Dell XPS 15 OLED review: A practically perfect 15-inch laptop

OLED makes Dell’s already excellent XPS 15 even better. That’s it, that’s all you need to know. I’ve seen dozens of OLED screens over the last decade, and they never fail to impress. By their very nature they look bolder and capture inky blacks better than most LCD screens. So take that together with the latest hardware from Intel and NVIDIA, and you’ve got a surefire ultraportable powerhouse.

Now, if you remember last year’s redesigned XPS 15 you’ll probably have a hard time telling this new model apart. It still has a sturdy and thin aluminum unibody case, but the star of the show is the 15.6-inch display. It has some of the thinnest bezels on the market, which almost makes the screen seem as if it’s floating in the air. New this year is the 3.5K OLED touchscreen model, but you can also choose from two LCD panels: a 4K+ touchscreen and a 1080p+ display. The plus on those resolutions just means they pack a few more vertical pixels to reach a 16 x 10 aspect ratio.

While I’m clearly partial to what OLED adds to the …read more