Testseek.co.uk have collected 156 expert reviews of the Dell XPS 15 9550 - Late 2015 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Dell XPS 15 9550 - Late 2015.
January 2016
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156 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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756 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very small footprint for a 15-inch laptop
A powerful and versatile machine
Great keyboard and trackpad
Premium look and feel
Stellar 4K InfinityEdge display
Core i7
SSD
DDR4 is a potent mix
GTX 960M has some gaming potential
Comfortable keyboard and trackpad
Keeps quiet during everyday use
The smallest 15″ laptop currently available. Ideal for the daily commute
Impressive high resolution 4K display surpasses the MacBook Pro Retina display
An attractive
Yet sturdy laptop
Impressive technical performance
Although this comes at a cost
Co
Stylish
Sturdy
Extremely bright
High quality screen
Fast
Comparatively light and compact
Display
Performance
Thunderbolt 3
Clickpad
An eye-catching 15-inch 4K display in a nearly bezel-free frame
Plus high-end processor and graphics options
All in a slim
Professional-looking body
The XPS has the best screen on the market
Powerful hardware suitable for nearly any task
Good thermals
Is upgradeable
And futureproofed by the inclusion of a Thunderbolt 3 port.
The best Windows 10 laptop to date
Superior performance
Improved battery life
Solid build quality
Great keyboard and touchpad
Best notebook display we've tested
Clear
Loud speakers
Extremely quick
Excellent battery life
Decent gaming performance for a 15in notebook
Futureproofed 16GB of memory
Great 4K touch screen
Capacious NVMe SSD for primary storage
Light 2kg chassis
Thunderbolt 3 port
Powerful
Superb 4K screen with hardly any frame
Backlit keyboard
Good touchscreen
Slim and stylish
Simple brushed aluminium finish
The editors didn't like
Not all-day battery life
Some odd spec configs
No dedicated SSD in entry-level model
Disappointing battery life
4K upgrade is pricey
Webcam position not ideal
Expensive price point
Could use a fingerprint scanner for added security
Heat distribution design could be better
Keyboard and battery life could be better
Battery life
Speakers
Keyboard
960M not future
Proof
The better configurations can cost a lot
While the keyboard could be bigger and the touchpad has a floaty feel
The Broadcom WLAN card is currently a broken mess
There are occasional issues like BSODs or disappearing wireless cards that hurt reliability
The battery life only just reaches “acceptable” levels with a 6cell battery
And it's expensive
Doesn't come cheap
Modest connectivity
Battery falls short of expectations
Noisy and hot at load
Faster 15in gaming notebooks are available
Merely decent everyday performance
No builtin wired networking.
Camera at bottom of screen
Making angle odd
Keyboard feels a little flimsy for such a high spec machine
No competition as a lightweight and thin gaming laptop with such quality for its price (around $1000$1100 new), Good gaming and 3D performance for the price with Skylake I56300HQ and GTX 960M 2GB, Very good build quality, very rigid body, very rigid outer
Fans are noticeable audible on moderate load and even more on gaming load, GPU clocks won't get as high as in other laptops like the VN7592G (but not that crucial for gaming), Speakers are just a bit above the average, if at all (but not too bad), Keyboar
I'll try to keep it short this time. The Dell XPS 15 9550 I5/960M version is a very good machine in my opinion, more than the usual $1000 gaming laptops – way more thin & lightweight, much better build quality, display has much higher contrast than the ot...
high-quality, sturdy chassis, compact dimensions considering the screen size, simple maintenance via bottom cover, excellent color accuracy after calibration, high, constant brightness without sensor, contrast and viewing angles, steady fan control, good
visible display flickering at the lowest brightness level, mediocre color accuracy ex-works, CPU performance cannot be utilized completely, CPU throttling on battery power, massive throttling when you stress CPU and GPU, faulty fan control after battery
You might be disappointed if you expected high-end performance from the XPS 15 at any time and in every situation. The XPS 15 not only reduces the CPU clock to 1.6 GHz on battery power, but it also acts sluggish, which will certainly not please power user...
Published: 2015-12-22, Author: Dave , review by: hothardware.com
Gorgeous 15" 4K IPS Infinity Edge Display, Carbon Fiber And Machined Aluminum, Great Performance, Powerful, Light, Stylish
Relatively Pricey
The performance and capabilities of Dell's new XPS 15 can be summed up fairly easily with one word: "balanced." This is a notebook that has no real weakness and a lot of strengths. In standard compute tasks, the Intel quad-core Core i7-6700HQ processor in...
4K screen hits battery life hard, Very expensive in review configuration, Ethernet and VGA connectivity require an extra dongle, Webcam placement isn't ideal for video chats
Dell's redesigned XPS 15 delivers much of what we liked about its smaller 13-inch sibling, plus one of the nicest 4K screens we've seen. But all those bright pixels make it tough to achieve all-day battery life. And while it starts at $999, it's way pric...
Exemplary build quality and design, Incredibly thin (11-17 mm), light (2.0 kg for the touch version) and mobile chassis, Great input devices (comfortable keyboard, accurate and responisve touchpad), Impeccable screen quality with 100% sRGB and Adobe RGB c
Reduced performance and even throttling when running CPU and GPU-intensive tasks, The fan in the cooling system is louder than we would like, The soft-touch matte plastic used for the interior attracts fingerprints and smudges, A bit too pricey even if go
Dell has yet again presented an impeccable build quality and design featuring anodized aluminum, rubberized finish and carbon fiber base under the hood resulting in sturdy construction, lightweight chassis (just 2 kg) and incredibly small physical dimensi...
Oh, that Infinity display! Small and slim for a 15" quad core laptop. Runs relatively cool and quiet. Decent battery life. Powerful with good NVIDIA GTX 960M dedicated graphics
We'd have liked more ports, 4K display is a challenge to calibrate, desireable configs are expensive, bugs that took several months to squash
As with the XPS 13 earlier this year, Dell has hit a home run. This extremely powerful portable is smaller and lighter than any other 15.6" laptop in its performance class. Build quality and materials are top notch and the carbon fiber keyboard deck is as...
Great 4K touch display, Solid design and quality, Good overall performance, Long battery life
Cramped keyboard layout, Windows screen scaling still erratic, Gets warm under heavy usage
A couple of slightly rough edges can't detract from Dell's desirable multimedia laptop, which challenges Apple's Retina MacBook Pro with a stunning 4K touch screen and 512GB of solid-state storage. Read More…...
Slim, light and fast quad core laptop. Excellent UHD 4K Sharp IGZO display, very good keyboard, top materials
Expensive, not all programs play nicely with 4K displays
The Dell XPS 15 is definitely the closest thing you'll find to a Windows 15" Retina MacBook Pro. It goes beyond in terms of serviceability, display resolution and ports (one could argue about ports since the Mac has two Thunderbolt 2 ports, but Thunderbol...
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