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Our entire coverage of Dell Laptops, including their portable and premium XPS series, their mainstream Inspiron series, their professional and business-oriented latitude and Precision series, as well as their Gaming laptops in the Alienware subbrand.
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While shopping for a new laptop, I decided to give the Alienware m15 a try. It’s been a few years since I owned one and boy have they changed. I’ve gone from both extremes too, having owned an M11x in 2009 and then an...
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If you’ve been here for a while you should know that the Dell XPS 13 has been my ultrabook of choice for many years now, and I’m still using one as my main portable laptop, although not as often as I used to now...
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With the XPS 15 9500, Dell are finally going to deliver that much-awaited 2020 update of their highly popular XPS 15 notebook, which we’ve covered in multiple reviews and guides over the years here on the site. And it’s not just a hardware bump,...
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Update – April 22, 2020 @ 17:00 As suspected, Intel’s 10th-gen Skylake-based (6-8 core) chips in laptops are shipping with undervolting abilities disabled from some (if not all) OEMs. Well-known tech YouTuber Dave Lee reviewed his loaned MSI GS66. Among his criticisms were the build...
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For years now, the Dell XPS 13 has been my personal ultrabook of choice and one of the better thin-and-light notebooks on the market. However, the XPS 13 hasn’t seen a significant update for a while, and that’s changing with the early-2020 Dell XPS...
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Dell’s Gaming lineup kicks things off in 2020 with a brand-new Dell G5 15 SE (Special Edition) built on AMD Ryzen-H 4000 Series processors and up to AMD Radeon RX 5600M Mobile graphics, unveiled at CES 2020. It’s now scheduled to be available in...
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While Dell’s Latitude laptops are primarily targeted at companies, their new 2020 Latitude 9510 has a bunch of interesting features that should also put it on the map for regular buyers in search of a premium, portable, fast and long-lasting 15-inch notebook. In fact,...
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As of late 2019, there are no 24/25-inch 240 Hz monitors with IPS panels on the market. You can get several good-quality TN 240 Hz screens at this size, but if you’re looking for IPS you have to jump over to one of the...
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The new Dell XPS 15 7590 makes a case for itself by sporting an optional OLED panel, Intel’s latest 9th generation 6 and 8-core CPUs, Nvidia’s GTX 1650 GPU, and, finally, an above-display webcam. As I wrote in an earlier editorial, however, whether or...
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Microsoft’s Surface Laptops have been some of the more popular ultrabooks of the last few years. With the 3rd generation, Microsoft added a full-size 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 alongside the traditional 13.5-inch variant, and I wanted to discuss its overall value in today’s market,...
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Disclaimer: All laptops (including both black and white XPS 13 SKUs) were purchased with my own funds for this review. Going by most accounts, the best ultrabook of 2018 is either the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (which we at NBC rated 90%) or the...
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Dell’s XPS 15 7590 is the ever-popular flagship ultrabook of the American company, and as such it commands a relatively premium price in the lineup: Prices top-out at $2799 USD for a fully-loaded i9-9980HK/64GB/4K OLED/GTX 1650/97WHr configuration. However, the base SKU is priced at...
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Dell’s refreshed XPS 13 7390 is one of the better thin-and-lights ultrabooks available in stores these days, and like most other Core U devices on the market, has been recently updated to Intel’s latest hardware: 10th gen Comet Lake. However, aside from the standard...
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Update 2 (July 12, 2019): Article updated to include comment speculation 10nm and 14nm variants of XPS 13 in traditional and convertible designs Update 1 (July 11, 2019): The original edition of this article mistook Comet Lake 14nm for Ice Lake 10nm. Both chips...
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There’s an old saying that goes “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”. The question about buying the XPS 15 7590 for me is this: What do you call it when you get fooled four times? An idiot? An optimist? A laptop reviewer? I’ve said it again and again over...
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Lenovo Legion 5 Pro vs Alienware m15 R5 comparison
As promised in the reviews, I wanted to give you a side-by-side comparison of the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro and the Alienware m15 r5 that I’ve been dealing with...
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