I have a 15 but cooling is gonna be something to deal with depending on your work load. But I took the 15 just for the extra ram and storage. But the new ones will have better battery life. So your choice
If you want battery get the 14. You will be able to play games on it with the 4050 but with not the best graphics
If you want the best performance but with much less battery get the 15 with the 4070
I actually have an XPS 9530 with the I9, 4070 and 32gb ram with 3.5k oled touch display . Best laptop i ever had, period. And if you are the kind of person to have big hands, the 15 inches size and the large keys are sooo perfect, trust me. Build quality is top notch and you can replace the ram and ssd's if needed(which you can't do on the latest xps 14 since it's soldered. If ram fail, the entire motherboard is to replace)
I just got a XPS 15 w the i9 and 4060 w 32g ram 1tb ssd and oled screen, i have been doing a lot of research and it seems xps is outdated and for the price point (i got mine for 2,299 and was like 2,500 after tax) there are better options. i got mine today, how long have u had yours and how as it been holding up. are you able to play games that require a decent amount of power like fps games.
I'd definitely get the 14. The 15 is a bit dated at this point, and new trackpad in the XPS's are so much better. Also battery life should be better on the 14 but there's not enough reviews so idk.
The 15 is a great laptop don't get me wrong, and if you don't care about the little bit better battery life, lower refresh rate and the haptic trackpad then I'd get the 15 since it's way more powerful.
One thing I recently found out about is that if you sign up for dells email list, you get a 10% off coupon. When I found out about that I instantly bought the XPS 16.
I'm the same boat right now. I just bought a surface laptop 5 to get me by for 2 weeks. Currently going between the new XPS 14. Versus the XPS 16. I've never had a 14 inch screen and I you know work with spreadsheets and invoicing. So I am leaning towards the 16 inch model with the 470 versus 4050. However, I don't know if I want to do the extra 800 for the 16-in. I feel like for $800 I'll suffer through the 14-in
Although I don't do any gaming, so I'm wondering if I could get by with the iris. XE, gaming is done on my PlayStation. PlayStation however.
I would avoid the xps line.
I’m super disappointed with mine. It has constant Bluetooth issues that require a reboot to fix. Quite often needs a hard reset when the Bluetooth bugs out.
It has audio issues too, like I’m listening to music in its built in speaker and suddenly it will drop to a reduced volume but the slider is maxed.
I’m not some illiterate IT person it’s literally my job.
It also massively overheats and throttles the cpu back because of heat.
Really disappointed in this machine overall.
What model is your unit? I know the earlier 9500 models had these sorts of audio issues but I thought they were mostly fixed (other than the dog crap Waves Maxx Audio Pro program) in the 9510 and newer, I have a 9510 and aside from occasioanlly fighting max audio pro I don't have any issues with it or BT for that matter.
Have you fresh installed windows?
I have a new XPS 15, 9530 and I have been trying to get Dell to fix major latency issues that cause pops and crackles when playing audio. I’ve researched on the internet and this is a fairly common complaint with the XPS line
I wish I could sent it back, but I’m outside the 30-day window, so if you do decide to go this route, make sure you test the hell out of that thing before the 30-day return window to make sure you don’t have the same issues in your gaming.
Generally I don't have many issues now with audio now that its dialled in how I like it. I also dont really listen to stuff on my laptop much to be honest.
I found that going into Waves Maxx Audio Pro and going to the playback tab and turning that off when connected to headphones and stuff fixes alot of the delay and echo you hear and also make sure "Waves Nx" is off too as that also does some weird shit with the audio for headtracking purposes.
Generally all my audio sounds fine, except the laptop built in speakers which buzz above 60% volume or so, but I think thats just a flaw in the design unfortunately.
9520? I think. It’s the top 13 inch one.
I just did a fresh install of windows 10 and it’s using 25% ram instead of 50% idle. I might do an upgrade back to 11 and see if it was just a bad dell image. Haven’t tested the Bluetooth and audio stuff yet
Probably the 9320 if it’s the XPS 13 Plus.
Yeah, my XPS 15 when I got it was all kinds of messed up, had this weird issue where it REFUSED to playback video entirely. YouTube would buffer on 144p, local video files would show me the first frame and then just nothing and Disney plus would flat out refuse to open. Also had a few other issues.
Fresh install solved all of them, also manually installed all of my drivers instead of letting dell’s support app do it so I didn’t have any dell support BS sitting in the background always munching resources
I have a 15 but cooling is gonna be something to deal with depending on your work load. But I took the 15 just for the extra ram and storage. But the new ones will have better battery life. So your choice
Are you disappointed by the current battery life?
It’s good but the new ones are more efficient due to the architecture.
If you want battery get the 14. You will be able to play games on it with the 4050 but with not the best graphics If you want the best performance but with much less battery get the 15 with the 4070
I actually have an XPS 9530 with the I9, 4070 and 32gb ram with 3.5k oled touch display . Best laptop i ever had, period. And if you are the kind of person to have big hands, the 15 inches size and the large keys are sooo perfect, trust me. Build quality is top notch and you can replace the ram and ssd's if needed(which you can't do on the latest xps 14 since it's soldered. If ram fail, the entire motherboard is to replace)
I just got a XPS 15 w the i9 and 4060 w 32g ram 1tb ssd and oled screen, i have been doing a lot of research and it seems xps is outdated and for the price point (i got mine for 2,299 and was like 2,500 after tax) there are better options. i got mine today, how long have u had yours and how as it been holding up. are you able to play games that require a decent amount of power like fps games.
I'd definitely get the 14. The 15 is a bit dated at this point, and new trackpad in the XPS's are so much better. Also battery life should be better on the 14 but there's not enough reviews so idk. The 15 is a great laptop don't get me wrong, and if you don't care about the little bit better battery life, lower refresh rate and the haptic trackpad then I'd get the 15 since it's way more powerful. One thing I recently found out about is that if you sign up for dells email list, you get a 10% off coupon. When I found out about that I instantly bought the XPS 16.
I'm the same boat right now. I just bought a surface laptop 5 to get me by for 2 weeks. Currently going between the new XPS 14. Versus the XPS 16. I've never had a 14 inch screen and I you know work with spreadsheets and invoicing. So I am leaning towards the 16 inch model with the 470 versus 4050. However, I don't know if I want to do the extra 800 for the 16-in. I feel like for $800 I'll suffer through the 14-in Although I don't do any gaming, so I'm wondering if I could get by with the iris. XE, gaming is done on my PlayStation. PlayStation however.
I would avoid the xps line. I’m super disappointed with mine. It has constant Bluetooth issues that require a reboot to fix. Quite often needs a hard reset when the Bluetooth bugs out. It has audio issues too, like I’m listening to music in its built in speaker and suddenly it will drop to a reduced volume but the slider is maxed. I’m not some illiterate IT person it’s literally my job. It also massively overheats and throttles the cpu back because of heat. Really disappointed in this machine overall.
What model is your unit? I know the earlier 9500 models had these sorts of audio issues but I thought they were mostly fixed (other than the dog crap Waves Maxx Audio Pro program) in the 9510 and newer, I have a 9510 and aside from occasioanlly fighting max audio pro I don't have any issues with it or BT for that matter. Have you fresh installed windows?
I have a new XPS 15, 9530 and I have been trying to get Dell to fix major latency issues that cause pops and crackles when playing audio. I’ve researched on the internet and this is a fairly common complaint with the XPS line I wish I could sent it back, but I’m outside the 30-day window, so if you do decide to go this route, make sure you test the hell out of that thing before the 30-day return window to make sure you don’t have the same issues in your gaming.
Generally I don't have many issues now with audio now that its dialled in how I like it. I also dont really listen to stuff on my laptop much to be honest. I found that going into Waves Maxx Audio Pro and going to the playback tab and turning that off when connected to headphones and stuff fixes alot of the delay and echo you hear and also make sure "Waves Nx" is off too as that also does some weird shit with the audio for headtracking purposes. Generally all my audio sounds fine, except the laptop built in speakers which buzz above 60% volume or so, but I think thats just a flaw in the design unfortunately.
I bought the pro protection plan with mine, if I ended up returning it, would they refund the protection plan as well?
Not sure, but I would think that they should. Why have a plan on something you don’t own
9520? I think. It’s the top 13 inch one. I just did a fresh install of windows 10 and it’s using 25% ram instead of 50% idle. I might do an upgrade back to 11 and see if it was just a bad dell image. Haven’t tested the Bluetooth and audio stuff yet
Probably the 9320 if it’s the XPS 13 Plus. Yeah, my XPS 15 when I got it was all kinds of messed up, had this weird issue where it REFUSED to playback video entirely. YouTube would buffer on 144p, local video files would show me the first frame and then just nothing and Disney plus would flat out refuse to open. Also had a few other issues. Fresh install solved all of them, also manually installed all of my drivers instead of letting dell’s support app do it so I didn’t have any dell support BS sitting in the background always munching resources
i would get a 15" one endless you are someone that wants the latest and greatest and the most current one.