DELL XPS 15 9560 High Performance Laptop,Specifications,Reviews

 DELL XPS 15 9560 High Performance Laptop,Specifications,Reviews

Dell XPS 15  is the best 15-inch laptop money can buy. That's thanks to strong build quality, a brilliant screen, a comfortable soft-touch deck and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 GPU that can handle entry-level gaming and some serious Photoshopping. You'll pay a premium price for the privilege, but the experience of using the preeminent 15-inch consumer laptop on the market is well worth it.

Design

Dell hasn't changed the XPS 15's design for the last couple of years, so the latest model doesn't look all that different from the last few. It's still a clean and functional design that's built rock-solid, but I'm hoping Dell switches things up next year just for the sake of novelty. The XPS 15 has a silver-colored aluminum lid stamped with Dell's logo in black but is otherwise completely spartan. Lifting the lid reveals the 15.6-inch, 4K InfinityEdge display with almost no bezel around the top and sides. The backlit, island-style keyboard is surrounded by a black soft-touch deck. I appreciate the battery indicator on the right side of the laptop -- with the push of a button, up to five lights will illuminate, giving you an idea of how much longer the notebook will last, even if it's closed.
The XPS 15's tapered design allows for only a few ports on each side, but the machine fits in all the essentials. On the left side, you'll find a USB 3.0 port, an HDMI output, a Thunderbolt 3 and a headphone/mic combo jack. The right side houses a Kensington lock slot, another USB 3.0 port and an SD card reader.

Display

The XPS 15's 15.6-inch 4K screen is so brilliant, vivid and accurate that I would be perfectly comfortable using it for Netflix, feature films, gaming or any other need without worrying about an external monitor. When I checked out the 4K movie Tears of Steel, I was wowed by the bright colors, such as the purple, blue and green lights emitted from the holographic computers. The  hues were so vivid they popped against the black-and-gray walls of the lab. In close-ups, I could see the pores on the characters' faces.

It's accurate, too, with a Delta-E score of 1.4 (0 is ideal). The average is a higher 2.6, while the Spectre (3.5) and Prestige (5.1) were less precise

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The XPS 15's screen is nice and bright, measuring an average 282 nits on our light meter. It beat out the average (266 nits), as well as the scores of the Spectre (255 nits) and the Prestige (192 nits).
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard on the XPS 15 feels flat, but it's spacious enough that you can type without tripping over yourself. It has 1.4 millimeters of travel and requires 50 grams of force to press. While I didn't find myself bottoming out, I typed a tad slower than usual.

The 4.1 x 3.1-inch touchpad is top-notch and supports Windows 10's precision gestures. It felt natural to use three fingers to switch between programs and tap four fingers to open the Action Center.

Audio

The XPS 15 offers crystal-clear audio, though it could use a bit more oomph on the low end. When I listened to Yellowcard's "Five Becomes Four," the vocals, guitars and drums and the band's trademark violin filled our midsize conference room.

Battery Life

Despite its 4K display and Nvidia Pascal GPU, the XPS 15 will last you the majority of the day. It ran for 8:23 on the Laptop Mag Battery Test, easily surpassing the mainstream notebook average (6:49) and the Prestige's time (4:13). The Spectre, which also has a 4K display but an older Nvidia GeForce 940MX GPU lasted 8:36.

Webcam

Dell still hasn't fixed the biggest flaw on its XPS line: the XPS 15's camera is built into the bezel at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen, and it looks straight up your nose.If you type, whoever is on the other end of the video call will get an eyeful of your knuckles.

Processor
7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor (6M cache, up to 3.8 GHz)

Memory
8GB DDR4-2400MHz; up to 32GB (additional memory sold separately)

Hard Drive256GB PCIe Solid State Drive

Video Card

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 with 4GB GDDR5

Display

15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) InfinityEdge, Silver

Keyboard

Backlit Keyboard (US/International) with Finger Print Reader

Wireless

Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth

Primary Battery

56WHr

Security Software
McAfee® LiveSafe™ 12 month Subscription

Ports

1 HDMI
2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps)​
1 Thunderbolt™ 3 (2 lanes of PCI Express Gen 3) Supports: Power In / Charging, PowerShare, Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps Bi-Directional), 3.1 USB Gen 2 (10Gbps), VGA, HDMI, Ethernet and USB-A via Dell Adapter (Sold Separately)

Slots

2 SoDIMMs
1 SD Card Reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC)
1 Kensington Lock Slot

Dimensions

Height: 11-17mm x Width: 357mm x Depth: 235mm
Weight : 1.8kg (4 lbs )3 with 56Whr battery, SSD and non-touch display

Camera

Widescreen HD (720p) webcam with dual array digital microphones

Audio and Speakers

Stereo Speaker, Dual Microphones, High Definition Audio with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro

Power

Battery56Whr or 97Whr Battery (built-in)

A/C Adapter130W AC adapter