The older body from the XPS 9500 would have been perfect. Dell listened to too many of the tech influencers who wanted a new body for the sake of having a new body.
Thank you so much for this. I've been binging on ARM Laptop reviews over the past week or so (HP, ASUS, Microsoft, etc).. and all the "real world" hands-on experience here is really informative. Especially about Thunderbolt and Docks. I'm still leaning towards the Surface 7 Laptop,. but I'm also in no rush to spend my own hard earned money.
Hi, thanks for your great review! What about the upper right corner of the display (3:40 in the video): it seems to me a very poor alignment of the screen with the external chassis
Good review! any chance you can get your hands on a Firefly 14 inch, g11 with the dreamcolor display? Those have the new Intel Core Ultra in them, would be interesting about power and thermals/fan noise.
Dell doesn't suc. Only the xps line because they just cared for the design and not the performance and usability. The other lines like the precision and latitudes are pretty good.
hopefully mediatek and other companies enter this race and add more competition, this way we'll get faster developement and improvements, for now, I don't think I will pay 1000+ dollars for a first gen laptop chip, gotta wait and see how it goes. amazing review btw, very detailed and informative, thank you
@@Okieant I have had the device for 24 hours and I am impressed. Battery life has been amazing, but I am an IT/Office guy. I don't. have fancy apps other than productivity. Only app I haven't been able to install is google drive, but not a dealbreaker. Keyboard is just new muscle memory and it doesn't make the sounds like his when pushing on the bottom. I definitely will get a docking station, but will feel good carrying it around all day without having to bring the power brick.
Can you find out if it's the emulation that heats up the device so much? in this case it's the fault of Prism emulation. It would be interesting to compare the same software in arm and x86 and measure the temperature difference. Thanks in advance
Hey Everyday Dad! Just wondering how low you can set the laptop's brightness to. My biggest complaint with Dell's hardware is that you cannot set the brightness lower past a minimum point, and that minimum point is still extremely bright and blinding, especially in dimly-lit rooms. If Dell hasn't correct it here, I'm either going for the Surface or a refurbished M3 Mac.
I worked at Dell for 18 years. Back then, they had really good engineers, and I bet they still have solid ones on staff. That said, I'm surprised to see that the power/ battery life balance isn't great. I have a Surface Pro 11 that I bought on launch day, and it seems much more consistent in terms of performance and battery life, both on and off battery. Seems like Microsoft is leading the pack (at this early stage at least. Hope Dell improves on that front pretty quickly.
You can set Windows to right-click when you tap the touchpad with two fingers. That's what I do. Easier than moving to the right button. One finger for left-click, two for right.
7:25 - Any Displaylink dock will work with Snapdragon. I use a Startech DK31C4DPPD quad 4K display dock with my Surface 7 laptop and it works without any issues.
I really appreciate your content , I know your Apple lover but then you tried Samsung phones and tablets and also now you have tried different windows laptops
I think Dell's reason for the strange function row was cooling. Still, I wish they would make the design a bit thinner to incorporate true function keys, as I haven't seen one person say they like the way Dell has it. With that being said, I think a few changes to this laptop (sacrificing some aesthetic for functionality) would make a huge difference. There's a lot of potential for Windows fans here.
1080p for productivity and office work on a premium laptop is unacceptable. The text clarity boost you get with a high PPI display alone is worth it. I can’t imagine using a sub 200 PPI display for my work
Call me old fashioned, but I don't get the whole Snapdragon hype. I'm so happy I got both the Surface laptop 5 and pro 9 last year, they've been great with everything. I know, the battery life could be better, but I came from a freaking Alienware gaming laptop that lasted half an hour max. Everything on Intel just works! Doesn't matter if it's a random 10 year old USB device or a modern Thunderbolt dock. Just plug it in and go! If they keep Surface ARM only going forward, this might have been my last Microsoft purchase. Great video btw man, keep it up! Been enjoying your channel a lot lately!
You should watch other laptop with snapdragon review. Dell just drop the balls this year. Beside gaming ( intel and amd still dominate the gaming industry ), snapdragon is faster, lower wat mean better battery life and less heat. Snapdragon is made for productivity. If you only use the laptop for work then snapdragon is the way. You will never see gaming laptop use arms or snapdragon chip
You obviously haven't had a Mac since Apple Silicon which lasts all day without charging, instead a a measly hour or two like Intel. Maybe four hours if you set it to Battery Saver and turn off wifi. You're not old-fashioned, just willing to settle for something that is less useful.
@@mattbosley3531 I should have maybe clarified it a bit more, I absolutely love what Apple is doing and would love to own a MacBook, but from experience I just can't use macOS and need Windows, it's just probably a fact that Windows will never be like Apple, even though Microsoft might want it really bad!
Ok, you're old fashioned Competition is a good thing and these snapdragons are going to push the boundaries, it's going to drive innovation and it's going to drive better development
I like these power-efficient Snapdragon/ARM processors. Asahi Linux runs great on my ARM-based M1 Mac Mini. When these vendors of Snapdragon machines make a model on which I can run Linux, I'll buy one. These look like products I actually want.
The problem with Sd X Elite is that it has different variants with different speeds but each laptop manufacturer did not specify which are you getting, all they show will be telling you it has an X Elite in it.
I don't have the 9345, but I do have the 9340 for work, so I can't speak for the processor but I can express my thoughts on the form factor. I agree that I hate the the lack of boundaries on the touchpad. I don't hate the digital buttons but they seem rather pointless. Mac touch bar at least have more use.
Idk, I learned my lesson on the 2020 version everyone was recommending that Dell generally just doesn't make good laptops longevity wise. Hoping the Snapdragon would change that, but looks like they sitll need to work out some issues. I personally wouldn't get an ARM Laptop right now unless you. are working exclusively with popular apps that everyday users need, as the ARM compatability thing is going to be an ongoing issue for a while. The surface tablet however feels more of an interesting use case where windows has a potential strong alternative to iPads, primarily becuase it's a PC Operating system in tablet for
The most interesting thing about this new family of XPS is its design and that they do not heat up as much as the previous generation, but other than that, many people do not like the keyboard or the mediocre performance, I like it, I am not demanding , the xps 16 has good battery life and looks beautiful, the performance is fine and the 4k oled screen is magnificent, but for others it will only be an object of criticism
I use two-finger taps for right clicking I have been for more than 5 years probably I find it more convenient and maybe it can help solve your problem with that trackpad
I have the XPS 15 from 2017, looking at for a new laptop since the i7 in this is not supported by windows 11. I wanted them to adopt a Ryzen CPU since they're significantly easier to keep cool. So it still having thermal issues 7 years later is pretty disappointing. The Surface Laptops look promising though
Bummer. I'm in the market for a Windows laptop. I have been using a Mac Air for about a year and I just can't get used to it. I was hoping this one might be the one....will you be trying the new Samsung, Surface, Lenovo, or HP Snapdragon X laptops?
The creaking in the hinge and chassis is an issue with all 2024 XPS laptops. I returned mine 3 times. Then my replacement had a dead keyboard and was overheating. Returned it and got a MacBook Pro instead…
I've also returned 3 2024 XPS 13s. 1 with the creaking issue and other two screens were not flush with the keyboard when closed. This appears to be an issue with all 2024 XPS laptops - they made the hinge several mm longer to allow the heat to exit via the vents at the back. This is causing lots of issues elsewhere on the chasis. Also this haa resulted in 2024 XPS 13 been 3mm thicker than advertised.
I went with the base Surface Pro, but had I gone with a non-Microsoft brand, I probably would've gone with the HP Omnibook X. The XPS is nice and all, but Dell has very much gone form over function with it as of late. And I'm not limiting that just to the Snapdragon XPS.
Typing this on my XPS 13 Plus. The only thing I can complain of is this shit Intel CPU and a 60Hz Refresh Rate Panel. That's it. That's literally it This laptop is freaking amazing. I rarely ever use the Function Keys, and this Haptic Panel works for me. The Keyboard is awesome [you have to give yourself some time]. The Trackpad, even better imo [especially these Sensel ones[. I mean, it's literally very hard to miss it. Palm rejection is also very good.
While I think that ARM laptops are the future, if I needed a Windows laptop right now I would still go with an x86 machine.
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You are saying that apple doing this since 4 years now but you forget that even the 1st gen m1 soc was superior and never had such compatibility problems. I am a windows user btw.
Interesting USB support being so bad since the Surface devices have USB 4 support which I think has all the support for docking and monitors with a ton of ports...
I don't like Dell laptops and this review doesn't surprise me. If I was going to get any of these new snapdragon laptops I would probably go for the Surface and thats saying something as historically i've not liked Surface devices either.
Wow that fan noise with Davinci sounds like my old Thinkpad X1. Glad the surface isn't having those issues. Always seemed weird to compare these first gen machines to the MBA and then fit them all with fans, you're just begging for a bad comparison.
One thing is for sure. Apple nailed their 1st gen ARM laptops far better then everyone. And qualcomm had something to try and copy. Apple ALLLLL day folks. My M1 Air and M1 Max are both flawlesssly trucking along. Virtual Machines via UTM run flawlessly even on my 8gb RAM Air. Just butter
Dell really lost it, the same laptop I have from 2016 has one thunderbolt 3 USB C, 2 USB 3.0 and a SD card slot and a SEPRATE charching port. DELL GET THE MEMO 2 USB C IS NOT ENOUGH AND YOU KNOW IT! And I HATE that no tech youtube ever dares to say this as bluntly as should be. This is a shame. We don't neer thinner and less ports. EVEN APPLE GOT THE MEMO. Give us at least 3 USB C one SD card slot and a separate Mag safe type charching port. You use one USB to charge and you only have one left for your mouse our something. This is suppose to be a portable laptop first and they keep fumbling. I have waited years for Dell to fix this fucking issue and they keep doing it. Your old XPS had them there is enough room, stop being dicks and fucking make a proper 13 inch laptop again. No wonder people are switching over to Surface and other brands. Dell is tone dead on purpose the entire design team should be fired at this point.
My wife just switched from her 15" XPS to an 13" M3 Air (16/512) and loves it... a good part of that is MacOS once she got use to it again after over 20 years away.
Thanks for the in-depth review! Like I think I said in the unboxing video, I'm pretty much done with Dell, despite the potential of their hardware. There's just something up with their quality control. It's too hit-or-miss for my liking. Apple's pretty much spoiled me. It's also why I'm giving Lenovo a chance, which I just moved to. So far so good!
XPS is always overpriced here. When I bought my laptop, XPS had a huge markup, ended with a laptop with very close to US price. I hear Galaxy Book edge also has an annoying power plan/mode profile, despite being x1e84100, it’s slower than x1e80100 on battery. What a mess.
Dell should rebrand these experimental beta stage toys running windows apps in emulation low perf mode, calling them XPS is an insult to what once was a premium high performance lineup. Hard to believe that anyone would waste money on these machines.
Dell has been at this for so long, I have no idea why they still can't figure out how to make good laptops. Guess they don't have to since companies buy them anyway.
XPS ALWAYS has this kind of problems, seens like a forever beta product, it is extremely frustrating ! Other lower class Dell laptops simple works fine
To be fair, a 13 inch laptop at 1920x1200 isn't terrible. Though as soon as you go to above 16 inches, it does become too low and even I can see pixels. Also, a higher resolution hurts battery life.
This is probably the worst keyboard/trackpad combo on a laptop I have ever seen. They somehow managed to make it worse than 2016 macbooks, and those were literally faulty.
Well, I have a Dell XPS 13 9350. All the reviews that I see and I Read say that XPS 13 Plus and this with Snapdragon arent good. So si will skip Dell for mi futuro laptop.
i would say try to avoid off the cuff remarks like the battery is not as good as the Macbook without any data to back it up. You are implying something that might not exist. For instance, the Surface laptop 7 exceeds the air in battery life but there is data to show that. I would think the dell would be the same, but I do not have the information and it sounds like neither do you.
I have seen that the MB Air has better battery life in mixed and intensive use. The X-Elite is better at watching media 24/7. Ergo, diminishing returns on efficiency per watt as performance is increased.
Here's something I really don't understand about Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite reviews: It's an amazing processor. Like it's the first, consumer available, open hardware spec (Asahi Linux is amazing but they shouldn't have to reverse engineer the M1, M2 and M3 chips), desktop ready ARM processor on the market and everyone and their dog is reviewing them with the worst of all operating systems. Windows is just objectively bad. Like if the first thing you have to do when you first turn on your brand new shiny computer is wait 15 minutes for updates, because Windows has NEVER had a sane update system, it's just bad. They've bought that shitty experience to ARM so... I guess... Yay them? We've got this amazing processor, and a whole lot of people who have been waiting for a desktop ready ARM processor (Linux users would probably buy this in droves), and reviewers are all out there going "this hardware looks just like the Macbook Air" and "it's just like Apple!" (sooooo much Apple envy) and then they get into the OS and it's just a shitty experience. Like it's not like Apple at all. I mean, the hardware may resemble Apple products. But otherwise, the experience is just awful. The software is shit. It'd probably be more fair to compare these running Linux to Apple devices. And if you were to do this, at least Linux users might get excited by the processor. Instead you've got a bunch of people who have accepted the shitty experience of Windows looking at these going "But it's just not quite the same shit experience I get on my desktop".
Dell....not quite ready for prime time. So....Stay with MS Surface. Eventually. this architecture will get straightened out. And then....What will Intel and AMD do to respond? Exciting times.....
the difference is, apple chips were REALLY great right from the start. you've said it yourself multiple times over the years, the M1 macbook air has been damn near unbeatable for the price. nobody will look back on the xps four years from now and say the same thing.
Windows laptops are loud because they run Windows. Put linux on it and it will run much cooler and quieter. Windows is pure bloatware with a million processes running in the background.
Feels like dell really cared only about the looks of this laptop. Maybe try the surface laptop!
I agree. Dell really went overboard on form over fucntion more than even Apple.
I had XPS15 for 2 years and that fan noise drove me CRAZY
Yeah, every time I was expecting an angry call for unauthorized take-off from Air Traffic Control.
I think it's more like Intel issue more then dell but yeah dell sucks
The older body from the XPS 9500 would have been perfect. Dell listened to too many of the tech influencers who wanted a new body for the sake of having a new body.
Thank you so much for this. I've been binging on ARM Laptop reviews over the past week or so (HP, ASUS, Microsoft, etc).. and all the "real world" hands-on experience here is really informative. Especially about Thunderbolt and Docks. I'm still leaning towards the Surface 7 Laptop,. but I'm also in no rush to spend my own hard earned money.
I was a XPS only fanboy. Sadly Dell lost the way 10 years ago and I doubt I will ever buy Dell again.
Same. I've now grown to love the brick NPC ThinkPads
Same thing happened to HP 💻
10 years? Wow
What do you use now?
@@Thechosenitalianone he will probably say a mac
Appreciate the detailed update👍👍
Bummer, Gary. I was hoping Dell had nailed a Windows alternative to the MacBook Air. But thanks for the great review.
Thanks Bro, waited for that.
Great review, really appreciate the honesty! Really sucks that these laptops still have classic windows problems. Hopefully it gets better!
Hi, thanks for your great review! What about the upper right corner of the display (3:40 in the video): it seems to me a very poor alignment of the screen with the external chassis
Good review! any chance you can get your hands on a Firefly 14 inch, g11 with the dreamcolor display?
Those have the new Intel Core Ultra in them, would be interesting about power and thermals/fan noise.
Thanks 4 the honesty.
Yeah, not unexpected, Dell sux
What's new here? 😂
Dell doesn't suc. Only the xps line because they just cared for the design and not the performance and usability. The other lines like the precision and latitudes are pretty good.
Really interested to hear if your experience with this unit improved as you used it more.
I have Snapdragon Elite X/15"/32gb/1tb Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 and i love it.
You should try the Surface Laptop 7 next, reviews look good for it.
hopefully mediatek and other companies enter this race and add more competition, this way we'll get faster developement and improvements, for now, I don't think I will pay 1000+ dollars for a first gen laptop chip, gotta wait and see how it goes.
amazing review btw, very detailed and informative, thank you
I got the galaxy book 14 and it's actually really good!!
Mine arrives tomorrow. Will let you know.
I'm gonna need to know. Not sure whether to get the Snapdragon or Intel one. I have the 9320 and only hate the battery life
@@Okieant I have had the device for 24 hours and I am impressed. Battery life has been amazing, but I am an IT/Office guy. I don't. have fancy apps other than productivity. Only app I haven't been able to install is google drive, but not a dealbreaker. Keyboard is just new muscle memory and it doesn't make the sounds like his when pushing on the bottom. I definitely will get a docking station, but will feel good carrying it around all day without having to bring the power brick.
Can you find out if it's the emulation that heats up the device so much? in this case it's the fault of Prism emulation. It would be interesting to compare the same software in arm and x86 and measure the temperature difference. Thanks in advance
Dell! Bring back function keys, usb type a, 3.5 jack. We don't need a trash called hub in the bag 😢
Hey Everyday Dad! Just wondering how low you can set the laptop's brightness to. My biggest complaint with Dell's hardware is that you cannot set the brightness lower past a minimum point, and that minimum point is still extremely bright and blinding, especially in dimly-lit rooms. If Dell hasn't correct it here, I'm either going for the Surface or a refurbished M3 Mac.
I worked at Dell for 18 years. Back then, they had really good engineers, and I bet they still have solid ones on staff. That said, I'm surprised to see that the power/ battery life balance isn't great. I have a Surface Pro 11 that I bought on launch day, and it seems much more consistent in terms of performance and battery life, both on and off battery. Seems like Microsoft is leading the pack (at this early stage at least. Hope Dell improves on that front pretty quickly.
I think you scared me away from X elite for now. My HP Elitebook will have to do for a bit longer😅
You can set Windows to right-click when you tap the touchpad with two fingers. That's what I do. Easier than moving to the right button. One finger for left-click, two for right.
I had dell xps 9300 and for me 13" is quite small. Later I've realized that 14" is perfect size for me. So now I am thinkpad x1 carbon fan.
Tbh you can never say Dell without a “L” 😅
"Deo"
Though tbh, ye they did L here with this laptop 🤣
7:25 - Any Displaylink dock will work with Snapdragon. I use a Startech DK31C4DPPD quad 4K display dock with my Surface 7 laptop and it works without any issues.
On Dell's X-Elite XPS 13 product page they claim both USB-C ports sustain 40Gbps data rates, the a same as Thunderbolt.
I really appreciate your content , I know your Apple lover but then you tried Samsung phones and tablets and also now you have tried different windows laptops
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x with the Elite is awesome
I think Dell's reason for the strange function row was cooling. Still, I wish they would make the design a bit thinner to incorporate true function keys, as I haven't seen one person say they like the way Dell has it. With that being said, I think a few changes to this laptop (sacrificing some aesthetic for functionality) would make a huge difference. There's a lot of potential for Windows fans here.
1080p for productivity and office work on a premium laptop is unacceptable. The text clarity boost you get with a high PPI display alone is worth it. I can’t imagine using a sub 200 PPI display for my work
The caldigit TS4 dock works with the Surface Pro and Galaxy Book4 Edge 14”
Call me old fashioned, but I don't get the whole Snapdragon hype. I'm so happy I got both the Surface laptop 5 and pro 9 last year, they've been great with everything. I know, the battery life could be better, but I came from a freaking Alienware gaming laptop that lasted half an hour max. Everything on Intel just works! Doesn't matter if it's a random 10 year old USB device or a modern Thunderbolt dock. Just plug it in and go! If they keep Surface ARM only going forward, this might have been my last Microsoft purchase. Great video btw man, keep it up! Been enjoying your channel a lot lately!
You should watch other laptop with snapdragon review. Dell just drop the balls this year. Beside gaming ( intel and amd still dominate the gaming industry ), snapdragon is faster, lower wat mean better battery life and less heat. Snapdragon is made for productivity. If you only use the laptop for work then snapdragon is the way. You will never see gaming laptop use arms or snapdragon chip
You obviously haven't had a Mac since Apple Silicon which lasts all day without charging, instead a a measly hour or two like Intel. Maybe four hours if you set it to Battery Saver and turn off wifi. You're not old-fashioned, just willing to settle for something that is less useful.
@@mattbosley3531 I should have maybe clarified it a bit more, I absolutely love what Apple is doing and would love to own a MacBook, but from experience I just can't use macOS and need Windows, it's just probably a fact that Windows will never be like Apple, even though Microsoft might want it really bad!
Ok, you're old fashioned
Competition is a good thing and these snapdragons are going to push the boundaries, it's going to drive innovation and it's going to drive better development
I like these power-efficient Snapdragon/ARM processors. Asahi Linux runs great on my ARM-based M1 Mac Mini. When these vendors of Snapdragon machines make a model on which I can run Linux, I'll buy one. These look like products I actually want.
The problem with Sd X Elite is that it has different variants with different speeds but each laptop manufacturer did not specify which are you getting, all they show will be telling you it has an X Elite in it.
I don't have the 9345, but I do have the 9340 for work, so I can't speak for the processor but I can express my thoughts on the form factor. I agree that I hate the the lack of boundaries on the touchpad. I don't hate the digital buttons but they seem rather pointless. Mac touch bar at least have more use.
We need a The Everyday Dad "reviewed units" shop.
Used to be a huge XPS fan boy and owned 3 different gens. Once the M1 came out and Mac's became cheaper than Dells, it was KO for them.
I thought the main reason to get away from intel or amd was to allow cell compatibility built into the laptops? But they only come WiFi
Can you install Ubuntu or other Linux distros to see how it works?
What happened to all the laptops you bought for testing?
Idk, I learned my lesson on the 2020 version everyone was recommending that Dell generally just doesn't make good laptops longevity wise. Hoping the Snapdragon would change that, but looks like they sitll need to work out some issues.
I personally wouldn't get an ARM Laptop right now unless you. are working exclusively with popular apps that everyday users need, as the ARM compatability thing is going to be an ongoing issue for a while. The surface tablet however feels more of an interesting use case where windows has a potential strong alternative to iPads, primarily becuase it's a PC Operating system in tablet for
The most interesting thing about this new family of XPS is its design and that they do not heat up as much as the previous generation, but other than that, many people do not like the keyboard or the mediocre performance, I like it, I am not demanding , the xps 16 has good battery life and looks beautiful, the performance is fine and the 4k oled screen is magnificent, but for others it will only be an object of criticism
From all the vids I've seen on these new laptops it seems like the surface laptop is the way to go
I use two-finger taps for right clicking
I have been for more than 5 years probably
I find it more convenient and maybe it can help solve your problem with that trackpad
I have the XPS 15 from 2017, looking at for a new laptop since the i7 in this is not supported by windows 11. I wanted them to adopt a Ryzen CPU since they're significantly easier to keep cool. So it still having thermal issues 7 years later is pretty disappointing. The Surface Laptops look promising though
some honest useful words
I'm literally just waiting for them to fully support Davinci Resolve and I will buy it in a heartbeat 😢
Bummer. I'm in the market for a Windows laptop. I have been using a Mac Air for about a year and I just can't get used to it. I was hoping this one might be the one....will you be trying the new Samsung, Surface, Lenovo, or HP Snapdragon X laptops?
Heard Samsung throttles performance on their SD laptops, the Microsoft ones seem to be the most interesting
The creaking in the hinge and chassis is an issue with all 2024 XPS laptops. I returned mine 3 times. Then my replacement had a dead keyboard and was overheating. Returned it and got a MacBook Pro instead…
I've also returned 3 2024 XPS 13s. 1 with the creaking issue and other two screens were not flush with the keyboard when closed. This appears to be an issue with all 2024 XPS laptops - they made the hinge several mm longer to allow the heat to exit via the vents at the back. This is causing lots of issues elsewhere on the chasis. Also this haa resulted in 2024 XPS 13 been 3mm thicker than advertised.
LINUX YAY!
You should try out the Surface Laptop. It seems to be better than the XPS.
is this laptop capable of handling ai ml tasks? I want to build projects for my college
I went with the base Surface Pro, but had I gone with a non-Microsoft brand, I probably would've gone with the HP Omnibook X. The XPS is nice and all, but Dell has very much gone form over function with it as of late. And I'm not limiting that just to the Snapdragon XPS.
The keyboard and trackpad are deal breakers for me. The rest of the issues could be fixed by software. Maybe.
Whats the point of going to arm if the fans are loud?
Typing this on my XPS 13 Plus.
The only thing I can complain of is this shit Intel CPU and a 60Hz Refresh Rate Panel.
That's it. That's literally it
This laptop is freaking amazing.
I rarely ever use the Function Keys, and this Haptic Panel works for me.
The Keyboard is awesome [you have to give yourself some time].
The Trackpad, even better imo [especially these Sensel ones[. I mean, it's literally very hard to miss it. Palm rejection is also very good.
The Dell Latitude 9440 is what the what the XPS Should be…
I'll wait for the Thinkpad and Linux support
Glad i opted for the Surface Laptop instead
Just a heads up, but it’s “early adopter,” and not “early adapter.”
While I think that ARM laptops are the future, if I needed a Windows laptop right now I would still go with an x86 machine.
You are saying that apple doing this since 4 years now but you forget that even the 1st gen m1 soc was superior and never had such compatibility problems. I am a windows user btw.
Definitely change it out. Mine does not creak like yours does. I got the Best Buy configuration because of the screen.
How's your battery life?
@@Okieant Doing vscode and a hour of java minecraft with youtube got me 6 hours with battery dropping from 100 - 55%.
I would not touch them yet. Someone should review how WSL works on the arm devices.
Interesting USB support being so bad since the Surface devices have USB 4 support which I think has all the support for docking and monitors with a ton of ports...
I don't like Dell laptops and this review doesn't surprise me. If I was going to get any of these new snapdragon laptops I would probably go for the Surface and thats saying something as historically i've not liked Surface devices either.
Wow that fan noise with Davinci sounds like my old Thinkpad X1. Glad the surface isn't having those issues. Always seemed weird to compare these first gen machines to the MBA and then fit them all with fans, you're just begging for a bad comparison.
One thing is for sure. Apple nailed their 1st gen ARM laptops far better then everyone. And qualcomm had something to try and copy. Apple ALLLLL day folks. My M1 Air and M1 Max are both flawlesssly trucking along. Virtual Machines via UTM run flawlessly even on my 8gb RAM Air. Just butter
Dell really lost it, the same laptop I have from 2016 has one thunderbolt 3 USB C, 2 USB 3.0 and a SD card slot and a SEPRATE charching port. DELL GET THE MEMO 2 USB C IS NOT ENOUGH AND YOU KNOW IT! And I HATE that no tech youtube ever dares to say this as bluntly as should be. This is a shame. We don't neer thinner and less ports. EVEN APPLE GOT THE MEMO. Give us at least 3 USB C one SD card slot and a separate Mag safe type charching port. You use one USB to charge and you only have one left for your mouse our something. This is suppose to be a portable laptop first and they keep fumbling. I have waited years for Dell to fix this fucking issue and they keep doing it. Your old XPS had them there is enough room, stop being dicks and fucking make a proper 13 inch laptop again. No wonder people are switching over to Surface and other brands. Dell is tone dead on purpose the entire design team should be fired at this point.
Windows on ARM has been a thing for longer than MacOS on ARM. Which is sad.
I just want a Surface Pro OLED, Elite X/Plus, 5G, and fanless. I want a proper Surface Pro X successor. That's pretty much about it.
My wife just switched from her 15" XPS to an 13" M3 Air (16/512) and loves it... a good part of that is MacOS once she got use to it again after over 20 years away.
No boundary touchpad and non-physical fn key rows are the best design Dell brought out.
Thanks for the in-depth review! Like I think I said in the unboxing video, I'm pretty much done with Dell, despite the potential of their hardware. There's just something up with their quality control. It's too hit-or-miss for my liking. Apple's pretty much spoiled me. It's also why I'm giving Lenovo a chance, which I just moved to. So far so good!
XPS is always overpriced here. When I bought my laptop, XPS had a huge markup, ended with a laptop with very close to US price.
I hear Galaxy Book edge also has an annoying power plan/mode profile, despite being x1e84100, it’s slower than x1e80100 on battery. What a mess.
Dell should rebrand these experimental beta stage toys running windows apps in emulation low perf mode, calling them XPS is an insult to what once was a premium high performance lineup. Hard to believe that anyone would waste money on these machines.
Loudness is not good :(
I hate the new keyboard, the old chiclets is better. No accidental type especially if you work with multiple devices
Dell has been at this for so long, I have no idea why they still can't figure out how to make good laptops.
Guess they don't have to since companies buy them anyway.
XPS ALWAYS has this kind of problems, seens like a forever beta product, it is extremely frustrating ! Other lower class Dell laptops simple works fine
1080 ips : with very low PPI
That's garbage on today standard
With smaller devices, you need more PPI to accommodate more text
To be fair, a 13 inch laptop at 1920x1200 isn't terrible. Though as soon as you go to above 16 inches, it does become too low and even I can see pixels. Also, a higher resolution hurts battery life.
@cameronbosch1213
Don't convince yourself
It's terrible
- Or why you need to pay $300 for only resolution improvement
This is good for competition. Here before Apple releasing face ID for macbooks and calling it revolutionary.
Unless they provide 3 usb C ports, 1 on the right, 2 on the left. Haha
Dell XPS is a heater not a laptop.
This is probably the worst keyboard/trackpad combo on a laptop I have ever seen. They somehow managed to make it worse than 2016 macbooks, and those were literally faulty.
Well, I have a Dell XPS 13 9350. All the reviews that I see and I Read say that XPS 13 Plus and this with Snapdragon arent good. So si will skip Dell for mi futuro laptop.
i would say try to avoid off the cuff remarks like the battery is not as good as the Macbook without any data to back it up. You are implying something that might not exist. For instance, the Surface laptop 7 exceeds the air in battery life but there is data to show that. I would think the dell would be the same, but I do not have the information and it sounds like neither do you.
I have seen that the MB Air has better battery life in mixed and intensive use. The X-Elite is better at watching media 24/7. Ergo, diminishing returns on efficiency per watt as performance is increased.
Here's something I really don't understand about Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite reviews:
It's an amazing processor. Like it's the first, consumer available, open hardware spec (Asahi Linux is amazing but they shouldn't have to reverse engineer the M1, M2 and M3 chips), desktop ready ARM processor on the market and everyone and their dog is reviewing them with the worst of all operating systems.
Windows is just objectively bad. Like if the first thing you have to do when you first turn on your brand new shiny computer is wait 15 minutes for updates, because Windows has NEVER had a sane update system, it's just bad. They've bought that shitty experience to ARM so... I guess... Yay them?
We've got this amazing processor, and a whole lot of people who have been waiting for a desktop ready ARM processor (Linux users would probably buy this in droves), and reviewers are all out there going "this hardware looks just like the Macbook Air" and "it's just like Apple!" (sooooo much Apple envy) and then they get into the OS and it's just a shitty experience. Like it's not like Apple at all. I mean, the hardware may resemble Apple products. But otherwise, the experience is just awful. The software is shit. It'd probably be more fair to compare these running Linux to Apple devices. And if you were to do this, at least Linux users might get excited by the processor. Instead you've got a bunch of people who have accepted the shitty experience of Windows looking at these going "But it's just not quite the same shit experience I get on my desktop".
Dell for disappointment…. And does it look like the space key and other keys are wearing already? Dude….5:12 am?
Can't make any excuses for Qualcomm because they've been making arm chips for decades now. And this is their 2nd time making arm chips for windows
Dell....not quite ready for prime time. So....Stay with MS Surface. Eventually. this architecture will get straightened out. And then....What will Intel and AMD do to respond? Exciting times.....
What a waste of the new SoC
That's Dell for you!
I think they've become too comfortable in their position and I'm hoping Lenovo knocks them down@@cameronbosch1213
It's already a waste with Windows. All these brands are wasting the Snapdragon chip.
@@bassyey not really because the other windows on ARM PCs are actually pretty good
the difference is, apple chips were REALLY great right from the start. you've said it yourself multiple times over the years, the M1 macbook air has been damn near unbeatable for the price. nobody will look back on the xps four years from now and say the same thing.
Snapdragon X ❤❤
over 5 minutes in, nothing useful except that I don't benchmark battery life ...
Windows laptops are loud because they run Windows. Put linux on it and it will run much cooler and quieter. Windows is pure bloatware with a million processes running in the background.
What a mess. Go Bucks.