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Dell's XPS 15 2-in-1 review

2018-05-18
this is Dells XPS 15 two and one in overall excellent premium convertible that is ready to help you create some content play some games and enjoy some media it is a convertible so you can use it as a laptop of course but it's also a tablet a big 15.6 inch pen enabled tablet so you can write and draw on the screen their support for tilt with Dells new $99 premium active pen assuming your software supports it at least the beautiful 4k display and it's barely there bezels is one of the best we've seen that's bright with very good color performance out of the box it does suck power though and we got just six hours and 46 minutes in our tests inside is the CPU GPU combo created by Intel and rival AMD the pairing works well offering up strong performance and is enough to handle everything from office work to content creation and even some gaming if you don't mind dialing back the settings expect to hear its fans blowing when you're gaming though or doing anything that needs to push its processors it does get a little warm at times but considering how thin it is it is forgivable what you might not be able to get past is the Maglev keyboard which uses magnets to pop the keys back up instead of rubber domes it allowed Dell Dome make a thinner keyboard and the keys have a satisfying click enos to them but the keys are nearly flush with the body and with very little travel to the keys it's not exactly comfortable for long typing sessions it's then this cost you legacy ports too so you'll need to buy some adapters or dock to handle peripherals since there's nothing but USB C ports however at least two of them are Thunderbolt 3 also there's just a micro SD card slot so anyone working with the full-size SD card is out of luck so there are a handful of drawbacks but there's much more to like here if you've been looking for a do-it-all slim sturdy two-in-one with a big screen you
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