With the weight thatDell’s XPS lineupcarries, one expects greatness when a new model debuts.
A perfect balance of power and portability, the XPS 15 laptop delivers stellar visuals and incredible sound.
It shouldn’t, in the least, becontroversial like the XPS 13 Plus.
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The top lid of the laptop features a pleasing silver color and the Dell logo.
The screen measures 15.6 inches.
At the top of the display are the two microphones and the integrated camera.
A perfect balance of power and portability, the XPS 15 laptop delivers stellar visuals and incredible sound. Your talents now have a device to stream videos, edit photos or create your next masterpiece
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I had two minor issues when using this laptop.
The first was an unexpected freeze of Zoom, with the camera unresponsive.
A perfect balance of power and portability, the XPS 15 laptop delivers stellar visuals and incredible sound. Your talents now have a device to stream videos, edit photos or create your next masterpiece
All in all, minor complaints considering how well the XPS 15 performed overall.
As Dell notes, this laptop is not agaming laptop.
Gaming also delivered a captivating picture no matter what I played.
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The 8W quad-speaker system can reach surprising volumes.
The webcam on the XPS 15 is the most major letdown of the entire equipment.
After experiencing incredible graphics and top-tier performance running programs, the webcam feels like an afterthought.
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But it isn’t outright terrible.
However, for the price point, it does feel like Dell could’ve done a bit better.
If grainy webcam video doesn’t bother you, then this won’t be a problem.
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And, of course, you might alwaysinvest in a separate webcamfor a clearer picture.
For a laptop, the mics do their job.
But despite the shorter battery life, the XPS 15 (9530) does well.
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It’s an average battery life, and I’ve encountered much worse on laptops of a similar price.
Left on sleep for over 10 hours, the XPS drained 7%.
But this doesn’t account for the extreme drainage during gaming.
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Gaming with this laptop wasn’t unpleasant, but the fast drain was.
In one hour of gameplay, on average, the XPS drained 56.8%.
In other words, moderate gaming on this rig requires you to stay close to an outlet!
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Should You Buy The Dell XPS 15 (2023) Laptop?
Yes, it’s costly, but you’re able to customize your model to suit your needs.
Not everyone will feel 1TB of storage or NVIDIA’s GPU are necessary.
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