maggiemae Loc: North Carolina

I am looking into buying a new laptop because my old one is not able to handle Lightroom or Photoshop very effectively. So far the Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 seems to be the best for the price and funtionality. I really like that it can function as a tablet and make use of a pen. My main question is does anybody on here have one and what are your opinions on it. Thanks for any info.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Check specifications and components carefully in Dell ads and for Dell computers bought through Microsoft. We were shopping for a new laptop recently and were looking at Dells because o the attractive prices. If you read carefully, many advertised systems have spinning disks instead of SSDs and processor clock speeds that are well less than competitive.

maggiemae Loc: North Carolina

The version I am considering has a 512gb SSD 16 g of Ram and i7 processor. It will run me roughly 2000 which is why I want to know how it actually works. It seems like it would work great based on specs. Plus, it has a 4k hd monitor with 100 percent Adobe color spectrum.

CaptainEd

There are many models, but the one you mention seems to have good specs, particularly if it's the latest generation of i7 processors. I believe it does as one of these was on my short list last year, but make sure you can get a "data drive" in the chasis along with the SSD. That 512gb is going to fill up fast.

Ultimately, I went with Lenovo with a 256gb SSD and 1tb spinning drive. The SSD is filling up....but I've been trying out a lot of photo and video tools, which go on it with the system files. I moved my libraries (Pictures, Videos, Music, Documents) to the spinning drive and install applications that aren't critical to me on that one as well.

tiphareth51 Loc: Somewhere near North Pole, Alaska

Two years ago I bought a Dell. It was my first and will definitely be my last. Do yourself a favor and look online at the customer complaints.

lsimpkins Loc: SE Pennsylvania

I bought the 13" XPS touch screen (not 2-in-one) version almost 2 years ago also with 512GB SSD, i7, 16GB RAM. I am very pleased with it. It runs LR and PS quite well - not as fast as my 8-core desktop, but is convenient to use and travels with me on all my trips. You might want to look at the screen resolution on the 2-in-one version. At the time, it was less than the touch screen version of the 13" - if that matters to you.

If you are a Costco member, you might check out what they offer in XPS - that's where I purchased mine and it came with an additional year of warranty.

Angel Star Photography Loc: Tacoma, WA

Another option to consider...

I had considered the XPS 15 2-in-1 for similar reasons; i.e. tablet and laptop capabilities. I finally bought the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga 3rd Gen because I was also looking for a device that had a display capable of as close to 100% AdobeRGB. My cost was a little over $2K for an 8th gen i7-8650U with vPro (running at 1.9Ghz, turboboost to 4.2Ghz), 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and 2560X1440 IPS 500 nit display. The 500 nit display is the only one that supports AdobeRGB and can be calibrated. The video card is an integrated Intel UHD 620 capable of supporting 4K HDR. I did, however, add on their Thunderbolt 3 Graphics dock which adds an Nvidia GTX 1050 video card but in either configuration the laptop performs extremely well. I run Lightroom and Photoshop on it without a problem in both stand-alone or docked as well as various other applications for architecture/engineering drawings/computations and first-person shooters. It has been a great laptop/tablet and quite an impressive, light machine.

If you don't want the AdobeRGB or the 500 nit display, then you can get below the $2K price tag.

Servicing was also impressive. The fingerprint reader on mine failed a couple of months ago. I generated a ticket, they sent a FedEx express shipping box, and I had it back within a little over three business days from the date of generating the ticket---ticket was generated in the evening close to midnight. I was expecting the whole process to take at least a week and more.

Here is a link of a review by Mobile Tech Review.
https://youtu.be/e4kC3lkfw_A

Link to Lenovo page: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-yoga/ThinkPad-X1-Yoga-3rd-Gen/p/22TP2TXX13Y

C. R. Smith (Charles)
Angel Star Photography
www.angelstarphotography.com

maggiemae Loc: North Carolina

I think I have decided to spend the extra money and get the 1TB SSD. I didn't want to spend that much but I want to be happy with what I get. And I know I will regret it if I get the smaller drive.

maggiemae Loc: North Carolina

The version I am looking at has a 4k uhd screen with 100% adobe RGB. I can't remember the numbers on the resolution but it was about as good as you can get. It also has 400nits so it should be plenty bright as well.

maggiemae Loc: North Carolina

Thank you for the information. The version I am considering does have the full 100% adobe RGB. It does only have 400nits but I really won't be using it outside so I don't think that should be an issue. I hadn't considered a lenovo but will check into them.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

You may want to discuss with this site - recommended by Gene51 - one of our "pros" at UHH.
https://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118-96-98.html#!/graphicscard=81-186&no_cache=true&p=clear
Mark

Lorendn Loc: Jackson, WY

I got the same one about a year ago and love it. The only issue is the very high resolution scree makes the fonts in my Nik plug-ins very small when the screen is optimized for Lightroom and Photoshop. Otherwise it is a dream machine and stows easily in my camera back pack for long trips to Africa.

uhaas2009

Don't forget the graphic card, you can have the fastest highest processor, memory, Ram.....the graphic card can slow down......

Haydon

Look at a custom built laptop from Sager. Less money more computer.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I sent her a link to same.