2024 Dell XPS 16 (9640) REVIEW - A MASTERPIECE?

Andrew Marc David
20 Feb 202422:37

Summary

TLDRAndrewは、2024年の新製品であるDell XPS 16のレビューを提供します。彼は2週間この製品を試用し、驚くべきバッテリー寿命、新しいCore Ultra 7 155h「Meteor Lake」プロセッサ、RTX 470グラフィックス、そして特に印象的な4KプラスのOLEDディスプレイを含む多くの特徴を紹介します。彼は、このハイエンドデバイスが競合他社と比較してどのように堪能できるか、また改善されたデザイン、ポート選択、内部アップグレードの可否についても詳細に語ります。彼の透明性を強調し、デルからの影響を受けずに自身の意見を述べることで、視聴者に信頼性のある情報を提供します。

Takeaways

  • 🚀 Dell XPS 16(2024年モデル)のレビューが紹介されています。
  • 💻 新しいCore Ultra 7 155h「Meteor Lake」プロセッサとRTX 470 GPUを搭載。
  • 🔋 バッテリー寿命が非常に長く、特に4K+ OLEDディスプレイモデルでも優れた持続力を発揮。
  • 🖥️ 4K+ (3840 x 2400) OLEDディスプレイは、非常に鮮明で色彩豊かな映像を提供。
  • 🎮 ゲームやコンテンツ制作にも適した高性能を備えています。
  • ✈️ 99.5Whの大容量バッテリーを搭載しており、航空機内持ち込みの法的制限ギリギリ。
  • 💾 RAMはユーザーによるアップグレードが不可能で、最大64GBのLPDDR5X RAMをサポート。
  • 🌐 Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7とBluetooth 5.4により、優れた無線接続性を実現。
  • 📏 重量は約2.277kg(本体のみ)で、トラベル重量は約2.664kg。
  • 🔌 USB Type-C Thunderbolt 4ポートやMicro SDカードリーダーを装備し、HDMIとUSB-Aはドングル経由で提供。
  • 🔊 1080pのIRカメラを搭載し、Windows Helloによる顔認証が可能。
  • 🎨 デザインとビルド品質が高く、プレミアムな外観と感触を提供。

Q & A

  • Dell XPS 16に搭載されている新しいプロセッサの名前は何ですか?

    -Core Ultra 7 155h AKA meteor Lakeプロセッサです。

  • Dell XPS 16のディスプレイはどのような特徴を持っていますか?

    -4Kプラス3840×2400のOLEDディスプレイで、非常に鮮明で美しい表示を実現しています。

  • Dell XPS 16のバッテリー寿命はどの程度ですか?

    -非常に優れており、PC Mark 10のモダンオフィステストで12時間22分、ビデオ再生テストで15時間18分の結果を記録しました。

  • Dell XPS 16にはどのようなグラフィックスオプションがありますか?

    -Nvidia GeForce RTX 470 GPUが搭載されています。

  • Dell XPS 16のキーボードとタッチパッドにはどのような特徴がありますか?

    -キーボードはXPS 13プラスと同様の設計で、ガラス製のハプティックタッチパッドが非常に反応良く機能します。

  • Dell XPS 16の価格設定はどのようになっていますか?

    -XPS 16のスタート価格は$1,189.99で、レビューされた構成では約$3,400です。

  • Dell XPS 16のポート選択には何が含まれていますか?

    -2つのUSB Type-C Thunderbolt 4ポート、マイクロSDカードリーダー、3.5mmマイク/ヘッドフォンジャックが含まれます。

  • Dell XPS 16の内部にアクセスするにはどうすれば良いですか?

    -8つのT5トルクスネジを外し、ギターピックやプライツールを使用して底板を慎重に外すことで内部にアクセスできます。

  • Dell XPS 16はユーザーがRAMをアップグレードできますか?

    -いいえ、2024年モデルではRAMはマザーボードに直接はんだ付けされており、ユーザーによるアップグレードはできません。

  • Dell XPS 16における改善点や特筆すべき機能は何ですか?

    -4KプラスのOLEDディスプレイ、長いバッテリー寿命、改善されたハプティックタッチパッド、Wi-Fi 7のサポートなどがあります。

Outlines

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Intro and Unboxing the Dell XPS 16

Andrew introduces the video reviewing the new Dell XPS 16 laptop. He unboxes it and shows the ports, upgradable components inside, and the 4K OLED touch display.

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Display, Battery Life and Webcam

The 4K OLED display has excellent image quality and manages great battery life despite the high resolution and refresh rate. The 1080p webcam is a nice improvement over 720p in older XPS models.

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Performance and Thermals

The Intel Core i7 and RTX 4070 provide good performance for creative workloads like video editing. Thermals are well managed with vapor chamber cooling and the laptop avoids throttling under load.

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Comparisons and Audio

Performance is on par with last year's XPS 17. Speakers sound good but the MacBook Pro's are still better.

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Final Thoughts

The XPS 16 brings nice upgrades like the 4K OLED display, great battery life and responsive haptic touchpad. A bit heavy and expensive but still impressive overall.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Dell XPS 16

Dell XPS 16は、Dell社が2024年に発売したノートパソコンモデルです。このビデオでは、このデバイスが詳細にレビューされており、その特徴や性能が強調されています。たとえば、その驚異的なバッテリー寿命や改良されたディスプレイが言及されています。このキーワードは、ビデオの主要なテーマであり、レビューの対象となっています。

💡Core Ultra 7 155h

Core Ultra 7 155hは、インテル社による「Meteor Lake」プロセッサを指しています。これはDell XPS 16の主要な特徴の一つで、高い性能と効率を提供します。ビデオでは、このプロセッサの性能が評価され、他のモデルと比較されています。

💡RTX 470

RTX 470はNVIDIA社のグラフィックスカードで、Dell XPS 16に搭載されています。このビデオでは、グラフィックス作業やゲームにおけるこのGPUの性能が焦点となっています。RTX 470の性能は、デバイスの全体的な性能評価に重要な要素です。

💡4K OLEDディスプレイ

4K OLEDディスプレイは、Dell XPS 16に搭載されている高解像度の画面です。3840 x 2400の解像度を持ち、ビデオではその鮮明さや色の再現性が評価されています。このディスプレイは、ビデオ編集や写真編集などの作業に最適であるとされています。

💡バッテリー寿命

バッテリー寿命は、Dell XPS 16の重要な特徴の一つで、ビデオではその長さが特に強調されています。長時間のバッテリー持続時間は、ユーザーにとって重要な要素であり、レビューではこの点が詳細に語られています。

💡価格

価格は、ビデオで言及されたDell XPS 16のもう一つの重要な要素です。このモデルのコストは、他のフラッグシップモデルと比較され、その価値について議論されています。ビデオでは、高価な価格タグにもかかわらず、このデバイスを推奨する理由が説明されています。

💡パフォーマンス

パフォーマンスは、Dell XPS 16の核となる要素であり、ビデオではこのノートパソコンの処理能力やグラフィックス能力が詳細に評価されています。特に、ビデオ編集やゲームなど、要求の高いタスクでのパフォーマンスが重視されています。

💡ポート選択

ポート選択は、Dell XPS 16に備わっている接続オプションの範囲を指します。ビデオでは、利用可能なポート(USB-C、Thunderbolt、Micro SDカードリーダーなど)と、それらがユーザーのニーズにどのように適合するかが説明されています。

💡デザイン

デザインは、Dell XPS 16の外観や構造に関するものです。ビデオでは、その高級感のある金属製のボディや、美しい外観が強調されています。このデバイスのデザインは、ユーザーの購入決定に大きく影響を与える要素です。

💡アップグレード可能性

アップグレード可能性は、ユーザーが自分でハードウェアをアップグレードできるかどうかを指します。ビデオでは、Dell XPS 16のRAMがユーザーによるアップグレードが不可能であることが言及され、これが一部のユーザーにとっての懸念点であることが説明されています。

Highlights

Review of the new Dell XPS 16 laptop for 2024

Comes with Meteor Lake processor, RTX 4070 GPU, 4K OLED display

Massive battery life improvements over previous XPS 15 and 17

Stunning looks with new redesigned chassis

Very responsive glass haptic touchpad

No throttling detected under load

Quad speakers are pretty powerful

Employs vapor chamber cooling with RTX 4070 model

Faster RAM thanks to soldered design

No user upgradeable RAM anymore

MicroSD instead of full-size SD card reader

No HDMI or USB-A ports, but dongle included

On the heavy side at 2.7 kg

Very expensive but expected to drop over time

Highly recommended flagship laptop for 2024

Transcripts

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hey everybody it's Andrew and I've got

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some exciting news here today I have the

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Dell XPS 16 in the studio I've been

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using it for the past two weeks and

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today Dell is selling it on their

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website both the dell xps4 and the Dell

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xps1 16 both brand new for 2024 now I've

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been putting the XPS 16 through its

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Paces for the past 2 weeks rigorous

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testing of course battery life is

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amazing on this we're going to get into

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that in this review we got a new

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processor the core Ultra 7 155h AKA

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meteor Lake processor we've got the RTX

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470 for graphics work we've got an

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improved display here a 4K plus 3840 by

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2400 OLED display and I got to tell you

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folks it is stunning we've got a lot to

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talk about here especially performance

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here is it better than last year's XPS

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15 and XPS 17 well you're going to want

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to tune in right now to to find out hey

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everybody it's Andrew and this is the

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review of the Dell XPS 16 brand new for

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20124 coming up now before we get to the

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unit itself I just want to let everyone

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know in the interest of transparency and

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fold disclosure I'm not being paid by

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Dell I'm not being sponsored by Dell all

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the opinions you're about to hear are my

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own Dell is not getting copy approval

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that means they're seeing this video for

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the first time just like you now this

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unit was on loan from Dell and once this

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revieww is done I'll be sending it back

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now when it comes to pricing the XPS 14

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has a starting price of $6.99 the XPS 16

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has a starting price of $118.99 you're

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looking at around 3,400 as configured

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here today with this review unit for

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those that are interested I will leave

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links in the description below for more

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information and we can buy one now of

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course it is a lot of money to pay for a

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laptop but it is their Flagship device

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and in line with a similarly equipped

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Apple MacBook Pro which comes in at

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about $3,500 so you're going to look at

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about $100 less although it not is not

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necessarily better than the MacBook Pro

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as we'll see but it does bring a lot of

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really great high-end features to the

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table let's get into it now so without

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further Ado let's get this out of the

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box okay so looks like once again we get

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some pretty nice packaging from

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pretty hefty inner box

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here welcome to Dell let's do great

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things together now one thing we do get

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here is a dongle in the Box here as you

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can see it's HDMI usba and this flips

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out so it's nice to include that of

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course we'll check out the port

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selection in a moment but that is

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included in the box and then your power

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charger here it's 130 ws and it seems a

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little bit Slimmer than before and of

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course we get the unit

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itself and holding it for the first time

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here this is absolutely gorgeous here as

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you can see here so pretty nice all

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metal design here uh this is what we saw

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when they debuted this at CES we took a

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look at this let's see if we can open

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this with one

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finger we can and yes it is the

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platinum and she is gorgeous now right

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off the bat you'll see the co-pilot

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button right there and you'll see the

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capacitor row that's going to turn off

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after inactivity so after 5 minutes the

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capacitive row goes off so if you're

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watching a movie it's not going to be

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distracting that's a big improvement

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over the XPS 13 plus okay let's get a

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measurement of the weight with the unit

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alone you're looking at

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2277 kg or

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5.19 lb and with the power cord and the

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power charger you're looking at a total

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travel weight of 2. 664 kilograms or

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5.87 3 pounds I would say all in it's a

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little bit of heft although it does pack

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a-p punch under the hood with that

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discret GPU but it's not the lightest

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package out there that's for sure okay

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let's check out the port selection on

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the left side are two USB type-c

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Thunderbolt four ports that are full

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function supporting data charge and

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display out now moving over to the right

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side you get a Micro SD card reader a

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third USB type-c Thunderbolt P port and

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finally a 3.5 mm microphone headphone

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combo Jack to round out the ports on

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this unit now as far as that micro SD

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card reader that's fine but I would have

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preferred a full-size SD card reader

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especially if you're going to do content

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creation now don't forget in the box is

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the dongle that includes an HDMI port a

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usba port and that connects via USB

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type-c now to get inside this unit it's

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actually pretty easy all you have to do

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is remove the 8 T5 torque screw

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pop off the bottom plate with a guitar

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pick or a pride tool work around the

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edges take your time you don't want to

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rush it and pop off the bottom plate and

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you're in once you do that you can get

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access to the internals of this unit now

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once inside you'll notice the two fans

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for cooling we'll get into the thermal

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performance later on in this review and

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you'll notice that 99.5 wat hour battery

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that's just below the legal limit to

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take on an airplane we'll get into the

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battery life later on in this review and

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spoiler alert it's pretty phenomenal

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we'll talk more about that very soon now

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as far as what's user upgradeable the

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SSD is a pcie Gen 4 SSD nvme and as you

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can see from these excellent reads and

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wres certainly fast enough would you

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need this laptop to do now when it comes

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to the memory of course this is now

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soldered into the motherboard like most

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laptops in 2024 unfortunately the ram is

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not upgradable by the user now one of

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the key features of the XPS 15 and the

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17 of yesterday year of course of course

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meant you had upgradeable Ram but that

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is not the case here but the good news

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is you can get this with up to 64 GB of

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that LP ddr5x Ram running in dual

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Channel mode and because it is soldered

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in the Silver Lining is you can run it

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at a faster rate here so that is a

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little bit of a benefit I think although

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I still prefer to have upgradeable Ram

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by the user again we don't get that here

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in 2024 for the most part now when it

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comes to wireless you're looking at

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Intel killer Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4

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that has been working well both

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Bluetooth and the Wi-Fi have had no

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issues of course I love the fact that it

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is Wi-Fi 7 making it a little bit more

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futureproof than say something like

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Wi-Fi 6E that's good to see here both

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working very well now when it comes to

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the XPS 16 there are actually two

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options when it comes to the display a

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16.3 in full HD plus that's 1920 x 1200

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and then there is the 16.3 in 4k plus

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3840 X 2400 00 OLED or OLED option

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that's the one we have here today the

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highest end option and I'm glad they

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sent it over it's an infinity edge touch

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display maximum brightness of 400 nits

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100% DCI P3 color gamut coverage really

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high contrast of course with an old LED

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display so we're going to get into it

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right now because this is an excellent

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excellent display and it has a refresh

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rate up to 90 HZ here so you're getting

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a little bit higher than you get with 60

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HZ although not quite the 120 we seen on

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a lot of OLED displays here in 2024 but

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I will say this this is a UHD plus

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display not a 3K plus display like we've

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been seeing so nice to have it in a full

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4K plus resolution here and as with any

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OLED display you get the really deep

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blacks the super vibrant colors the

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really high contrast it's all there

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excellent coverage of the color gamut

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really color accurate so if you're doing

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content Creation in Lightroom Photoshop

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video editing things like color grade

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this is an excellent panel to do those

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tasks it's also a Dolby Vision display

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watching High dynamic range content in

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Netflix Amazon YouTube has been superb

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on this panel and I like the fact that

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it does have the multi-touch layer

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allowing you to navigate the OS with

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your finger and having that 90 HZ

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refresh rate makes it a little bit more

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smoother a little bit more fluid and you

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would think because it has this high-res

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4K plus display with a 90 HZ refresh

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rate battery life is going to be

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atrocious on this that's the thinking I

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went going into this boy was I wrong

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check out these battery numbers on this

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laptop it managed 12 hours and 22

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minutes on the PC Mark 10 modern office

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test it did an amazing 15 hours and 18

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minutes on the video playback test and

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on the gaming test did 2 hours and 44

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minutes not too shabby in fact these are

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some excellent numbers here and

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especially when you compare it to the

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16-in Spectre X360 from HP this

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certainly did better in that regard and

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we could chalk this up to the fact that

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it has a very large 99.5 wat hour

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battery which is just shy of that 100w

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hour legal limit you can take on an

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airplane I like the big battery here I

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like the big numbers it's producing when

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it comes to endurance now keep in mind I

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did set the refresh rate to 90 HZ when I

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did this it was set in the balance mode

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so those are the numbers expect even

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better battery life when you bump it

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down to say something like 60 htz and if

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you want even better battery life go

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with the full HD Plus option that will

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give you a few more hours as well and

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for those wondering it trounces both the

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XPS 15 and the XPS 17 of last year

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getting much better results here in all

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the tests that I Ran So a big

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Improvement year-over-year when it comes

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to battery life on the XPS line

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here so this is the camera on the brand

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new Dell XPS 16 here for 2024 1080p IR

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camera that means you can log in with

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face recognition with Windows hello now

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there I don't think there is a shutter

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switch there I don't see one there so

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just for those wondering but you do have

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a pretty nice camera here 1080p which of

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course is an improvement over the 720p

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we saw on the XPS line in the previous

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years so this is a nice Improvement a

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welcome Improvement indeed now this has

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a npu it's a meteor Lake processor so uh

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The Studio Effects are here or the AI

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enhanced effects so you got the auto

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framing this will always keep you in

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frame let's see if this uh if I move

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around y there it goes that works okay

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let's turn that off you got the eye

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contact that of course allows you to

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keep your eye focused on the subject and

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then of course the background blur

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effect the standard blur and the

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portrait blur and I think it's a pretty

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decent job here overall what do you

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think let me know in the comment section

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below what do you think about the video

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quality what do you think about the

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audio quality and I think it's pretty

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impressive they put an IR camera 1080p

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in such a small bezel so kudos to Dell

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on that and for those wondering the

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camera here on the XPS 16 versus the XPS

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15 XPS 17 which both have a 720p IR

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camera we're seeing a big Improvement

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here with the 1080p IR camera I'm

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curious to know what you think let me

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know in the comment section below okay

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let's talk performance and this is

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running the Intel Core Ultra 7 155h that

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of course is the new meteor Lake

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processor paired with the Nvidia GeForce

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RTX 470 GPU and when we look at

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something like the XPS 17 9730 running

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the same GPU but a different obviously

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13 Gen processor we're seeing pretty

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much a very interesting Trend

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year-over-year we're not seeing a big

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increase in the single and multicore

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performance in fact we're seeing

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slightly less I would say single core

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performance slightly better multi-core

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performance over last year say XPS 17

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9730 and of course when it comes to the

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graphics running the same GPU slightly

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less this year I would say on the fire

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strike and time spy score but not much

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to make an issue out of it so it's

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pretty much on par as we saw last year

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we which did a little bit better but I

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would say for the graphics in terms of

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gaming and all that I think it'll be

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fine pretty much on par as last year but

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we're seeing a more efficient processor

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now the gben 6.2 single core score here

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of 2439 certainly didn't blow me away

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like I said with this meteor Lake

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processor but certainly is capable here

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to do everything you need to do with

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this laptop including video editing and

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stuff we'll talk about later now geek

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Ben 6.2 multi-core score here

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13,804 did better than the XPS 17 of

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last year but slightly not much better

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but slightly and in line with other

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meteor Lake processors but not quite as

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good as the MacBook Pros we saw there

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now the open CL GPU score of that

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geekbench test it did 10

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15,942 CPU single core score more in

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line with the other medial Lake laptops

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not quite as good as the MacBook Pro Pro

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16 or even the MacBook air5 which did

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very well in that test now the cinebench

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2024 CPU multi-core score here 755 did a

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little bit better than the Spectre X360

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16in and of course that review is coming

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but definitely did better than the

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MacBook air15 but not quite as good as

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the MacBook Pro 16 with the M3 Max and

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here are the numbers compared to the XPS

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15 9530 from last year as you can see

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the XPS 16 for the most part had better

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numbers overall but not that much better

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than the XPS 15 for those wondering and

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when I ran my 4K render test and da

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Vinci resolve everything worked really

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well here rendering in a very fast time

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a 4K 30 frames per second video a

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3-minute video and when you compare to

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others in this category it did very well

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in that regard so when you look at

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something like the XPS 17 last year and

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this year you're not going to degrade in

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terms of video editing probably a little

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bit better I would say even though

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they're running the same GPU test very

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good very smooth scrubbing through the

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time timeline here very little delay or

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any kind of hiccups so the overall video

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editing so far has been very good on the

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XPS 16 and just like the XPS 15 and 17

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of last year I don't characterize this

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as a gaming laptop either but of course

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with the RTX 470 you definitely get

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playable frame rates on some of the more

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popular titles just play around with the

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settings but very playable frame rates

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as you can see here even very processor

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very Graphics intensive games like

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cyberpunk 2077 playable on certain

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settings of course now for those

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wondering you can control the different

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thermal profiles in the myell app and of

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course that worked well in terms of the

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optimized the cool mode the quiet mode

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and when you really want to get the

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maximum power put it in the ultra

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performance mode now one thing to note

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if you go with the 4070 GPU option as I

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have here in my review unit you do get a

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vapor chamber cooling solution here as

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you can see so that's been working out

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really well in terms of The Thermals and

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the overall performance here when I

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tested the laptop for thermal throttling

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in the time spy stress test great news

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here 98.3% passing score meaning it

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detected very little if any thermal

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throttling so that's good sign right

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there and when I put it under load I

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tested The Thermals in terms of the

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surface temperatures here never going

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above say 43° C above the keyboard below

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the display where the heat dissipates

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but where you're placing your fingers on

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the keyboard never getting overly hot

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never too hot to the touch so that's a

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good sign here and on the other side

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very impressive here very cool to the

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touch never overheating even under load

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as I was testing here so very impressive

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surface temperatures here even under

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load now when it comes to the fan noise

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not too bad although under load will

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reach as high as 50 DB on my meter here

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so definitely something to contend with

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but not too distracting not too annoying

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when you're in the balanced or optimized

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mode doing everyday tasks the sound of

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the fans was not much of an issue so

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that that is good news in that regard

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now here's an example of the fan noise

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underload let's give it a

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listen and as I showed you earlier

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opening the lid with one finger works

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very well and the hinges on really well

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here folks I saw very little if any

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screen wobble when typing that's a big

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pet peeve of mine not present here and

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that's a good thing now when it comes to

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the keyboard if you've used the XPS 13

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plus the last couple of years with that

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read design you'll be very familiar with

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the way this keyboard feels looks and

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performs the tactility the key travel

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the overall feedback to me is very good

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now some people may not like the keys so

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close together it's very different than

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say something like the ThinkPad X1

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Carbon gen 12 that we just looked at but

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as far as this keyboard I'm used to it

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with the XPS 13 I like using it typing

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out long documents emails and the like

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has been working out really well now it

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does have a multi-stage backlight but if

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you go with the Platinum model as we

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have here here you'll sometimes have

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trouble seeing the contrast between the

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white LED backlight and these light

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colored Keys If you go with the graphite

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it's not much of an issue because of the

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darker color keys so just keep that in

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mind now as far as that capacitive row

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I'm not the biggest fan of it although

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it is working well it's responsive and

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there is something new here for 2024 at

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least on this model it now turns off

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after 5 minutes of inactivity something

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that was a problem I think on the XPS 13

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plus say if you wanted to watch a movie

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that was kind of of annoying but now

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that it goes off after 5 minutes I'll

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take that and you can change that

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setting in the Bios as well now if

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you've used the XPS 13 plus with the

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redesign then you know about the glass

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haptic touchpad without any delineation

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of where the haptics begin and where

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they end well I can tell you this this

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implementation on the XPS 16 is working

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out really well it's improved haptics in

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terms of the overall responsiveness and

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the scrolling and all the gestures

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working even better I think on this

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model than on the X PS 13 plus and that

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might be to due to the fact that sensil

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recently announced that they were one of

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the suppliers for the haptic touchpads

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on this particular unit as well as the

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xps4 so I'm not surprised here of this

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improved haptics in this haptic touchpad

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and for those wondering where the

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touchpad begins and ends it's between

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the alt keys so everywhere in that area

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is available for tapping and using as

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far as the gestures and scrolling and

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everything so very responsive overall a

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very improved touchpad over the XPS 133

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plus and it's a definite improvement

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over the mechanical touchpad of the XPS

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15 and 17 from last year okay on the

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left is the Del X ps16 on the right is

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the MacBook Pro I have the 14in with the

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six speakers I don't have the 16in for

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the latest of that so I have to use this

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one but it does have six speakers this

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has quad speakers as far as the dell it

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is also got waves Max audio it's got

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Dolby Atmos help with the spatial audio

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I think it's quite good so let's give

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them a listen let's hear the D XPS 16

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versus the MacBook Pro so you tell me

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what you think when we're done let me

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know in the comments section below now

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let's give them a

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okay let's bring it all home what do I

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think about the Dell XPS 16 brand new

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for 2024 massive improvements in a lot

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of areas there's a lot of Pros here as

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you can see and for good reason 4K plus

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OLED display 90 HZ 16.3 size is really

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good meteor Lake processor that's good

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massive battery life improvement over

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the XPS 15 and 17 stunning looks in this

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read design I love it and it's a very

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responsive glass haptic touchpad here

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probably by sensil that's my guess here

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the capacitive row now turns off after 5

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minutes of inactivity no throttling

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detected underload Wi-Fi 7 makes it more

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future proof that's always welcome and

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the quad speakers are pretty powerful

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although I still find that the MacBook

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Pro speakers are still King of the Hill

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and I love the fact that employs Vapor

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chamber cooling at least with the model

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that has the RTX 470 and it now has

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faster Ram thanks to the fact that it is

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now soldered into to the motherboard and

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while having the faster Ram is great I

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still wish it was user upgradable like

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it was on the XPS 15 and 17 that is no

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longer the case here micro SD card

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reader instead of a full-size SD card

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reader is fine although as a content

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creator I would prefer a full-size SD

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card reader no HDMI or usba Port

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although you do get the dongle in the

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box it is on the heavy side but not

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terribly heavy but you will notice the

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half and finally it is expensive

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although it is Dell's Flagship here and

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in line in terms of pricing with the

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MacBook

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Pro but with its stunning redesign here

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with its gorgeous 4K Plus 90 HZ display

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OLED display meteor L processor that

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gives you more efficiency and much

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better battery life over the prior

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iterations the Dell XPS 16 is stunning

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in pretty much every way even the price

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tag it is high although I do expect that

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to come down over time but I have no

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hesitation recommending the XPS 16 here

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for

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2024 so please hit the like button

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