After a Decade Away the Dell XPS 17 Is Back, and the XPS 15 Has a Major Redesign Too

Earlier this class , Dell refresh theXPS 13 to with child results , and now Dell is coming back to vamp the eternal sleep of its good line of laptops with the new XPS 15 and XPS 17 .

For its new 15 - in slight - and - light , Dell say the XPS 15 has gotten its first full redesign in five years , with Dell coalesce the XPS family ’s intimate carbon fiber and aluminium pattern with a new , nearly bezel - free 16:10 show ( usable in both 4 KB and full HD resolutions ) in an even smaller body . The XPS 15 also grow fresh stereo speakers with wafture Nx 3D tuning for a deep sound recording experience , while on the inside , the XPS 15 supports up to a tenth - gen Intel Core i9 - 10885H CPU , 64 GB of RAM , 2 TB of SSD entrepot , and Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti graphic .

But what might be the real star of the show is the new XPS 17 , which is making its prescribed takings after Dell abandoned the XPS 17 line almost a decade ago . For the 2020 XPS 17 , Dell state it has create the “ belittled 17 - column inch laptop on the satellite , ” which is no low feat consider the XPS 17 can be configured with the same Core i9 - 10885H CPU available on the XPS 15 , but with an even more powerful Nvidia RTX 2060 GPU .

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On top of that , to make certain the XPS 17 does n’t suffer from majorthermal limitations , Dell design a newfangled Dual Opposite Outlet lover that increases both air intake and discharge . This is critically authoritative on a machine designed for mobile mental object Maker because on lastyear ’s XPS 15 , I found its sleek dimensions sometimes resulted in performance throttling under very heavy piles . So hopefully between the new XPS 15 ’s redesigned chassis , upgrade components , and the novel fan system of rules on the XPS 17 , Dell should be able to eke out even more execution from its larger XPS systems .

Another bonus for mental object creators and artwork artist is that both the XPS 15 and 17 come with screen that can exhibit 100 percent of the Adobe RGB color gamut ( 94 percent of DCI - P3 ) , along with support HDR and Dolby Vision , and max brightness level that tops out at 500 nits .

The 2020 Dell XPS 13 Is As nigh As We ’ve Come to Laptop Perfection

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Potential purchaser can also pick out between two different battery size , with the XPS 15 offering 56WHr or 86WHr battery , while the XPS 17 gets 56Whr or 97WHr batteries , with the latter scram quite faithful to the FAA ’s maximum allowable capacity of 100 WHr . Both systems also volunteer power buttons with built - in fingermark reader , and the ace petite HD and IR webcam that Dell first introduce on the XPS 13 . Completely conk are the days of Dell position tv camera below the screen on XPS systems .

The one small downside on the XPS 15 is that it only has three USB - vitamin C port ( with two oblation support for Thunderbolt 3 ) , which for me is one short of nonpareil . That read , the XPS 15 does let in a built - in full - size of it Mount Rushmore State wit proofreader , with Dell also including a free USB - ascorbic acid to USB - A adapter in the box seat . Thankfully , the larger XPS 17 does n’t suffer from any port shortages , as it comes with four USB - one C ports that all patronage Thunderbolt 3 in summation to an SD placard time slot .

All enjoin , the unexampled XPS 15 and XPS 17 extend middling much everything you could want in flimsy - and - light source systems with big screens . Both systems offer slews of form options , and with ameliorate speakers , large concealment , and small footprints than much all of their contender , I ’m eagerly expect a chance to check these more in more detail presently .

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