Dell XPS 17 9710 - 2021

The Dell XPS 17 9710 is impressive indeed, a capable and compelling choice for creative professionals looking for a powerful machine for both their intensive workloads and their after-work gaming...

I've never really understood the appeal of 17-inch laptops. They are often too big to carry around easily or use on your actual lap like you might want to do with a laptop from time to time. At the same time, they have many of the same compromises of...

Powerful laptops weighing just a few pounds can now handle many of the tasks that editors used to perform on intricate and expensive equipment in a studio. So whether your boss expects you to make first edits in the field, you're a film student, or you...

Key specifications:To Dell's credit, they did not send me the most expensive variant of the XPS 17 for testing. For obvious reasons, most brands choose to send the spec that's going to generate the best benchmarks, but Dell chose a variant that makes a...

This is a tough one. If you know you definitely want a 17-inch laptop then I can highly recommend the Dell XPS 17 9710 — especially in this expensive $6,500 configuration they sent me. At that price though you had better be sure this is what you want....

The Dell XPS 17 9710 (2021) is large and heavy at 2.42kg (5.34lb) -- inevitable, you might think, given its 17-inch display, until you consider the LG Gram 17, which weighs in at just 1.35kg (2.98lb). The UHD+ touch screen is superb, with great viewing...

The Dell XPS 17 9710 is a powerful laptop with screen real estate to spare, but it is large in size and has a price tag to match. Reasons to buy+Excellent performance+Very attractive screen, keyboard and touchpad+NVidia RTX 3060 GPU offers excellent...

If you want to pack the largest screen you can into the sleekest laptop possible, and spend a big chunk of time running Adobe apps, it would be pretty hard to beat the XPS 17 9710 . Sure, that’s definitely a niche, but it’s not a bad niche to be in.