bali where I live. I pack my charger in my checked luggage. And the Bluetooth just works.
Recently apple announced the new MacBook Air m2. If I have to travel light, I know what I’m gonna get.
As long there is a intel chip inside it will cause issues on the hardware.
I had to buy the XPS due to work and because the MacBook at the time were rubbish. These days it’s great, and it’s getting better with the new MacBook Air. No performance loss, no thermal issues, battery runs long. It’s compact. This will be the new laptop to get if you travel and want to travel light.
Holycow, I never imagined a day where a Windows laptop would seriously compete with my M1 Macbook.
This XPS has almost double the CPU performance, a touch OLED screen and over 10 hours of battery life.
And the design is sick, I still can't believe this is the actual final product not some CES futuristic concept.
It's dope, how much it costs?
@@kingsly1031 $1299 as mentioned in the video.
Most high end Intel machines beat a MacBook on multicore, notice he didn't show single core benchmarks? Also the MacBook will do it with almost no heat or fan noise. He never mentions heat or fan noise in this review. Also MacBooks have real function keys. (Edit: sorry yes, rewatched he does mention fan noise, still doesn't compare to a MPB which has almost none.)
@@LeeBoris974 only the MBP 14 and 16 do, the M1 MBP doesnt. Plus, the MacBook design in general is awful especially with the stupid notch. XPS all the way
@@LeeBoris974 Also, he DID mention heat and noise in the video. You clearly didn’t bother watch it you neek
Removing the trackpad visually is GENIUS! I never thought it would look this nice. Even the layout of the keys are SEXY. I'm an Apple fanboy but I can't deny, this is a BEAUTY!
Lovely review man, it does look super sleek
TH-cam knows me. I was looking for those king of info since 3 days !!!!
This is an exciting product. Looks like Dell is really bringing up the engineering skills to compete.
Omg. I love that clean aesthetic.
If they released 15" or 17", it would be a great upgrade for my 9560.
This is the first that I heard of the new chipset. I'm so excited for the competition with the M1 MacBooks!
I bought one (1260P, OLED). Love it, it's the best laptop I've ever owned. Battery life with the OLED though is a lot worse than they say, but I do a lot of work in Teams and for some reason teams audio causes the audiodg process to consume "very high" power. My previous laptop was an 2016 XPS15 with the 4K screen. It's still going today, so my personal experience with Dell hardware has been positive.
Could you kindly send me the amazon link for purchasing the product?
how is it for video editing ?
I was skeptical when they announced this, but after watching the reviews, I think Dell did great! I'll be sticking with my previous gen XPS 13 though
With that price tag. Macbook air is definitely a winner
Agreed, although once you start paying around 2k dollars I think the XPS 13 is the better deal just based on specs. Its weird af to see apple actually being one of the best budget laptops.
The windows laptop I have been waiting for. Can’t wait to get my hands on this. Finally a windows laptop that can compete the MacBooks in terms of aesthetics that comes with competitive performance.
if only windows software didn't look so cheap
@@xers6704 since Windows 10 it ain't that cheap
@@xers6704 windows has always been more open than MacOS which makes it look cheap to a consumer but not cheap to an enthusiast
The review didn’t call it out well, but this XPS 13 is only faster than the 2020 MacBooks that had a base M1 chip. The newer MacBooks with M1 Pro or Max would be twice as faster (or more in some cases). But I think it was still a fair comparison because of the form factor here.
Good review. I have a XPS13 from 2015. it's getting tired. Looks like a positive choice
I ordered. I love the look. It'll pair nicely with my gaming rig.
Is there still any focus on the repairability like there has been on other XPS laptops in the past?
Anyone else find it funny that Dell, who have historically had quality control issues with their trackpads, would rather *_throw it out completely_* instead of finally fixing it? 🤣🤣🤣 or is that just me
Haptic Touch trackpad is better than the regular one, so... I don't see the issue here
no, haptic trackpads are better than regular diving board mechanism. It's great to see a company finally creating a haptic trackpad that apple has been selling for so many years. although idk if the quality of this new trackpad is going to be any good since designing a haptic trackpad is much harder than a traditional one
Dude... you're getting a Dell.
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@@agiverreviga4592 Why do you even need haptics on a touchpad? I can't remember the last time I needed to 'click' a touchpad. Haptic motors are just an unnecessary cost added to the price.
Currently i am using XPS 13 from last 2 months. Its a great machine and wonderful user experience. I can play even some heavy games like Mortal Kombat 11.
The CPU performance is good, but it would be great to see GPU benchmarks against other laptops in the same class. Apple M2 Air and Zenbook 13S OLED (AMD). How much is this behind? Around 50%?
Dave2D is hands down the best laptop reviewer on TH-cam 🙌
No headphone jack on a computer sounds pretty crazy. I can't imagine the backlash Apple would have recived if they had done it.
Also, weird how the trackpad just ends with no visual cue. I originally thought the whole bottom part was a trackpad which sounded awesome.
You cannot count how many accidental touches you would get
Yeah they undone all innovations just by removing the headphone jack, even apple have a headphone jack on their laptops lol
yep including the touch bar 🤣🤣
Atleast it doesn't have an ugly notch
So true. Dave made excuses for the non-existent headphone jack but he criticizes Apple for not having a headphone jack on the iPhone 7. Hmm.
Wow, this is incredible work!😇
Good Review on a great product 👍
But i couldn't stop watching aquarium fish tank back there😍😍😍😍
It's great that some Windows laptop is going for a more creative, modern design. Despite that some of the choices are questionable.
Thank you so much! Wonderful review!! 😊
I have a question - If one buys the 4K/oled version, will reducing the resolution to FHD+ while on battery get the same 11 hours just like buying FHD+ screen at first? (and use full resolution only when charging) or the 4k/oled screens will eat more battery anyway?
@Chandler Russell thanks!
So battery is supposed to last more in that order?
OLED set to FHD+ > regular FHD+ screen (11h) > OLED set to 3.5K (9h)
this year are gonna absolutely crush this thing, but that it expected I guess.
Damn... looks like i found my new daily dedicated Linux machine. Love this. I own a macbook air but nothing beats a machine with Linux installed on the metal.
@6:02 "there is no headphone jack though"
me : Alright, bye.
I doubt anyone will answer this, but what was the typing test that Dave was using at 5:30?
Awesome design and performance. The only thing Intel/Dell were not able to get closer to Apple is amazing battery life of M1. I wish my beloved XPS 13 9310 (11th Gen) could last this 10h described by Dell (and here in Dave's video). I can only get that with brightness to zero and only typing in MS Word... The average time I get is 5h30 (for FHD) and 4h30 (for 4K) (both with 50% brightness; internet surfing; several windows open, but nothing heavy/ no video editing)
When I thought nothing could amaze me anymore about laptops, this XPS comes out 😳
Can you take a look at the MSI Creator Z16? It seems to me as one of the best windows alternatives to the macbook pro