Dell XPS 17

I cannot express my happiness , 4 months ago I purchased a 9700 XPS 17 where i was encountering perfomance issues, overheating, trouble from wake , coil whine the whole lot etc.. ​. I traveled far and wide and back and forth with dell support for a refund (4 times waiting weeks for each one). Finally i contacted my Australian Consumer Law helpline (FairTrading) who managed to help me get a full refund for the laptop awaiting collection. ​.

I’m still yet to give it a CAD load, but given that it was fine with video editing, I’m expecting it to go through CAD like it’s nothing. The RAM swap also somehow managed to eliminate the coil whine, so that’s also a plus. I’m still loving typing on this keyboard.

\- Backlight bleed. \- Whiney fans. I immediately called in to Dell's technical support to try and resolve these issues. After an hour of troubleshooting, the friendly technician opted to send in a replacement, as these were too many issues for it to be fixed.

Yesterday I received my XPS 17 with a lot of enthousiasm and high expectations. So I was disapointed and returned it. There is no doubt that the machine can be powerful (i7-10875H, RTX 2060) and have a great cooling system.. but here is what killed it to me:. - trackpad wobble made it awful to use, clicking was weird and not responsive (i know there is a diy fix...

I think this bloatware should be optional. I was able to prevent the app from starting via the autostart menu in the task manager.

No frills and not meant for gaming, but if you are just using it for a general purpose laptop, it's great. I too love the optical drive and the number pad.

- Dell XPS 17 (I know you don't like 17" but this one is somehow smaller than most 15" ones). - Alienware m15 R5 - Ryzen version. Overall I would highly recommend you go with a Ryzen CPU as that's much more future proof than what Intel has to offer right now.

I've had the XPS 17 since July 2020. It's been working well since then, however my battery wear is at 17%.