Dell XPS 17 Hands-on: Core i7-11800H & RTX 3060 Benchmarked
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Date: 2022-03-15
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Comments and reviews: 10
Nate
Appreciate the review. It's a good one. Thumbs up! A question I hope you can answer: First my situation, then the question: I do not do games (Maybe I'd try one briefly now and again, maybe. I do not do video or music editing, not even extensive spread sheet work. But I am on the laptop long hours every day, especially during the work week since I work from a home office, but also off and on and sometimes heavily evenings and weekends. I do want some degree of battery life since I do plan on going mobile more beginning in 2022, so I can work where ever, whenever (planning on getting a mobile hotspot, just not sure if in the car or on my phone. I am online constantly, internet searches, Youtube reviews and some movies, streaming stock quotes and lists and charts full time during market hours, emailing, some chatting and Zoom, I use outlook regularly (thinking about dropping it, and sporadically Word, and very sporadically Excel. I use Chrome.
My question(s): For the type of work I do, but the long hours I spend on the laptop every week, do you think I'd get much better than the 8 or so hours of battery life you described in the video? If so, how much?
I could drop the UHD+4k and just get the FHD, but not sure that picture quality will be as enjoyable, and don't know if the FHP screen as that blue screen for easy eye strain and glare. Everyone seems to say dropping the 4k will greatly increase battery life, but I am hoping that since I don't game or do video/music editing, that maybe I'd get better battery life with t he 4k screen than I would otherwise, enough to go ahead and get the UHD+4k instead of the more battery efficient FHD+.
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Appreciate the review. It's a good one. Thumbs up! A question I hope you can answer: First my situation, then the question: I do not do games (Maybe I'd try one briefly now and again, maybe. I do not do video or music editing, not even extensive spread sheet work. But I am on the laptop long hours every day, especially during the work week since I work from a home office, but also off and on and sometimes heavily evenings and weekends. I do want some degree of battery life since I do plan on going mobile more beginning in 2022, so I can work where ever, whenever (planning on getting a mobile hotspot, just not sure if in the car or on my phone. I am online constantly, internet searches, Youtube reviews and some movies, streaming stock quotes and lists and charts full time during market hours, emailing, some chatting and Zoom, I use outlook regularly (thinking about dropping it, and sporadically Word, and very sporadically Excel. I use Chrome.
My question(s): For the type of work I do, but the long hours I spend on the laptop every week, do you think I'd get much better than the 8 or so hours of battery life you described in the video? If so, how much?
I could drop the UHD+4k and just get the FHD, but not sure that picture quality will be as enjoyable, and don't know if the FHP screen as that blue screen for easy eye strain and glare. Everyone seems to say dropping the 4k will greatly increase battery life, but I am hoping that since I don't game or do video/music editing, that maybe I'd get better battery life with t he 4k screen than I would otherwise, enough to go ahead and get the UHD+4k instead of the more battery efficient FHD+.
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Blox
I love the design of the XPS 17 over most other high performance dell laptops but it-s the ports that bug me. I decided I wanted to go with a Dell G15 instead. Design isn-t as sleek and enjoyable but it-s worth every penny in my opinion. It had the amount of ports that a 90-s laptop would have, it just has everything I need. Ethernet, lots of USB 3. 2 ports, HDMI port, just everything. Big difference between the laptops and I figured out the XPS series isn-t what I-m looking for. Plus the 3060 on the XPS isn-t that good, 60 watts isn-t enough. The G15 has a 90 watt one. But the G15 may be thick but it is fairly light for the size. I think it-s like 6 pounds.
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I love the design of the XPS 17 over most other high performance dell laptops but it-s the ports that bug me. I decided I wanted to go with a Dell G15 instead. Design isn-t as sleek and enjoyable but it-s worth every penny in my opinion. It had the amount of ports that a 90-s laptop would have, it just has everything I need. Ethernet, lots of USB 3. 2 ports, HDMI port, just everything. Big difference between the laptops and I figured out the XPS series isn-t what I-m looking for. Plus the 3060 on the XPS isn-t that good, 60 watts isn-t enough. The G15 has a 90 watt one. But the G15 may be thick but it is fairly light for the size. I think it-s like 6 pounds.
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iamthe
I have this xps 17 9710 - the speakers sound still sucks. the speakers are horrible, very LOW, LOW sound and flat sounding. When rendering videos the entire keyboard gets extremely HOT! these were the exact same reasons why i returned last year the 9700. I think I am returning this one as well. the Display is amazing and the performance also but if you want a laptop that will burn your laps and your finger tips then go ahead and get the xps 17
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I have this xps 17 9710 - the speakers sound still sucks. the speakers are horrible, very LOW, LOW sound and flat sounding. When rendering videos the entire keyboard gets extremely HOT! these were the exact same reasons why i returned last year the 9700. I think I am returning this one as well. the Display is amazing and the performance also but if you want a laptop that will burn your laps and your finger tips then go ahead and get the xps 17
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Jg235
Apple was a good influence because now everyone is presenting their products in a nicer way. But I'm already served for the next 2 or 3 years with an asus tuf dash f15 which is also nice thin and powerful, the name tuf doesn't sound very nice, but the machine is nice and is allowing me to play the games I want in ultra-settings for now, although I noticed some laptops don't come with webcams anymore, no zoom conferencing in gaming pc's!
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Apple was a good influence because now everyone is presenting their products in a nicer way. But I'm already served for the next 2 or 3 years with an asus tuf dash f15 which is also nice thin and powerful, the name tuf doesn't sound very nice, but the machine is nice and is allowing me to play the games I want in ultra-settings for now, although I noticed some laptops don't come with webcams anymore, no zoom conferencing in gaming pc's!
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Eddie
While I love the XPS series(I have the XPS 15 with an i7 16GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD) I'm not now. nor ever spending three grand on a laptop. Matter fact. I've reached my apogee. I'm not buying -new- hardware anymore. I have enough gear that if something breaks. I'll find some place that can repair it. thank goodness the FTC is moving forward with the whole -Right-To-Repair- thing. I won't have to go to the OEM and pay an arm and a leg.
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While I love the XPS series(I have the XPS 15 with an i7 16GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD) I'm not now. nor ever spending three grand on a laptop. Matter fact. I've reached my apogee. I'm not buying -new- hardware anymore. I have enough gear that if something breaks. I'll find some place that can repair it. thank goodness the FTC is moving forward with the whole -Right-To-Repair- thing. I won't have to go to the OEM and pay an arm and a leg.
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adrian
Does it support VR (a Valve Index?
My previous XPS 15 didn't, even though it had a Thunderbolt with DisplayPort because there wasn't a direct connection to the Nvidia GPU.
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Does it support VR (a Valve Index?
My previous XPS 15 didn't, even though it had a Thunderbolt with DisplayPort because there wasn't a direct connection to the Nvidia GPU.
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Chance
They don't tell you about the battery drainage, which they refuse to acknowledge is a problem. Just don't plan to play new games longer than 6 hours. They got me.
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They don't tell you about the battery drainage, which they refuse to acknowledge is a problem. Just don't plan to play new games longer than 6 hours. They got me.
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Javier
4k screen (= better screen, better performance (& 99% better thermals) than MBP peer but $1, 000 less = a clear winner, at least till fall. excellent introduction
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4k screen (= better screen, better performance (& 99% better thermals) than MBP peer but $1, 000 less = a clear winner, at least till fall. excellent introduction
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playlist666
How about fan noise? How loud is it for sustained work (>30min) in different areas (web browsing, watching movies, video editing, gaming, etc?
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How about fan noise? How loud is it for sustained work (>30min) in different areas (web browsing, watching movies, video editing, gaming, etc?
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Thorsten
I had the same, but sent it back because i the fans are still running, even in idle. Did you or somebody else here have the same issues?
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I had the same, but sent it back because i the fans are still running, even in idle. Did you or somebody else here have the same issues?
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