Dell XPS 15 9550 review – sleek, yet still buggy

123 Comments

  1. Mic De Marco

    February 27, 2017 at 1:27 am

    "Besides this, I couldn’t get my Bluetooth speakers to work at all until I removed the terrible Dell/Broadcom software, which looks like it was last updated in 2003"

    You are a legend! speaker is finally working after removing the Bluetooth Broadcomm software. Thanks!

    • Douglas Black

      February 27, 2017 at 1:36 am

      It's just an awful card. Eugh!

  2. Hussain

    August 5, 2017 at 3:24 pm

    Dell xps is such a great great laptop if following issues are fixed.

    1. Extreme heat (which causes thermal and power throttling)
    2. Proper heat exhaustion
    3. No throttling of any kind
    4. Improvement in battery for 4k
    5. slow boot

    If these problems are fixed I bet you no manufacturer in the world can beat dell xps.

    • Douglas Black

      August 6, 2017 at 12:05 am

      That sad thing is even without those issues fixed, it's still unbeaten by any manufacturer :p

  3. Alberto

    October 17, 2017 at 1:35 pm

    Hi, I am just thinking to buy a second hand XPS 15 (9550). I would like to ask if by now all that bug have been fixed or if I may be still going to get troubles.

  4. Eric

    October 18, 2017 at 4:33 pm

    The battery is swelling after a year. Dell issued a 'recall' but they aren't honoring it for those out of warranty. Recalls are issued when a defect is systemic, way beyond the boundaries of occasional 'manufacturers defects' since the broad nature of failure creates liability outside of warranty. I think the FAA needs to consider adding this product to its no-fly list, due to the risks involved with the battery since dell is not commenting on whether any danger exists with the product.

    • Alberto

      October 19, 2017 at 4:20 am

      Do you have any reference for what you are saying, Eric?

      • Douglas Black

        October 19, 2017 at 4:33 am

        Lots of people discussing this on r/Dell

      • Alberto

        October 19, 2017 at 9:56 am

        Where do you mean for r/Dell? Do you have any link for me please?

        In any case, I just bought it last night!

      • Mavis

        January 11, 2018 at 10:28 am

        He's talking about the Dell subreddit, https://reddit.com/r/Dell

  5. lula

    November 9, 2023 at 8:49 pm

    We also have a Dell XPS 15 9550 and it won't start – turn on.