Hands-on Dell's XPS 14 and XPS 15: A New Standard Discussion

[Dayton]

The non-retina MBP 15 has an all-metal construction and an optical drive and weighs 5.6 lbs.

The new XPS 15 has an all-metal construction and an optical drive and weighs 5.8 lbs...only 4% more.

By contrast, the Vaio S15 weighs only 4.4 lbs and has all-metal construction and an optical drive, but many have complained that it has a flexible case and feels fragile and insubstantial.

Without compromising solidity, the only other way to bring weight down would be to use plastic or to drop the optical drive. I'm glad the XPS 15 does neither.

True but your argument would be much better if it had a GT 650 instead of a GT 640.

I saw this at notebookcheck but not sure if it is relevant:

The more uncommon GDDR5 version of the GT 640M should be significantly faster with potential speeds reaching close to that of the DDR3 version of the GT 650M

[Mitlov]

True but your argument would be much better if it had a GT 650 instead of a GT 640.

The 650 isn't appreciably heavier than the 640. You may want a 650 instead of a 640 in your laptop for gaming performance, but that has nothing to do with whether a 5.8 lb 15" laptop is unreasonably heavy.

[Dayton]

The 650 isn't appreciably heavier than the 640. You may want a 650 instead of a 640 in your laptop for gaming performance, but that has nothing to do with whether a 5.8 lb 15" laptop is unreasonably heavy.

No, I meant to make the weight more acceptable. For example, "A bit heavy but it can play Blu-ray's and game"...

[hockeymass]

looks awfully similar to mbp

A brushed metal laptop? RELEASE THE HOUNDS!

[Mitlov]

No, I meant to make the weight more acceptable. For example, "A bit heavy but it can play Blu-ray's and game"...

A 640M can handle Skyrim on high and Diablo III on ultra. It most certainly can game just fine, even though a 650m is even higher-performance. Y'all are just impossible to please

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

[TSE]

Looks good. Dell is finally starting to make good laptops again.

[Pseudorandom]

The non-retina MBP 15 has an all-metal construction and an optical drive and weighs 5.6 lbs.

The new XPS 15 has an all-metal construction and an optical drive and weighs 5.8 lbs...only 4% more.

By contrast, the Vaio S15 weighs only 4.4 lbs and has all-metal construction and an optical drive, but many have complained that it has a flexible case and feels fragile and insubstantial.

Without compromising solidity, the only other way to bring weight down would be to use plastic or to drop the optical drive. I'm glad the XPS 15 does neither.

The Panasonic B10 is 4.1lbs w/ optical drive. It's a Toughbook, so I doubt its built flimsily.

It's definitely possible to make a lightweight 15 inch notebook without sacrificing durability or the optical drive.

[Mitlov]

The Panasonic B10 is 4.1lbs w/ optical drive. It's a Toughbook, so I doubt its built flimsily.

It's definitely possible to make a lightweight 15 inch notebook without sacrificing durability or the optical drive.

No dedicated graphics (or the cooling system to deal with dedicated graphics) and a price tag about twice that of the XPS 15 thanks to its unobtanium construction...apples and oranges. You've got to compromise somewhere. Price, solidity, weight, features like an optical drive...at the end of a day, these issues become a zero-sum game. Something has to give. The XPS 15 is relatively heavy. The Vaio S15 lacks solidity. The Panasonic is painfully expensive and lacks a GPU. Choose your poison.

[LordBass]

Great looking machines. If the RAM & HDD are user-serviceable without much pain, a XPS 14 may be coming home with me.

[cotolay]

Dear Dell,


Could you please make a 17 for december? Please. I so need a 17 inch of these. =D.

Man i would so buy a 17 inch with gt 650m