Dell - XPS 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive
Model: XPS9365-7926BLK-PUS
SKU: 5901846
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Customers are impressed with the XPS 13's fast performance, gorgeous Infinity Edge display, and lightweight design. They appreciate the long battery life, comfortable keyboard, and responsive fingerprint scanner. Some users have mentioned that the laptop can overheat, but overall, customers are very happy with this product.
SUMMARY: The thin bezel display and design make for an attractive and eye catching laptop. Paired with great specs, the convertible form factor fits many use cases making it a solid all around computer that is very easy to recommend if you don’t mind some extra dongles in your life. DISPLAY: This laptop is a 2-in-1 based off Dell’s stellar XPS 13. I’ve had it for just over a week and can say that I am impressed with its thin bezel infinity display – wow! It’s only a 1080p panel in this model but I think that is perfect for a 13” display, a 4K display in the 11” laptop form factor of this computer would impact battery life substantially I feel. The display does support pen input with the Dell Active Pen PN556W, but I was not able to test it as it is not included in the box. BUILD QUALITY & KEYBOARD: The build of this computer is in a mix of aluminum and carbon fiber and it feels great! The outside body feels study and the inside carbon fiber feels soft and great to rest my palms on while I type this review. Speaking of typing, the keyboard is a tad small but for the formfactor are well spaced with keys that have a good amount of travel and responsiveness. The keys are backlit, but a little too dim. I looked for a setting to adjust this but couldn’t a way to change this. The hinge is a little large and distracts from the overall great design, but that is a small knock. CONNECTIVITY: The potential kicker comes with the lack of USB type A ports. The XPS has a pair of USB type-C ports, one which can be used for charging. You will most likely have to carry around the dongle that comes in the box with this computer. However, it does come with some benefits – Dells sells a thunderbolt dock (TB16) that allows you to plug in up to 3 displays which is very convenient. They also sell dongles with more connectivity choices like Type A USB, HDMI, VGA, and Ethernet. It does have a standard headphone jack and spot for a micro-SD card which rocks. There is also a Noble style security lock hole. SECURITY: The laptop features a fingerprint scanner for using Windows Hello. It is pad based, so you simply place your finger on it verses swiping it down. It has worked great so far and is conveniently placed right underneath the arrow keys. The company features a camera which supposedly supports Windows Hello login via your face, but it hasn’t received the update necessary to enable it as of the date of this review. PERFORMANCE: This well spec’ed notebook will be perfect for your everyday needs and light gaming. I had no issues with multiple tabs in edge, document editing, and video streaming. It’s a very smooth and speedy experience on this laptop. I’ve played some Minecraft which it handled without problem but I wouldn’t expect much more past casual titles.
Posted by camdenk
I absolutely love this laptop. It has fantastic build quality, weighs little over 2lbs and is extremely easy to handle. After downloading the initial updates which took around an hour it was simple to setup and the fingerprint sensor is really quick. Windows Hello is a great feature and works wonderfully with the XPS. The charger is USB C which is nice and the unit seems to hold battery really well. It charges pretty quick too. The keyboard is back lit and the typing experience is one that i found quite pleasant. The ravel on the keys is just enough while still allowing for that low form factor. It has a great track pad too, really smooth and precise. The display is wonderful. with almost edge to edge screen you really wont get anything else much like it. Dell has nailed this screen. its excellent. Its good for some light gaming and can play games like OverWatch, dont expect it to be some super high end gaming device but you can run some things on this with the integrated graphics. One negative for me is the placement of the webcam, i wont use it often so its not really an issue for me but may be for some as its located below the display meaning your 1-2 chins may look like 5-6 chins lol. Overall its a great device thats extremely stylish, its light and compact making it easy to travel with and its powerful to get things done, be it AutoCad, PhotoShop, light gaming or just daily tasks. Highly recommend!
Posted by EnglishD
I've had this laptop for about two weeks and although it's small, it's quite powerful. I've never had a laptop this small, so I was interested to see how it would my handle my daily work load (primarily coding). Out of the box, the laptop has a great feel; the quality of the materials used is evident. However, after about 20-30 seconds of trying to open it, I was a bit tired of the feel... not really, but it's a chore opening this laptop. I was expecting a small 'bump' that I could grab with a finger tip, but there was none. I finally had to pick it up off the table before I could get it open. It has gotten easier since that initial opening, and it's not something that would make me not buy the laptop, but I was completely caught off guard by the difficulty. The initial setup (windows updates, etc) took about an hour. After that, I decided to install some of my own software and see what happened. The screen is very nice; 1080p and crystal clear. I did find that the default scaling (I believe 125% or 150%) caused some problems with some of my installs (sometimes buttons didn't appear where they were supposed to). I wound up reducing the scaling to 100% although I did increase this within Visual Studio and IE. However, even at only 100% the labels on desktop icons are clear and easily readable. The keyboard doesn't feel cramped at all (and I don't have small hands) and overall has a great feel to it; the buttons have a slight rubbery feel and typing is very smooth and effortless. The touch-pad is nice as well and is very responsive to light touch. That said, I love using a mouse when I can, so I paired my Bluetooth mouse which worked great and left me with an open USB port when the power adapter was plugged in. I have never had a laptop with only two USB ports, but with a laptop this small, there isn't much room, and using BT devices means you really don't need them for things like mice. I was able to do about 5 hours of work and web-browsing and still had about 15% battery life. The only problem I had was that I initially started out with the laptop on my lap, and after about 30 minutes, it became evident that wasn't going to work without something underneath it. This laptop is small, but it puts out some heat. I was surprised at how hot it got. I did like how I was able to flip the screen all the way over and basically turn the laptop into a tablet when I was taking a break from work. I did try the tent mode, but didn't really see the purpose. I also don't know why Dell put the camera way down at the bottom of the screen. I personally don't use the cameras that much, but this one is so low it's silly. I was just testing it but the angle looked like something out of an old western; from the ground level, looking up at a 30 degree angle. I wanted to install a game just to see how the integrated graphics would handle it, so I installed World of Tanks (the full blown version not the mobile version). It installed without issue so I also installed XVM. The game defaulted to 'medium' graphics settings, ran fine and actually looked quite good. I had some trouble using the mouse; there was quite a bit of lag. I thought this might be because of the BT mouse, so I used a USB mouse instead and the lag disappeared. I also paired a set of BT headphones with the laptop and the sound was great except for occasional static when things in the game got a bit crazy; I would definitely stay away from BT devices if you're going to play any graphics intensive games. Overall, I really like this laptop. It's been great just using it around my house, but I'm sure it'll be even more impressive when I travel. It's small, but doesn't really feel that small, and has the power to do almost anything you would want it to do, including some light gaming. If you're in the market for a small laptop that can double as a tablet, I don't believe you could go wrong with this one.
Posted by Chuck
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