Dell XPS 15 Infinity (9550) Review

Lisa Gade reviews the Dell XPS 15 “Infinity” model 9550 notebook, released in the fall of 2015. This is a major redesign of the XPS 15 that mirrors the 2015 XPS 13 design. It’s impressively small for a 15.6” laptop and it has a nearly bezeless display. The 4.4 lb. laptop is a powerhouse with Intel Skylake 6th generation quad core 45 watt CPUs, Intel HD 530 graphics switchable with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 2GB DDR dedicated graphics and an optional 4K UHD touch screen with 100% Adobe RGB color gamut. The XPS 15 starts at $999 with a Core i3, HDD and a 1080p matte non-touch screen, and things get interesting when you spend around $1,500 for the quad core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz CPU, NVIDIA graphics and an SSD. This is a fast workstation class machine that can handle pro apps and gaming well. It has dual band WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1 and two battery capacity options (most have the larger battery). We look at the top of the line model with the 4K display, Core i7, 16 gigs of DDR4 RAM, a 1TB NVMe SSD plus NVIDIA graphics that sells for $2,200. We’ll review the 1080p model separately.