Dell XPS 15 vs. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Comparison Smackdown
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- Lisa Gade compares the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme and the Dell XPS 15 9570. Both are slim, light premium Ultrabooks with mobile workstation grade internals. They have Intel 8th gen 6 core CPUs, NVIDIA GTX 1050Ti Max-Q graphics, up to 64GB DDR4 RAM and fast NVMe SSDs. They’re available with full HD and wide gamut 4K displays, have backlit keyboards and Thunderbolt 3.
** Watch our review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme here: • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Ext...
** Watch our review of the Dell XPS 15 9570 here: • Dell XPS 15 (9570) 201...
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Lol, I just realized that I just watched the entire video.... I have no intention of buying either of them. But I love hearing Lisa talk tech and as always these videos are very informative. Thanks! :D
@Salt & Pepper did it feel good tho?
😂😂😂
I totally agree. Not in the market to buy a laptop but I love hearing Lisa. She has a nice soothing voice. Additionally, her passion and dedication is evident and is inspiring. .
I always have to downsped the video to 0.75, otherwise I miss out on a lot of information. Is she really talking talk fast or are her videos sped up ?
Yeah, they lost me when there was no Ethernet port - and no, a plugin adapter doesn't count.
Of course, if the ethernet standard was updated to have a slimmer connector, an adapter dongle would be a reasonable option. But I don't see that happening.
Thanks a lot. This is the test I've been waiting for a long time.
i wish my grandma was this tech savvy
prival fang 😂😂🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
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Me tooo
nevermind your grandmother. are you that tech savvy?
How do you not have at least one mil subs yet. Your SmackDowns are always A+
Lisa, absolutely love your reviews! Great straight-forward facts delivered in an entertaining manner. Your reviews are authoritative source for me - thanks!
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I was sooooo waiting for this comparison to happen!
thinkpad keyboard + xps 15 bezel = perfect laptop
+ MacBook trackpad
@@woox200sx they should charge 3500+ usd for that lappy but should provide it
Factss
Zenbook 15 is just that, also its 1100 for maxed upgrades
Yeah, I don't know why other manufacturers aren't trying to copy Thinkpad keyboards.
Very detailed comparison. Like the data-visualisation very much! Really point out the spec comparison in a high level of readability. Good work!
Pretty accurate and honest review. Honesty in reviews is underrated these days.
Nice. Thanks for this review. I've been looking to replace my t430. Was going to go with Dell XPS but now that Lenovo has come out with this machine... Well I just can't give up the keyboard.
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Thank you Lisa (and whoever is pointing the camera - maybe show us one day). I've had the XPS 15 for several months and it's solid, following some tweaks I had to make. The X1 Extreme looks like a great option too.
I have an xps in the mail. What tweaks did you make?
Thank you, Lisa. I like the way you wrapped up with comparisons at the end of the video. Now I have to decide and to also decide if I want these computers or their related mobile workstation choices. That would be a good video to contrast and compare.
YAY! been waiting for this for so long!
wow, I completed the review. Thanks it's really eye opening
SWEET! Totally was deciding between these two.
I've had this XPS 9570 for about 6 months now and overall it has been very good. The biggest issue has been the thermals, as Lisa mentioned, but a repaste/undervolt takes care of this for the most part. The 4K screen is excellent with minimal back-light bleed, but the reds are indeed overblown - however you can tune them down via Intel Graphics Control Panel. Minimal/non-existent coil whine - Dell seems to have fixed this issue for the most part via BIOS updates. Battery life is surprisingly not bad - you can actually push 8-9 hrs or longer with a combination of the undervolt, Battery Saver mode, and even turning down the screen resolution to 1440p or 1080p in a pinch to squeeze out more battery life.
Great work with spec listed side by side for better comparison. Please put vital info on screen as this help too, sometimes Lisa talk too fast. Not in long sentences,just short point. Enjoy your videos. Thanks.
Outstanding no-BS review from someone who’s not afraid to get inside the machines. Thanks so much!
i know you already did the xps 15 vs spectre x360 but how well does the gemcut version of the spectre do against the xps 15? Thanks
Hey Lisa, thanks heaps for your videos. No bs, just pure tech talk. Cheers from straya :)
Really love the straight forward nature of your videos. It would really help me if I had a little bit of text on screen for pricing and specs to help remember what I'm working against. Just my 2 cents :)
There were specs up there, though? Toward the beginning, anyway.
this is the greatest tech reviewer I've ever seen, instant subscribe.
Thank you for your review! Excellent as always!
Got the X1, 4K, 32GB, 1TB. Purchase selection based upon favorable experience with Lenovo Twist, keyboqrd, & I/O ports. Very pleased.
Do you have scaling issues on the 4K? People say windows doesn’t handle scaling well
Excellent review! I am headed down the ThinkPad lane with this review over the XPS. Thank you.
Thank you so much for such an articulate video. I watched this a bout a week ago and was able to make my choice which was hinging to one direction and ... well, your honesty and fair review actually pushed me to the other. Thank you I love your channel (and I'm typing this on my new laptop.)
Which did u get
@@afoakuclinton7810 I ended up ordering an XPS 15, i5 8g of ram. I updated the wifi card myself. I was concerned only ordering 8g of ram but I can always upgrade, I don't think I will need to. when I game on it I use moonlight and stream games off of my main Pc from home. I used the Dell outlet and purchased it "as new" for about 1/3rd off the main website. I picked the 1080 screen for battery life (and I honestly don't know why you would need a higher resolution screen on a 15 inch monitor.) The battery easily doubles what my partners 2019 mac book pro gets. Not the absolute best but for a daily work machine it was a great purchase for us.
Hi Lisa, Great video here :)
Can you make a review on the Thinkpad X1 2nd Gen that is to be released I guess July this year..??
It feels nice to watch your video early
Oh yeah yeah
Lisa is one of the most informed tech reviewers on TH-cam!
Interesting to see the evolution of those lines, while i am researching!
This is awesome! Can we have an updated version since they both have released upgrades, plz :) :) :)
Finally! Thank you so much for this video.
Would love to see an updated T14 ThinkPad vs XPS review.
Hey Lisa...Huge fan of your vids. informative and quirky each time!...Can you do one on X1 extreme and Razer Blade 15?
Thanks for the review mam. Gonna get the extreme
I’m looking for a MacBook Pro alternative for a work station. I have been facing major heating and fan issues with my MacBook Pro 13 (2017). I’m thinking of getting a windows laptop with better spec rather than pay premium for this generation of Macbook that is not as reliable as in the past. What would you recommend?
My baby arrived today. I've been waiting for a month to get my X1E. Upgraded it with a 1tb sata ssd. It's an absolute monster and I already love it. I already tried some deep learning on it and it blazes trough them
I intend to do some deep learning on it too. How was your experience? Did fan make lot of noise during training models? And does it stay quiet otherwise or randomly keeps turning on as in thinkpad t470. And how was heat disdipation?
Awesome machine! Enjoy!!!
@@cnparlak f ya
@@arr0gant1 thank you. because if i'm using windows environment for parallel processing for AI, deep learning what else.., it is not supported. but work on second ssd should be awesome..!
Hey Deldarel, any issues so far? thanks
Lisa is great at reviewing and speaking to you like you’re a friend, instead of an ad revenue customer. I’m getting my X1 Extreme today. Keep these coming, Lisa!
hey lenovo just ran its 10% off make sure you get the discount! love mine so far. this keyboard is amazing!
Do share your experience, planning to buy it.
Will you be doing a review on ThinkPad X1 Extreme (2nd Gen) i9-9880H with vPro?
Came back here after watching unboxing therapy... always come back to Lisa for more comprehensive technical stuff. Haha. Anyway you didn't compare about sound quality, did you?
yeah me too!
Great video!. I'm glad I got the 9570. After two months of using it I really enjoy it. Thankfully I haven't had any issues with quality. Plus I got it for an awesome price. $1622.00 after taxes. 4K display, 16gb ram, and a 512 SSD. So yeah, definitely no regrets over here.
I would avoid dell tbh, qc/bsod issues and overheating too much
I have the Thinkpad P1, the build is insanely amazing. The keyboard and screen are fantastic.
X1 Extreme is the way to go for me. I like how the thinkpad is built like a rugged tool, and the keyboard, man, I can't live without that keyboard. I have the 2018 X1 Carbon and thinkpads are those laptops where you feel like they start accumulating some scratches and dents.
We're getting the X1 Extreme soon too, and the double nvme slot is big since it makes upgrading storage easy as opposed to needing to replace the whole thing with a more expensive ssd.
How's the extreme going?
Wait for the New XPS 15 with the camera on top whenever they release it.
Now they did :)
I have Dell xps 9560 and there is no replacement battery. It is just over 2 years old and I can't get a replacement battery anywhere. If you want to buy a Dell laptop, keep this in mind. Dell has replacement parts for everything but the battery.
What?
Is your mic a bluetooth mic? I've been looking for one
Fantastic tech review. how could I just find out this channel?
Is the XPS 15 still a good option right now? I’m looking at the i7 16gb non 4K version for ~$1050 usd
Excellent review. Its a Thinkpad for me because I am really enjoy using the Navpoint.
Planning to do this again for the X1 extreme gen 2 and the XPS15 once refreshed in Q12020? (please say yes)
Any idea when we’ll get a review of any of the new 20xx laptops?
My UHD X1 arrives
today, really excited.
Day 3. This is an wonderful all rounder machine.
Does the fans get loud?
How was it?????
I have to like for the Zbrush and Blender consideration.
I do 3D work for a living so great to have that considered in your videos too!
Hi Lisa. Can you confirm if the XPS has any audio issues? I've been seeing a lot of complaints that there's a popping/crackling sound from the speakers in a lot of laptopns. Also seen something about DPC latency?
It's true.
Don't go for it, Dell has several audio issues.
Lenovo is showing that 64gig RAM (2x32) option as a 5-7 day shippable option. I remember You kina' mentioning it in the original review as possibly something that would never come to pass. Is interesting. :-)
window central in one of his video his showing on his table 2x32GB card (i don`t remember the brand) upgradable for X1EX.. so i guess it`s finally on the market
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I love your reviews! Great job. I did have one question... I have read that some of these ultra thins can actually take a USB-C plug into the USB-C port up to 100 watts should you not have your power supply with you or need some extra power handy through a USB wall adapter. I think I read you can definitely do this with the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme. Can you do that with the Dell? Can you verify that with either laptop???
I read an article saying that you can do that with the Dell as long as you have a 60w(or was it 75w?) power adapter for type c pd.
I'm looking at the XPS 15, specifically the i7, 16gb ram, 512gb SSD, 4k uhd version.
It's $1799 on B&H (about £1360) and I assume customs and fees for international shipping would be a couple hundred dollars on top.
... This still works out cheaper than buying it locally here in Northern Ireland, here I find it for £1900 ($2400-/+) at the cheapest and I do not want to pay that much.
Basically I'm wondering if it would be better to buy it from B&H or is there something obvious I'm missing, or something risky with this idea.
I bought the xps15 4k with pen and would never buy another Dell. They ship an unfinished product at the expenses of the customer. My xps15 requires a cold reboot about every 4 days. Requires a warm boot every other day. So frustrating.
You are such an amazing reviewer !
Useful review. Thank you.
Hey Lisa, does the wacom pen have pressure sensitivity when using on the computer screen?
I 2nd this question!!
As a tech person, this is by far the most informative review video I have ever watched, I needed to know all these details, especially about the laptop if is upgradeable or not, thanks for sharing!
The ThinkPad T480 is my daily driver still DELL has definitely upped their game in the past couple of years.
Should i buy a T480p?
Thank you this really helps
Great review thanks. This was my exact decision. I went with the X1 mostly because of the stupid dell nose cam.
I think you forgot to talk about the X1’s face and fingerprint login capabilities. They are pretty cool.
I'm loving my X1E. Got the 4K i7 model with 8 gb of ram to bring it down to 1600 after tax (BF Sale) and then purchased 32 gb of ram and Samsung Pro 970 1tb and love this badboy. Use it for school and work. Keyboard has no competition.
Sweet
The keyboard's on Lenovo laptops are the best. Better than Apple. Better than everything I've ever used. Except against those old IBM keyboards but i digress.
@@timothyandrewnielsen Lenovo came out a 25 year ThinkPad special edition with the IBM keyboards. Idk if they are still selling those
Archie Ray bad back case, it is alu with black coasting, i have one and regret
do you still use the other ssd inside?
Any chance for a comparison between the X1 extreme with 9750H, 1Tbssd, 1650GPU & XPS 15 with the same specs?
I needed to decide between them and as an old T480s owner I had my heart on the X1E but the small battery, horrible Full HD Display and worse price/performance pushed me to buy the XPS 15. Everyone compares 4K vs 4k on these displays but most people buy the Full HD Display so I would say comparing them is also really important.
Unfortunately the "base level" Lenovo displays tend to be absolutely horrifyingly bad.
If you upgrade to the premium display options I've found they are quite nice, but the entry level ones are really, really bad. Often crappy TN panels, and even when they are IPS panels they are low res and often have poor contrast and terrible colour accuracy.
I have definitely found Dell to be more consistent on the Display side. Their top tier displays are mindblowing good, but even their base displays tend to look decent.
@@pete3198 I totally agree! My t480s had the 1440p display and I was quite pleased with it. As far as I know the Full HD panel on the xps 15 is a pretty expensive panel, Frank Azor(head of xps) mentioned it on twitter. It is a color accurate ,400 nit panel whereas the industry standard is still 300nits. It has worse performance when it comes to response times but no one is buying the xps to game on it.
Thank you for the fun and informative videos! Can you Review the ASUS Q536FD? there's no serious reviews of this machine in TH-cam
which one is best for MS Office and reading PDF?
The spectre x360 15 with 1050ti / hexacore would have fitted great in this comparison. Any reason why no reviewer touches that machine?
Very nice review. Thanks.
Does thinkpad is applicable for designing and video cutting purposes?
Great video Lisa!
What about the weight of them? I can't compromise on keyboard comfort so it would be Thinkpad between the two.
Seriously, people should go for the i5-8400H model. Companies earn extra profit through the i7 models. However consumers won't find out the difference in most applications. The i5 performs even better since the higher frequency.
I did.... P1 is also a lot cheaper if you do not care about gaming
Great review! I’d love to see you compare the Lenovo X1 with an HP ZBook Studio (latest gen). It seems to be competing directly with the Dell XPS 15, Lenovo X1, and 15” MacBook Pro.
You said the weight and footprint are about the same. Isn't the Lenovo a half a pound lighter with the 4k model and even more with the FHD version?
Thanks Lisa!
The similarities between Lisa and the Minion on the t-shirt is remarkable. :P Love the video anyway :)
What computer brand and model do you recommend for day trading , I was told that I should get a gaming laptop so it can handle the software needed to trade . I’m lost , so your advice would be appreciate .. Thanks
X1 extreme.. u can even plug to several montitors
As a student who likes to game sometimes I opted for the dell. Lenovo is very respected and the ThinkPad looks really cool, the only thing that turned be away was the fn and ctrl key switch (which you can switch in bios but I’m still picky), the lack of media keys, and the battery life. I need good battery life and get more than a day’s work on the dell. I got the 512gb ssd, 16gb ram fhd model for $1400 while the Lenovo (then) was around $2300 for same spec. However if you want the ThinkPad, I still believe it’s on discount for around $1600
Please compair with xps 15 old 4k 2019 vs lenovo extreme x1 gen 2 2019
thank you madam help me to choose which one is better
Great comparison. Waiting for i9 to replace my mbpro touchbar
Since when Dell's driver updates literally fried my XPS 15, I came back to my old love-hate relationship with Lenovo, that at least knows how not to screw up things too much. BTW, HIMO the new X1 series presented at CES seems fantastic.
I love your T-shirt Lisa! Absolutely fabulous!
I love Lisa everyday, I´m the guy in her T-Shirt photograph.
thanks I ordered a x1 extreme before watching this and was thinking about returning but after seeing more videos I think I'm going to keep. The keyboard differences man the lenovo is so much better alone. Cant wait until friday when it comes in.
How was it????
I really do prefer a better and brighter screen compared to X1E’s 300 nits one. And I do need a larger battery to have longer outdoor time.
I didn’t know much about dell’s advantage until now, kinda wanna switch to dell thb
Hey guys super excited tonight I’m installing the RAM and SSD kits to my X1 and finally unboxing it.
My X1 Extreme Gen 2 (Total Price $2300 CAD, $1770 US)
UHD Screen
I7-9750H
256 SSD Stock
1 TB SSD 970 EVO Samsung $200
8gb Ram Stock
32gb Ram by Samsung $200 CAD
Fingerprint
Backlight
Win Pro.
1 Year Warranty.
I bought Black Friday
How is the performance
The Lenovo has a second Thunderbolt port, which should not be looked at lightly. Also, in real world testing the Dell suffers a ton from thermal throttling. Although both companies seem to use really cheap thermal grease and significant speed/ heat improvement can be made by replacing the grease with Arctic Silver or some other quality thermal paste. Other than that, both machines are extremely capable and comparable. I tend to think that Dell May have better support, but I have actually heard of some issues with Dell as of late. And yes, these are the best reviews on the internet!
My Dell XPS 15 is arriving tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it. Dell just had a sweet deal and I got it for ~1500€ (FHD, i7-8750H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) so it's at least 500€ cheaper then a X1E with similar specs. Although the Lenovo might be a bit higher quality, the price difference is just too big. I also use a company supplied Latitude 5580 and my partner has a XPS 13 9370 and both of them have zero issues. Subjectively speaking, the Dell seems to be the better choice.
edit: It arrived! Unfortunately one fan is rattling a bit. I'm gonna contact support. I hope they send a service technician to fix it. Besides that, everything works great. Installing Ubuntu was a bit of a hassle, but that's hardly Dell's fault.
How is your dell?
What is the problem with the Killer wi-fi card?
great review!
X1 Extreme vs the P1, and go! :D
X1 if just doing gaming, photoshop, browsing, some cad work. P1 perfect for doing cad work and some light gaming.
The most dependable reviews on youtube
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just received my X1 I7 4k 512 ssd 16 gb, I absolutely love it. light and very powerful. The keyboard is great now i understand why so many people talk about the thinkpad keyboard. The 4k screen is fantastic, so glad i spent the extra cash on got it.
The double ssd and ram slot is forward thinking when you get this laptop. It takes just 26 seconds to start up the pc, ligtroom photoshop traktor starts in just a seconds.
The finsih of the laptop is really good. i would have like to have speakers with a little more bass but its ok. The trackpad is really soft so soft that you feel the dust on it sometime :-) overall it´s a good laptop not the cheapest but one of the highest standard.
whats the battery life like on it?
Have tried moderate gaming on it?
I don't play games, I use mostly Lightroom, Traktor and Photoshop. I must say Lightroom makes the fans spin frequently... @@suttongriffin8154
Is lenovo thinkpad*1 core i7 not xeon, good enough to run aftereffects 2d+3d and blender smoothly?
Hi, What is it that you are wearing? Is it a bluetooth microphone?
Lisa do you know the thinkpad x1 base is coasting with paint? It will easily have scratch and looks terible, i will never buy thinkpad again, miss the magie case of the T550 so much!