
I don't know if the extra weight has anything to do with it, but this is the first XPS I've reviewed where I had real trouble prying open the lid. The 17-inch span and 5+ pounds of heft make this laptop a two-hander for sure. You get used to it, but I heartily recommend against trying to pick this laptop up with one hand-I've done just that multiple times without thinking, and each time I felt like my wrist was going to pop out of its socket if I wasn't careful. The elegant design and lightweight bezels do, however, make the 5.4-pound weight of our review unit feel like a surprise every time I pick it up. It sports the same eye-catching InfinityEdge design as smaller siblings like the Dell XPS 13, and when you crack it open the thin bezels make its 17-inch display even more striking. Our Dell XPS 17 (2023) review unit is hefty yet sleek, with slick reflective accents complementing the silver machined aluminum chassis. You really feel the lack of an easy-open lid.Slick, elegant design disguises the heft of this 5+ pounder.If you were to buy the same laptop for yourself, it'd cost you roughly $2,949 at time of publication. You can pay an extra $50 to upgrade that to Windows 11 Pro.įor the purposes of conducting this review Dell sent us an XPS 17 with an Intel Core i7-13700H CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD and the 4K (3840 x 2400) touchscreen. The whole thing would cost you roughly $5,199.Įvery XPS 17 comes with a copy of Windows 11 Home pre-installed.


Once you complete the steps, the update will download and install automatically to prevent audio problems with the KB5015878 update.
