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Testseek.com 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.
Award: Good Buy January 2016
January 2016
 
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156 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • 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
  • 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
  • Looks and light weight we've come to expect
  • Ridiculously fast processor
  • Thunderbolt 3
  • Thunderbolt Type-C port
  • Brilliant 4K screen
  •  The thinnest and lightest 15″ laptop you can buy
  • Extremely speedy Intel i7 processor
  • Portable and a joy to use
  • Solid performance
  • Excellent build quality
  • Beautiful display
  • Clear audio
  • Solid battery life
  • Strong performance
  • Great 4K touch display
  • Solid design and quality
  • Good overall performance
  • Long battery life
  • Very sharp 4K display
  • Attractive design
  • Great audio
  • Slim
  • Light and fast quad core laptop. Excellent UHD 4K Sharp IGZO display
  • Very good keyboard
  • Top materials
  • 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
  • Attractive
  • Sturdy design
  • Gorgeous
  • Bright 4K-resolution screen
  • Upgradable RAM and M.2 SSD
  • 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
  • Premium construction
  • Stunning 4K Ultra High-Definition (UHD) screen
  • USB-C port with Thunderbolt 3
  • Large-capacity solid-state drive
  • Excellent performance
  • Thanks to Intel Core i7-6700HQ processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics card
  • Gorgeous 4K display
  • Crisp
  • Strong Performance
  • Reasonably compact and light
  • Class-leading CPU and graphics performance
  • Easy to open
  • Gorgeous 15" 4K IPS Infinity Edge Display
  • Carbon Fiber And Machined Aluminum
  • Great Performance
  • Powerful
  • Light
  • Stylish
  • Fantastic performance. Best of breed touchscreen
  • With nexttono bezel. Great touchpad. Ready to take us into our USBC future
  • Beautiful 4K display
  • Large trackpad
  • Fast performance
  • 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
  • High. constant brightness without sensor
  • Small and lightweight
  • High quality FHD panel
  • 98 percent sRGB coverage
  • Impressive runtimes
  • High CPU and GPU performance
  • No major throttling issues
  • NVMe M.2 support
  • USB Type-C 3.1 Gen. 2 with Thunderbolt 3
  • Hot () Beautiful screen
  • Gamingcapable laptop
  • Allaround good design.

The editors didn't like

  • 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
  • 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
  • No SSD option in the cheapest configurations
  • No Windows Hello biometrics
  • Weirdly inconsistent performance from the Nvidia graphics
  • At least in our benchmarks
  • The carbon fiber composite keyboard area is a finger and hand grease magnet
  • The front-facing video camera doesn't provide the most flattering angles
  • Battery life is not spectacular
  • Average battery life
  • Expensive as configured
  • Webcam looks up your nose
  • Cramped keyboard layout
  • Windows screen scaling still erratic
  • Gets warm under heavy usage
  • Runs hot
  • Expensive
  • Not all programs play nicely with 4K displays
  • We'd have liked more ports
  • 4K display is a challenge to calibrate
  • Desireable configs are expensive
  • Bugs that took several months to squash
  • 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
  • The better configurations can cost a lot
  • While the keyboard could be bigger and the touchpad has a floaty feel
  • Pricey
  • Sealed chassis
  • Less than 6 hours of battery life
  • Shallow key depth
  • Backlight bleeding
  • Some models should have optional larger battery available
  • Keyboard should be a little larger
  • Relatively Pricey
  • Prone to crashes
  • At press time
  • The unit is frozen in the middle of restoring to factory settings and is unable to complete the operation. Fairly awful keyboard. Expensive
  • Bluescreen software issues
  • Slow HDDs in base units
  • Awkward webcam
  • 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
  • Hectic bug fixes after the launch
  • Battery runtime 84-Wh below expectations
  • High power consumption
  • Quality of the webcam
  • Surfaces attract dirt
  • Only a single storage bay
  • No NumPad
  • Screen flickering at low brightness settings
  • Non-removable battery
  • Few ports
  • Overheating () Bad trackpad
  • Mushy keyboard
  • Awkward camera placement
  • Poor battery life

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  Published: 2016-01-29, Author: Kane , review by: techradar.com/au/

  • Display, Performance, Thunderbolt 3, Clickpad
  • Battery life, Speakers, Keyboard, 960M not futureproof
  • A powerful 15-inch laptop squeezed into a 14-inch sized chassis, the XPS 15 is a great fit for productivity work, gaming and entertainment thanks to its excellent 4K display. Just watch out for its lacklustre battery life, poor speakers and and shallow ke...

 
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  Published: 2017-03-03, review by: reviewed.com

  • We were expecting to be impressed by the big, beautiful Dell XPS 15 and it didn't let us down. Not only is it powerful, it's also made from high-grade materials that just feel great. This is the first high-powered laptop that we think provides a great W...

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  Published: 2016-05-18, Author: Ian , review by: itpro.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Dell's new XPS 15 is a formidable machine, and it's looking to take the fight to Apple's MacBook Pro for a larger slice of the lucrative high-end laptop market.However, Apple has a reputation for leaving a long time between new versions of its flagship...

 
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  Published: 2016-05-05, Author: Parm , review by: HEXUS.net

  • 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
  • Disappointing battery life, 4K upgrade is pricey, Webcam position not ideal
  • How do you go about making the ultimate 15in Windows laptop? For Dell, the formula turned out to be disarmingly simple: take the smaller XPS 13, make it bigger, add a discrete GPU and a gorgeous 4K display, and Bob's your uncle.The resulting XPS 15 is...

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  Published: 2016-04-14, Author: Douglas , review by: ultrabookreview.com

  • 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 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
  • The XPS 15 9550 has an unrivaled screen, fast hardware, and a killer design. But 5 months after its launch, it seems we're all still Dell's beta testers. This article reviews the XPS 15 9550 and tallies up the issues that haven't gone away...

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  Published: 2016-04-01, review by: goodhousekeeping.co.uk

  • Powerful, Superb 4K screen with hardly any frame, Backlit keyboard, Good touchscreen, Slim and stylish, simple brushed aluminium finish
  • Camera at bottom of screen, making angle odd, Keyboard feels a little flimsy for such a high spec machine
  • This top end laptop is one to buy if you want a great touchscreen and powerful performance. It's not the most affordable or lightweight, though, and some might miss having a CD/DVD drive...

 
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  Published: 2016-03-21, Author: James , review by: kitguru.net

  • Excellent battery life, Decent gaming performance for a 15in notebook, Futureproofed 16GB of memory, Great 4K touch screen, Fast, capacious NVMe SSD for primary storage, Light 2kg chassis, Thunderbolt 3 port
  • Faster 15in gaming notebooks are available, Merely decent everyday performance, No builtin wired networking.
  • The Dell XPS 15 doesn't quite live up to the prestigious all-conquering history of some of the first, massive 17in XPS models. It won't provide you with a near-desktop level of gaming performance in a portable package.The lack of built-in wired networking...

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  Published: 2016-03-08, review by: ouritdept.co.uk

  • 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
  • Expensive price point, Could use a fingerprint scanner for added security, Heat distribution design could be better

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  Published: 2016-02-14, review by: CNET.co.uk

  • 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 better configurations can cost a lot, while the keyboard could be bigger and the touchpad has a floaty feel
  • The Dell XPS 15 is a premium-feeling 4K laptop that outdoes the MacBook Pro in several categories. Its bezel-free design should be the gold standard going forward...

 
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  Published: 2016-01-30, Author: Kane , review by: techradar.com

  • Display, Performance, Thunderbolt 3, Clickpad
  • Battery life, Speakers, Keyboard, 960M not future, proof
  • A powerful 15-inch laptop squeezed into a 14-inch sized chassis, the XPS 15 is a great fit for productivity work, gaming and entertainment thanks to its excellent 4K display. Just watch out for its lacklustre battery life, poor speakers and and shallow ke...

 
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