Dell XPS 15 9575 (i5-8305G, Vega M GL, FHD) Convertible Review

[Redaktion]

Instant XPS classic. Dell is betting big on the unproven Kaby Lake-G platform and its new MagLev keyboard to carry the new XPS 15 2-in-1 forward. The end result feels like the XPS we know and love while being thinner, quieter, cooler, and nearly as powerful as the standard XPS 15 that it derives from.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-XPS-15-9575-i5-8305G-Vega-M-GL-FHD-Convertible-Review.296996.0.html

[Tom H]

Thanks for reviewing.
This convertible seemed to be an "no brainer", but now, I´m not convinced to buy it. Especially the keyboard keeps me off, as I´m typing a lot.

Please test the 4K model too!

[Casdien]

- Soldered RAM and Wi-Fi card. Instant deal breakers.
- Ports - if Clevo, MSI and Gigabyte can do it, so can Dell.
- Only 1 M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slot. 2 or more should be standard in 2018 as again achieved by plenty others.
- Not very ergonomic for 2 in 1 convertible and no reliable pen holder.
- Mediocre touchpad and less than mediocre keyboard.
- Atrocious audio and webcam.
- Small battery. For a laptop of this power and display options, I need more than 100 Wh. Over the years Lenovo Thinkpads have constantly gone over the "legal limit" IIRC, more recently with T550 and T560 that sports 116 Wh batteries.

Dell attempted to imitate Lenovo Yoga 720 15 from a year ago but cut too many corners and almost doubled the price for little improvement. I'm sure it's worth it for others, but I'll pass.

[flipacoin]

Idle battery life is quite worrying. After all, everyone's got their eyes on the power draw and performance on battery of this new platform. So please post the full power consumption test results and comparison chart, thanks.

[Fouracre]

@Casdien
100WHr is the limit the FAA will allow for batteries regarding carry-on baggage. Otherwise, the device wouldn't be allowed to used during the flight. So there are literally no laptop manufacturers that make batteries bigger than 100WHr.

[Casdien]

@Fouracre
Thinkpads have a bridged battery system which is one internal battery in the inside and the other on the outside. This is an exceptional feature that allows users to instantly "hot-swap" external batteries they carry should they need extra battery life. So many Thinkpads, especially before the advent of power efficient U-series chips had over 100 WHr batteries and the trend carried on even after 4th gen Haswell. Unfortunately though they did reduce the capacities to reduce weight but the current 2018 model T580 still does have a 105 WHr battery as recently reviewed by NBC.

I assume the 100 WHr limit is more of a guideline than a regulation. They certainly don't seem to check every giant power bank for the limit and believe me, I've carried those frequently before USB-C PD on laptops became a thing.

[Carlos Rodriguez]

Can I use the Dell notebook powerbank plus usb c or Dell hybrid adapter to charge it?

[Cody]

I strongly suspect your panel was bad in this review. There seems to be a lot of variations in the early 4k Panels. The one I received this weekend has 100% sRGB, 97% Adobe RGB and 94% NTSC during my calibration check. It also plays VERY well with the Aorus gaming box 1080. I had no issues at all using it with my 4k display getting it to loop back onto the internal display and play games at 4k

[offenmeier]

I have the i7 8gb 512gb FullHD model.

I absolutely love it after 3 months.

keyboard took a while to get used to, but I love it. screen is gorgeous. I love the design, it is smooth and sturdy. I think it truly is the best 15 inch laptop in the world.

I love the fact that normal work loads (browsing, Outlook, remote access etc) leave the fans off for completely silent experience. laptop runs a bit warm in this case. on hot days when I want it cool, I just switch to the "Cool" mode in Dell power manager, it turns the fans quietly on, and stays cool as cucumber.

I think though that it wasn't too hard to add a couple of usb-a ports for convenience. it wouldn't have made it any thicker.

the only gripe is that the Dell support site is appalling, and suggests older versions of drivers and firmware as latest.