First, the bad news: Security researchers recently discovered five high-severity flaws in Dell’s firmware update driver—and they’ve been pushed to customer computers ever since 2009. Now the good news: A fix is already (finally?) available for people who own Dell desktops, laptops, and tablets. You’ll want to take advantage if you’re […]
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Alienware m15 and Dell G15 gaming laptops feature AMD Ryzen for the very first time
If you want proof AMD’s Ryzen 5000 laptop CPU has really made it, look no further than the new Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5, which, as its name tells you, will feature an AMD CPU—for the first time in history. Announced Wednesday and due to ship April 20 in the […]
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 vs. XPS 13: Which one should you buy in 2020?
With Dell’s announcement of freshly upgraded XPS 13 and XPS 13 2-in-1 laptops, it’s that time of year to help you figure out just which XPS 13 you should buy. While you might not think it’s that complicated to pick the best XPS 13 for you needs, there are now […]
The Dell XPS 17 9700 has a charging problem
The new Dell XPS 17 is drop-dead gorgeous, thin, relatively fast, and has what looks like a potentially show-stopping charging problem. How serious is it? We’ll just say that based on our review unit, it’s enough to recommend that you put a pause on a potential purchase until the problem […]
The Dell G5 15 SE features Ryzen, Radeon and Smart Shift’s ‘free performance’
The mystery of just how well AMD’s laptop “Smart Shift” technology will perform just got a little less mysterious on Thursday. First, AMD formally shed a little more light on the first laptop to use the Smart Shift feature, Dell’s G5 15 SE. Calling it kind of a “free performance” […]
The Dell G15 15 SE features Ryzen, Radeon and Smart Shift’s “free performance”
The mystery of just how well AMD’s laptop “Smart Shift” technology will perform just got a little less mysterious on Thursday. First, AMD formally shed a little more light on the first laptop to use the Smart Shift feature, Dell’s G5 15 SE. Calling it kind of a “free performance” […]
Dell XPS 15: Everyone’s favorite workhorse laptop finally gets upgraded
The Dell XPS 15 is long overdue for an upgrade, and on Wednesday it’s finally, officially getting one. Dell said the new XPS 15 9500 will be available for order starting Wednesday, with prices starting at $1,300. We’d guess that’s for a base version with FHD+ display and integrated graphics […]
Dell XPS 17 9700: Everything you need to know
With the debut of the Dell XPS 17, the company will bring its popular XPS brand to a 17-inch laptop this summer, with a bezel-less design, H-class 10th-gen CPU, and up to RTX 2060 graphics. There’s an updated XPS 15, too. While the laptops were officially announced Wednesday, we actually got […]
Dell XPS 13 9300 review: The bezel has finally died!
With Dell’s XPS 13 9300, you can mark a momentous date in laptop history: the death of the laptop bezel. Previous models killed the top and sides, but that last useless part has stuck around until now. Dell’s XPS 13 9300, however, kills that bottom bezel dead. More importantly, the […]