Dell XPS X17L-2250SLV 17-Inch Laptop (Elemental Silver) [Discontinued By Manufacturer] Dell XPS 17 Laptop, i7-2630QM, 8GB DDR3 Memory, 17.3in FHD WLED AG (1920x1080) Screen, NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 3GB graphics with Optimus, 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive, Tray Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo, Windows 7 Home Premium, 1 Year Limited Warranty 2 GHz Intel Core i7 19 x 16 x 4.5 inches Hard Drive Rotational Speed #46,517 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100) #10,219 in Computers & Accessories > Laptops > Traditional Laptops See all 22 customer reviews See all 22 customer reviews (newest first) One of the best laptops I have ever owned. Have had this for almost 5 years now and it still kicks ass in games. The 1080P screen is one of the best I have seen. I bought this to treat myself to something nice about 3 years ago. I have a business grade Dell as well which works nicely, but I would advise all to stay far, FAR away from... I love this Laptop!!

I cant imagine that a perfection is in the earth. This laptops combines the really simple use with Windows 7 and the great perfomance with programs.Battery off the charger lasts 15 minutes MAX. Battery cable falls out at the smallest whisp of wind. I ordered this directly form Dell when it first came out. I do like this laptop for regular use and even gaming. All I can say is I am not a geek. I just like to get it right the 1st time and do it all over again when the time comes.You get what you pay for. I didn't buy my laptop on Amazon, I bought it from Dell around April 2012. Now over 2 years later I still love my laptop. It still runs quietly and quickly. Alright I'm going to give this laptop an honest review because I have actually owned and tested this laptop for over two years now. Since the Blu-ray combo was not included, I had purchase a Blu-ray disc drive, the software, and installation after I received the computer. 9-cell Battery for Dell XPS 1591 L501x L502x L401x L701x 3d L702x L721x J70w7

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This is why I wanted an i7, that extra RAM and an SSD was a must. I don't play games but I've gotten into video editing and this is the reason I needed a dedicated graphics card. I also like to train some neural networks for educational purposes, so I was looking for NVIDIA graphics cards with CUDA support. Paying extra and getting a laptop with a 1080p three years ago was a very good decision. I still believe having a good screen with a high resolution is even more important than the choice of the CPU. None of my laptops have ever lasted more than 3 hours on battery power, so I finally wanted one with a good battery life. Finally, my last laptop had a good design and that's what I wanted this time as well. It had to look somewhat professional in a business setting and hopefully not like a gaming laptop. Dell XPS Infinity Edge looks very, very good. It is also lightweight about 2 kg. It's amazing how much power you can squeeze into such a small form factor.

Imagine describing this laptop and what it can do to someone 30 years ago. This laptop has a 15.6" display but thanks to the very thin bezels, its size is more like that of a 14" laptop. The laptop is also quiet (fans are not spinning) most of the time when I'm surfing the web, watching videos and doing web programming or even light compiling. One thing that I did not expect and am very annoyed about is coil whine. It's there and I can hear it when the fans are not spinning and it's quiet in the room. Disabling Intel Skylake power saving states in BIOS seemed to reduce it somewhat but it was still there. This laptop attracts your oily fingerprints like crazy. The lid is acceptable but the carbon fiber palm rest and the touchpad can look ridiculous in day light. The screen also attracts dust but not much more than other laptops that I've had. I've gotten small, barely noticeable scratches on the sides of the laptop (mostly near the USB ports)

during one month of daily use. When I shake the laptop lightly with care, I can hear something move inside the laptop. Coupled with the problems I've noticed and the fact that many other people have sent their units to be replaced, this laptop does not feel reliable to me. Dell XPS 15 offers a choice between a 1080p and 4k display. I got a model with a 1080p display for two primary & one less important reason: While the 4k screen seems to be fantastic (excellent color accuracy, touch screen, 4k resolution), I am very happy with my choice. While the better color accuracy would have been useful, it is not that important to me yet. The touch screen is nice but I can live without it. I also don't have a use for the 4k resolution and am happy to avoid problems that come with scaling in Windows. The biggest win for me, however, was the increased battery life over 4k (reportedly extra 2-3 hours) and the anti-glare screen which I am used to.

There are a few problems with the screen, however. First, the screen will noticeably flicker on white background when the brightness is less than 30%. I guess this was expected (I saw it mentioned in an online review when I noticed it). What was not expected was electric buzzing sounds caused by Intel Graphics drivers when the screen is redrawn e.g. when scrolling websites. Apparently, when you uninstall the drivers the buzzing goes away. Intel has released a new version of their drivers which makes the buzzing slightly less noticeable but it is still there. If you are in a room all alone and there is no noise and the fans are not spinning, you can hear this buzzing, other than that it is not too obvious but it's still there. I changed the color profile to the one provided by notebookcheck.net because there seemed to be something wrong with the default profile. It feels great not having to take a charger with me when I go out to work (10 AM - 6 PM with a lunch break inbetween)

and still having some juice left (unless I'm doing something very CPU heavy). I would say that I get about 6-8 hours of battery life. It'd be 8 hours if I just surf the web, some light document processing and not much more. Charging is fast and you can even configure it in the BIOS to have faster charging (it gets to something like 60% quick and then it's slower) but sacrifice battery longevity or just have a sensible tradeoff which is the default. The charger is very slim. It's got a nice design and it is also light. There's a light on the power cable when it's plugged in which is kind of nice which saves time when looking for it. One downside is that I'd say the light is a little too bright so I sometimes put a small napkin over it if I'm charging it at night in the same room I'm sleeping. Another minor quirk is that if you are charging the laptop while it's on, the fans will not be quiet even if there's no load on the computer. What I don't like about this laptop is that there is no indicator light that it's turned on when the lid is closed.

Normally you would never need such a light, but the problem is that this laptop can wake up randomly and if it's in your bag it can overheat. And there is no way to tell if it's on. At one point I could not suspend it, it would resume automatically in 5 seconds or immediately restart when I tried to shut it down. What helped me was to hold the power button for 10 seconds and that seemed to help. It hasn't occurred again since then. As for preventing it in the future, I configured Windows 10 to never wake up automatically (disabled updates, scheduler tasks, modified battery saver plans, etc.). When the laptop is turned on, plugged in and charging three white lights are on (power button, charger cable and on the side of the laptop in front of the touch pad). The keyboard is not good. It's not bad but it's not good. Lots of people in their reviews have said that they would not write a book on this keyboard. Even though there is space, there are no Home/End keys and the arrow keys are tiny.

I have remapped the PrtScr key to Home and the Insert key to Delete. But these keys are very far from the arrow keys which is not good for writing and editing code. One month in and I, like many others, have a squeaky spacebar key. Very annoying since I press it all the time. I've gotten some dirty looks because of it in the silent room at the library. The touch pad is very nice. Apparently, it's one of the nicest other people have used but to me it seems good just like many other track pads. There were many problems that I noticed with this laptop initially, problems that should not exist when you pay this much for a laptop. As a result, while the laptop is fantastic, it does not feel reliable at all. I am worried it will not last long. I do hope I am wrong though. These are the alternatives that I considered. Dell XPS 15 won because it looked so damn nice. I can't in my good conscience recommend this laptop because of the coil whine, buzzing and spacebar squeak.