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

[J.R. Nelson]

When Dell brought back the XPS name, it did so with little fanfare. The first new XPS computers were mediocre, with little to differentiate them from the models they replaced. But these - these are worth of the XPS moniker, and might be the best laptops Dell's yet made.

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[Risco]

Thanks, can you confirm which laptop this one is? The viewing angles look suspect when looking at the same pic but not at an angle.

[KuulAsIce]

The one You are interested in is 15" model

BTW what about availability, for 14" model? Also shame on Dell they should offer possibility to have that 14" with 256GB SSD, at the moment i am really looking for a new machine my old M1330 broke down a last week, but it is already 5th year so i don`t blame them. I would love to stay with dell, but when i have to pay 200-300$ extra just for additional 256GB, which i don`t need, just to have SSD, it leaves me to consider possibilities to move on samsung 9 series or something like that.

[RefinedPower]

anyone know if these are kepler GPUs? otherwise they seem competitive. will have to wait till we can get some reviews =)

[J.R. Nelson]

Yes. The XPS 15's definitely is.

KuulAsIce, in terms of availability, they're both out today.

Thanks, can you confirm which laptop this one is? The viewing angles look suspect when looking at the same pic but not at an angle.

That's the XPS 15, since it's sitting next to the XPS One 27. Which you may have seen before on a related site, heh, heh. :|

[Quanger]

looks awfully similar to mbp

[Charles P. Jefferies]

Nice article. I liked the previous XPS 15 but it was pretty average all around besides its great screen and speakers. The design was cool and the build quality decent but again, pretty average. The game is definitely stepped up here.
I would also like to see a better graphics card on the 15" model; the last XPS 15 suffered from the same problem. I think Dell is trying to force people to Alienware if they want a good graphics card, these are more of a premium multimedia device if anything.

That's the XPS 15, since it's sitting next to the XPS One 27. Which you may have seen before on a related site, heh, heh. :|

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[J.R. Nelson]

Ahahaha. Mostly I was referring to the fact that I accidentally published the XPS 15 like a month ago, and of course it got picked up in the forums.

In re: GPU - I'm in complete agreement. I was surprised to see that the 650m wasn't an option.

[ZeiN7]

Ok I got a question , what about Dell XPS15 weight compared the Non Retina MBP 15 !??

[aznguyen316]

Ok I got a question , what about Dell XPS15 weight compared the Non Retina MBP 15 !??

Reading the article the XPS 15 is 4.9 pounds. The "regular" MBP 15" is I believe 5.6 pounds. The rMBP is 4.46 pounds.