Dell XPS 15 9560 Review

Re:Dell XPS 15 9560 Review by masklinn on Monday July 31, 2017 @09:43AM (#14891856)

/r/dell lists serious issues with the Killer NIC, coil whine, thermal limitations (when playing), speakers are bad ("average android 4.0 device sounds"), Win10 scaling make 4K display still not great (especially with external low-density displays), backlit keyboard disabling itself, some people get absolutely dreadful battery life.

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Re:Dell XPS 15 9560 Review by darreld on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:12AM (#14892718)

Mine has had only had flaky wifi (killer) and a driver install from Killer's site remedied that. Other than that it's been a flawless machine. Windows 10 still doesn't have all of its' HiDpi issues worked out but I love this laptop.

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Re:Dell XPS 15 9560 Review by velobro on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:08AM (#14892677)

I really don't know why anyone would order a laptop from Dell, or any other OEM for that matter.

Dell and their like, obviously, aren't at the for-front of laptop design. They are still using plastic and calling Carbon fiber a "premium" laptop material (it isn't). They are using second rate network adapters. They are using second rate SSDs which have terrible write speeds. Windows trackpads arent any better than they were 10 years ago.

To top it all off? You'll need to do a whole damn Windows reinstall to get rid of the tons of bloatware they pack in.

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Re:Dell XPS 15 9560 Review by pknopf on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:13AM (#14892730)

What vendor would you recommend?

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Re:Dell XPS 15 9560 Review by pmontra on Monday July 31, 2017 @12:12PM (#14893208)

If one doesn't want Mac OS the usual vendors are HP, Dell, Lenovo, maybe Toshiba, in the order suggested by a repairman to a colleague of mine.

I've always been lucky with touchpads on high end HPs. I've been using Ubuntu since 2009, maybe it's a Windows problem.

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Re:Dell XPS 15 9560 Review by markeissler on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:36PM (#14992331)

That order is pretty much spot on and it's been that way for 20 years.

HP's competitor to the 9560 would likely be the just-released Zbook Studio G4 but it does not offer a 4k touch screen option. Lenovo doesn't really have a competitor right now, the closest would likely be the P51s but it's only dual core...I think the regular P51 (not the slim) is at least one pound heavier.

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