Dell XPS 9570 Laptop 15.6" FHD, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8750H CPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1050Ti, Thin bzl 400 Nits Display, Silver, Windows 10 Home - XPS9570-7996SLV-PUS, Gaming Capable

Display: The display is fantastic. the color is great, the brightness if even greater. 400 nits is plenty for the eyes. colors are really clean and deep; makes my eyes feel good when I'm working long hours at the library or at home.I/O: The keyboard has a great tactile feel for a laptop, but I would always get a dedicated keyboard with cherry MX switches, preferably blue. The camera is not a big deal, it's actually okay, and image quality is fine as well. Not a really big deal if you don't video chat much, but even then I've used it for talking to friends and it's completely fine.Modularity: This laptop's ram, wifi card, and storage can all be upgraded; so, even if you buy the baseline version, you can always upgrade its components which is nice. Personally, I opened it up and switched out the killer wifi card for an intel wifi card. I plan on upgrading to terabyte by the end of NEXT year. Just a warning for potential buyers who decide to open the back case, be very careful when unscrewing the bottom plate, the screws are really soft, and I slightly stripped my screws, so the next time I open it I'll have to be even more careful. Just keep that in mind.Software support, productivity, in regards to battery life: I can have multiple applications opened all at once: Visual studio, with TeX works and chrome; or maybe MatLab and TeX works; or even RStudio with Adobe Reader Touch. At the library I can last a few hours without charging while having these applications run in various combinations. I know that it's not any CAD design, but for simple programming and scripting for different algo implementations, for exercise, LeetCode and school assignments, the XPS is a champ. You can also use Atom or visual studio code, both of which runs really well. Also, you can get Ubuntu Distro with the Linux subsytem if that's your thing, and Microsoft is supposed to be coming our with its own terminal. Using Microsoft office is also pretty nice; I really like word and PowerPoint over any other word processor and presentation production software.Doubles as a pseudo-desktop, and other recommended accessories: i recently got the DELL SHM2419 which is the monitor in the photo attached to this review. I love to use it with the laptop, and I love extending the displays. I highly recommend getting the monitor with the laptop, especially since the laptop is cheaper than when I bought it, which was around $1400 at the time. I highly recommend buying this model and slowly upgrading the components over the year; this is durable laptop. Also consider getting a laptop case, a wireless mouse, nice headphones, maybe Bose, and a cherry MX blue switch keyboard; I have a Nidoo laptop case with a felt lining.Mild and occasional gaming: I know that BF5 is not a "mild" game by any standard, but the GTX 1050ti laptop edition handles it pretty well. Frame rate is adequate enough to play a few matches of conquest for hours on end, and it's obvious that the fans will be on 100%. It's not very good for the dell XPS in the long run to run intensive games, but it will run them fine in the short run.Recreation: Watching other media like youtube and netflix, or other streaming media services like spotify is complete fine, although I will admit that the speakers are kinda bad; I would recommend getting a proper pair of headphones either way because laptop speakers aren't meant to be great imo, so I have very low standards in that regard. Still, the audio hardware seems great and listening to music through the 3.5mm jack is great.TL;DR: if you are an undergraduate in STEM, or even a grad student, or any professional doing meaningful and difficult work you ought to have this laptop, the specs beat the Mac and any other laptop I can think of off the top of my head. Even this specific edition is adequate enough; although if your want the new i7 processor with 6 cores you should look at getting this year's most recent model.I would definitely buy this laptop all over again.

Got this laptop as an anniversary present for my parents (1080p screen, 512 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM, 45 watt 8650H CPY, 1050ti GPU). Was a decision between buying the Huawei Matebook Pro X, but the bigger screen, better battery, better CPU, better GPU, better PORTS selection (needed HDMI and USB-A capabilities), and MUCH EASIER upgradeability (just popping opening the back panel gives u instant access to the SD card, wifi card, and RAM slots) justified going for this over the 200 dollar cheaper Huwaei.Have to say that this notebook is a BEAUTY to behold, with its near bezel-less 15.6" screen that's super bright, mind you. The CPU, RAM, GPU and SSD just about guarantee 7-8 years of useable life for the laptop (which is a HUGE plus for my parents as they REALLY DONT like buying new tech every 4 years).Undervolted the CPU by -0.11v to ensure ZERO overheating (as I know that CAN be an issue, since its a VERY thin and light laptop for the power its packing). As of now, they've (my parents) experienced zero heating issues.Package came within 4 days of purchasing, which was earlier than expected (I live in Bahrain, so international shipping usually takes 3 - 7 days)

I love this laptop, but when I first got it it wouldn't boot. Well, more accurately it spent minutes on a black screen with the keys lit before the keys stopped being lit and nothing more happened. So I did what any good IT guy would do and flipped it over, disconnected the battery and tried booting it using the power adapter. It worked. Plugged the battery back in and screwed the case back on, no more boot issues.Shortly after I realized my headset wasn't recognized when I plugged it in. Looked it up, turns out the Realtek HD Audio Manager was breaking it. Go into your task manager and disable it's load on startup and you should be fine after a reboot. After getting the headset working, however, there was a weird echo. Turns out another bit of bloat from HP was causing that. Open up the Maxx Audio Pro software and turn off the Bass Boost. I'd recommend uninstalling it afterwards so it can't be accidentally re-enabled.These aren't things that should have been issues, but they were overall all easy to diagnose and quick to resolve. As everyone else has mentioned, the keyboard isn't the best and the graphics card isn't for gaming, but the laptop wouldn't lose a star for that. If the computer booted up correctly the first time, I would have given it 5 stars.The computer is solidly built. The touch pad is accurate (even if I nearly always use a wireless mouse). The screen is bright and colors are accurate. The battery life is amazing (especially if you use the battery saver features). The ability to upgrade the ram, wifi, and SSD is extremely welcome in a computer so thin. I had planned to replace the wifi card, the ram and the SSD, but unlike the earlier models which seemed to have slower Toshiba SSDs, mine came with a fairly quick Samsung NVMe SSD. I have a Wi-Fi 6 Killer wireless card I intend to replace the current card with, and will be getting the 32gb of ram later. I'll also be replacing the thermal paste to improve the thermals once I've got the time. I'll update on the progress once I've done it.All in all, this is an excellent computer I'd recommend to anyone who isn't afraid to open up the computer and check connections once they've received it. Sadly, I can't recommend it to people who aren't at least a tiny bit technically savvy since, given the number of reviews stating issues, it seems fairly likely that you'll have a simple problem you need to fix. Hopefully they can fix this in the next revision.