Dell XPS 15 (9500) Review - Everything YOU Need To Know!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 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
@@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 it’s starting to piss me off that I only just discovered your channel. Great work.
Legend!
Same
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!
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 don’t!
@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.
I like that you talk fast and not wasting our time everything is on point , just subscribed !
Long waited for your review on this. Thanks ;)
These are by far the best laptop reviews in TH-cam I just wish you can do more of them.
I'm trying my friend!
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 👍
Josh I’m happy I found your channel a couple months ago. Your reviews are fantastic.
Thanks mate. I appreciate it
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!
Great vid as usual. Tons of info packed in here
Thank you for your honesty!
This is why I watch your reviews. :)
Great video man, incredibly detailed and informative, keep up your amazing work.
Thanks Rohan. Hope you are doing well
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!
Man what a great reviwer! This is what every review should look like! Keep doing this amazing work Josh!
Such a great Chap. Can't wait for him to review the 17 before I'll finally get it
OMG...This is what i was waiting for. You are always a pleasure to watch.
You pleasure yourself while watching him?
Great review! Thanks for mentioning fan noise. Many reviewers just skipped that.
Again, very good and helpful!! Thanks!
Love your reviews, awesome job, very informative.
For me you are one of the best reviewers in youtube.
Thank you so much
Phenomenal review - subscribed
Hey man just discovered your channel and wanted to say that you’re 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 haven’t seen any reviews with your level of expertise online anywhere. Keep up the good content my man!!
"But" you're an honest reviewer 👍
Thank you
@@JustJoshTech lots of problems huh
I just don’t 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...
The long waited review, thanks Josh!
Man, you are my colleague! The Javists! I'm your new subscriber now, thanks for the review! (and I usually never thanks for reviews)
Great job.👏👏 Wauting for the review of precision 5550!
Thanks for the review and pointing out the issues! Hope mine shows up with few issues..
Do update us
Hi. Thanks for the honest reviews. You are the only channel that I turned the notification on :)
Great Review... 👍👍👍
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...
thanks perfect review Josh. Subbed ofc
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
well god damn, that was a great review. subscribed.
I can't think of something I want to know about a laptop that you didn't touch on this video, excellent 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!
Great review!
Great review as usual...You are definitely one of the top Laptop reviewers on TH-cam...Keep up the great work.
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!
Great review!!!
Finally a review that covers the trackpad issue!
excellent review, thanks.
You are great !
Thank you so much.
Tanks a lot for this video !!!
Probably the best and most thorough review on this laptop. Great channel.
Thank you for this video. I found it very valuable and it helped me make my purchase decision.
Glad I could help
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 TH-cam!!!!
Thank you!!
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
Awesome revieuws Mister. Thanks so much! Dont forget to breath now and than. 😉
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
Superb review!
Thank you
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?
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!).
You’ve heard the other reviews - but here’s the one to actually listen. Amazing stuff!
I smashed the subscribe button :D When I want to watch quality reviews, I always check this channel first.
Thanks!!
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".
Great video bro 👍
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.
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
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 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 (there’s a video on TH-cam 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! :) I’ve been trapped in the Apple ecosystem for too long.
a very good, well-detailed review with facts. thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
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.
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.
Thanks for the review, What computer do you recommend for GIS and programming?
The review we all wait for!
All hail Sir Josh!!!
You are awesome!
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.
Great review mate. Would you still recommend it given the trackpad is supposedly fixed ? Cheers
Thanks for the review. Any chance you can review the new hp envy 15?
Incredibile review. Thank you very much.
Pleade do a very different review on asus rog g14, something that the other reviewers haven't done.
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.
Excellent review. Please review the 2020 blade stelath with the 120hz screen please.
Will you review the new Thinkpads with AMD CPUs when they come out? (T14, T14s and X13)
Great review as always, Josh! I have a request for you to review - there’s a budget laptop on Amazon called the Acer Aspire 5 that’s about $350 right now - I would love to see you review it and see why it’s so cheap. Thanks!
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 offers🤷🏾♂️. 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 size🤦🏾♂️. 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.
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.
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.
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 ?
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
Good review
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
I just want to share my experience - just over 6 weeks in - of the XPS 15 9500. We bought 4 top-spec versions of these, at a total cost of almost £10k, for our business partners. They look and feel great, at first... but the aluminium is very thin (nothing like a Macbook) and dents incredibly easily. There are SO MANY calibration issues with them. Thermal regulation is a joke; you need to completely shut them down before putting them in a bag, or they overheat to a dangerous degree. The trackpad and keyboard randomly glitch, and the process management is shot - we each have to restart at least once or twice a day, just to get the computer functioning again. The list goes on. They feel very much like pre-release prototypes, rather than high-end or even market-ready machines. Having switched from a 7-year old Macbook Pro with Windows 10 running on Bootcamp, which was otherwise flawless but no longer powerful enough, I'm severely disappointed and frustrated with my experience of Dell. Apparently we are far from alone in these issues - many of which apparently even existed with previous models and were never resolved with drivers / BIOS updates.
Very good comment. Thanks for sharing
You must have a bad batch, I don't get any of these issues with any of our XPS 9700s, just call Dell and get them swapped out, have you even reported the problems to Dell, whenever we get problems with our Dell machines there is a Dell technician on site within 24 hours to sort it out.
@@paulround8501 do you have issues with it now?
Im really interested in the thermal performance on the inspiron 7501, would you review it? Thanks.
Very informative review. No nonsense whatsoever.
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!
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.
Wobbly trackpad is still present in builds form December 2020. Fixing it by adding isolation tape between battery and trackpad helps.
damn... :(
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.
Great job for the video ! Hope you will try the XPS 17. Dell made a good job with this one and I like the fact that parts are replaceable. Upgrades on Apple are impossible, that’s why I will someday moving away and going to dell (using Linux and FreeBSD then)
Appreciate your detailed review. Can you consider to a detail review on surface pro X.
Amazing review!
But we will shout for more ryzen laptops :)
Try importing redmibook from China
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??
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 I´d 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. :)
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.
Your microphone is really good josh
Josh is straight to the point. SUB!
You are good. Keep your style and professional approach. Thumb up.
Tricky question. If you would like to choose a laptop to work in a only browser apps, would that also be a 16 inch MacBook pro ? I'm a Windows user, but I'm open :-)