Product review: GGMM M4 Leather Wireless Digital Wi-Fi

This is a hell of a speaker! GGMM can be made quite loud and the sound remains distortion free even at max volume. To test various speakers I use Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor. I like using because it has several passages in the beginning of the fugue which many speakers cannot handle - some speakers crackles others generate distortions, but this speaker handled it very well. In my video I included two small snippets of music so you can hear it for yourself.



The speaker connected to my phone's bluetooth smoothly. In the video you can see me turn off the speaker and then it back on again - it remembered the connection and automatically reconnected to the phone. However it did not remember my old settings neither the volume to the fact that I had the bass button pressed.



The speaker is 13.75"L x 4 3/8"W x 6"H. Its weight is 6 pounds 1.5 oz.



The speaker comes with an optional leather strap for carrying the speaker. And the sides had permanent metal posts for attaching the straps. I would have preferred that the permanent metal posts were not there, so I had an option to stand the speaker on its side. The speaker has no mounting holes.



I am very impressed with this speaker. I hope the video gives you a good idea of what to expect.



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AshopZones review ★★★★★

Razer Blade Stealth Ditches Discrete Graphics, Gains Amp

LAS VEGAS — Just when I thought Razer couldn't shave another ounce off of its suite of already ridiculously slim laptops, the company goes and proves me wrong with its latest creation, the Blade Stealth. Weighing a scant 2.75 pounds, the Stealth (available now, starting at $999) is making a serious play for the ultraportable crowd. The weight loss is a result of Razer ditching its discrete graphics in favor of an Intel integrated chip. But fear not gamers, Razer is also launching its own version of a graphics amplifier dubbed the Core which will be available sometime in the first half of 2016.

Razer let me have some quality time with both systems prior to CES and it looks like the company has a pair of certified winners on its hands.

Design

Wow, just wow. The Blade Stealth is absolutely gorgeous. Swathed in obsidian aluminum accented by the glowing green tri-snake emblem on its lid, this beauty is the spitting image of its bigger brothers, the Blade and the Blade Pro. The laptop measures 12.6 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches and weighs 2.75 pounds. To put things in perspective, that's lighter and slimmer than both the Dell XPS 13 (2.9 pounds, 11.98 x 7.88 x 0.33-0.6 inches, Apple MacBook Pro (2.96 pounds, 12.8 x 8.9 x 0.11-0.68 inches) and the Lenovo Yoga 900 (2.8 pounds, 12.75 x 8.86 x 0.59 inches).

Razer Blade CoreThe Razer Core is also a looker. Adhering to the dashing company uniform, the graphics amplifier's chassis is constructed from the same aircraft-grade aluminum as the notebooks. Measuring 8.6 x 4.13 x 13.38 inches, the Core is a more compact proposition compared to the Alienware's Graphics Amplifier (6.8 x 7.3 x 13.1 inches). The amps do have something in common, however: their use of custom lighting. But the Alienware's amp backlit zone only consists of the small alien head logo compared to the Core's interior which you can view through the large window, allowing the light to pour into the room. Display

The Stealth's good looks don't stop at the exterior. Beneath that black aluminum lid lies a 12.5-inch 4K (3840 x 2160) touch panel. The colors were vibrant particularly when it came to the greens and blues. According to Razer, the display measures 100 percent of the Adobe RGB color gamut. For instance, when I looked at a high-resolution image of a snake, I could easily see every single scale as well the deep shadows cast from its massive coils.

Keyboard

Instead of the usual trademark backlit green island-style keyboard, the Stealth is the first laptop with individually backlit keys. And thanks to Razer's Chroma technology, every key on the fullsize keyboard can be mapped in 1 of 16.8 million colors. Creative gamers can also take advantage of a multitude of lighting effects to create their own personal light show.

Specs/Pricing

Historically Razer has been known for placing its priority on performance, which makes for an ultra premium system with an equally premium price tag. The company is issuing a direct challenge to the likes of Dell and Apple, offering the same premium specs, but at an affordable price. The base model of the Blade Stealth starts at $999 and features a 2.5-GHz Intel Core i7-6500 dual core processor, 8GB of RAM, a 128GB PCIe SSD and Intel HD Graphics 520 GPU. For the same price, you can get a 13-inch MacBook Air with an Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB Flash Storage and an Intel HD Graphics 6000.

Core

Since the Blade Stealth lacks discrete graphics, it will rely on the Core to do its heavy lifting. Similar to most graphic amplifiers on the market, the Core is a bring-your-own-GPU situation. That means you'll have to fork out some extra cash for a desktop graphics card. But Razer has yet to announce the pricing on the Core, so there's no telling how this will affect your bottom line.

In practice, the Core is easier to use than the Alienware's Graphics Amp. For example, putting in the graphics card is as simple as pulling out the chamber, installing the component and tightening a screw to secure it in place. Once, the GPU is in place, you slide the chamber back in and you're ready to go. I've encountered some difficulty prying open the Alienware's lid, but once I accessed the device's interior, it was relatively easy to place the card.

The bigger difficulty lies in actually getting the accompanying Alienware laptop to recognize the amp once its attached. There have been times during our testing where we had to consistently detach and reattach the amp via the proprietary port to access the desktop graphics card. With the Core, you simply plug into the Blade Stealth via a USB-C port. In the demo, the computer took about 3 to 4 seconds to switch over. However, the system did not handle my unplugging and plugging it in too quickly. Bottom Line

Razer has spent the last few years honing its craft, creating gaming laptops that could satisfy even the pickiest gamer. However the prohibitively high price tag kept all but the most deep-pocketed players from owning a system. With the Blade Stealth's affordable price, Razer is not only expanding its consumer base, it's sending a direct challenge to ultraportable and gaming laptop manufacturers. In 2016, it's game on.

Lenovo Gets Serious About Gaming with IdeaPad Y900

LAS VEGAS -- After spending several years straddling the line between entertainment and gaming, Lenovo is ready to play among the big boys with the power-packed IdeaPad Y900 laptop. Starting at $1,999 and available in July, the 17.3-inch notebook will feature potent Nvidia GTX 980M graphics, overclocking capability, and a mechanical keyboard with customizable RGB lighting. It's a welcome and serious step up from the middle-of-the-road specs of previous Lenovo models.

I had the opportunity to get some one-on-one time with Lenovo's first true gaming behemoth at CES 2016 and was mostly impressed with what I saw.

Design

It looks like Lenovo got my memo on continually using the same design for its gaming laptops. The IdeaPad Y900 still boasts a black aluminum chassis with subtle crosshatching. However, the lid has the bright red Y insignia, which the company has begun to use to brand its gaming equipment. The new accent is further complemented by a pair of darts, giving the laptop a car-hood aesthetic. The undercarriage also got an overhaul, swapping out the circular metal subwoofer and vents for large red-tinted triangles.

The 16.7 x 0.5 x 1.41-inch Y900 weighs 10.1 pounds, which firmly places it in the heavyweight class next to the Alienware 17 and MSI GT72 Dominator Pro, which weigh 8 and 8.4 pounds, respectively.

lenovo interior

While the Y900's new exterior is impressive, the party really gets started when you pop this bad boy open.  The red, metal speaker grilles are larger and occupy more of the top of the keyboard deck. Similar to Alienware notebooks, there's a customizable LED strip, which plays up the new customizable keyboard, replacing the usual one-note red backlit keys on previous models of the Y series.

The Y900 is decked out with a 17.3-inch IPS anti-glare display. I was a little disappointed to learn Lenovo is currently only offering the laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen. Still, during my brief time with the system, I saw bright, vivid colors and sharp details, which gamers will appreciate, especially on titles like Witcher 3 where you can see every strand of the protagonists' hair blowing in the wind. 

Keyboard/Touchpad

Similar to last year's MSI GT80 Titan SLI, the Y900 will feature a mechanical keyboard. The Lenovo rep was reluctant to mention which kind of key switches the keyboard uses. Mystery switches aside, the keys felt nice and clicky, with some firm feedback. However, I'm still eager to get the Y900 in for testing.

Lenovo also took some cues from Alienware and added customizable RGB backlighting controlled by Lenovo's proprietary software Nerve Center. Gamers can designate different colors and effects to five different zones on the keyboard, including the touchpad.

Speaking of the touchpad, the LED-lined device is large and smooth, providing a nice contrast to the faux-leather palm rest. The slightly raised surface helped keep my hands in the correct typing posture, and felt good to boot. It's a design feature I'd love to see implemented on more laptops.


Specs

Although Lenovo didn't provide the exact specs for the preview model, the company did share a few juicy details. For instance, the processor can go up to an overclockable 6th-generation Intel Core i7 CPU with up to 64GB of RAM. You can also get a pair of 256GB PCIe SSDs in RAID 0 configuration with up to a 1TB hard drive.

None of the y900's configurations will ship with Intel integrated graphics. Instead, they'll rely on the sheer power of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M with either 4GB or 8GB of VRAM. This is a huge step up from the GTX 960 GPUs the company used in last year's model.

With that graphics card, gamers will finally have the ability to play even the most taxing titles at their highest settings without falling prey to stuttering frame rates. But I wish the company would consider offering a configuration with the GTX 980, Nvidia's desktop version of the card, so players could also use the laptop with the upcoming Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets.

Virtual-reality capabilities aside, the Lenovo Nerve Center lets you easily adjust the clock speed for both the CPU and the GPU, in case you want to overclock either. If you're looking for a more set-it-and-forget-it approach, the Y900 also has a prominent Turbo button located at the top right of the keyboard above the programmable macro keys.

Battery Life

According to Lenovo, the Y900 will last 5 hours on a charge, which is pretty respectable for a gaming laptop if the claims are true. Last year's Alienware 17 was one of the longest-lasting gaming laptops, with a time of 6:25 minutes. But I'll reserve my judgement until we receive our review unit.
Outlook

The Y900 is a gaming notebook that has an aggressive new look and a set of impressive specs to match, placing it firmly in competition with the heavy hitters in the category. It's going to be a long wait until July, but I'm looking forward to putting the IdeaPad Y900 through its paces soon.

Product review: btoto H9 2.0 Inch 170 Degree 6g Ultra-wide Angle Lens 4k Sports Action Camera

I received this camera for evaluation and review as part of a new product introduction. Getting a free product does not effect what I say, I always give a rating purely based on how the product performs. A few months ago I reviewed another camera from the same vendor and gave it a 2 stars rating. Despite knowing that I am reviewer who gives critical reviews when the product deserves it he sent me this camera for testing anyway. That's a sign of a good seller and a good product.



Btoto H9 is my first 4K camera and I can really tell the difference. The colors and clarity is excellent. The 170° lens provides a very wide view, but as any lens with such wide angle causes barrel distortion.



The camera produces very good video during the day and at dusk. The only time during the day when the video was not excellent was when the sun was directly into the camera, which is a challenge for any camera. The night time video is not as good. The camera has an intuitive interface, it also has WI FI that allows me to see what the camera sees on phone. The camera is exactly the same size as GoPro camera and accessories designed for GoPro fit it.



Live video via WI FI works very well: it was easy to connect the phone to the camera and the delay between action and live video is minimal (you can see it in my video). When you are using live mode the video is not recorded to the micro SD. The app for live product is called Ez iCam (I show the install and how the app works in the video). The name of a hot spot you need to connect to is ICAM-H9 (note that the name is slightly different from documentation - at least on Android phone).



Btoto H9 supports micro SD cards up to 32GB (the micro SD card is not included).



The camera produces video in the following resolutions (recorded in .mov format) using degree HD wide angle lens.

4K 10fps, 2.7K 15fps, 1080p 60/30fps, 720 120/60 fps. Amazon compresses video submitted in the reviews plus has a limit of videos size so I have to compress it before submitting as well, so what you see in the review video is much worse than what the camera produces.



To recharge the camera takes about 3 hours from empty, I am getting about 2 hours of video on one charge.



The package includes a large number of clamps and holders as well as a waterproof case. The manual is okay, it does not have instructions for every button but it was enough for me to find the right app and to figure out how to use the camera.



In attached video you can see video of the camera and video taken by the camera.



If you have questions on something I did not cover post a comment and I'll do my best to answer it.



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AshopZones review ★★★★★

HP’s Star Wars Special Edition Pavilion Notebook Is The Laptop You’re Looking For

This is the laptop you’re looking for. HP has unveiled a very awesome Star Wars Special Edition Notebook just in time for the holidays and the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.



With a starting price of $699, this Star Wars Notebook is actually pretty fancy. It comes with a matte finish that is fingerprint resistance and the graphics that are printed all over the outer case are subtle yet striking and provide you with plenty of things to nerd over. Probably the coolest feature is the trackpad, which has been designed to look like the targeting computer of an X-Wing.

Built-in galleries and Star Wars assets are included in an app called the Star Wars Command Center. From the Command Center, you have the ability to choose from several sets of rotating desktop background images that include things like on-set photos, images from The Force Awakens, and storyboard images. In addition to that, a gallery section allows you to go through over 1,100 images in the Windows photo gallery.

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This Star Wars model is a specially designed take on HP’s well-known Pavilion series of laptops. The laptop itself is a pretty standard HP Pavilion and isn’t the most exciting or high-end laptops though it is a reasonably priced product for Star Wars fans like myself. The dark side themed exterior and interior along with other nifty features (like the Death Star recycling bin) are all things that true Star Wars fans will enjoy.

The laptop itself has a 1,920 x 1,080 15.6″ screen with an optional touchscreen if you want. The processor options are from Intel’s current sixth-generation Core i5 and Core i7 line with RAM options going up to as much as 128GB and as much as 2TB of storage. Like all the other HP Pavilion models released in 2015, the Star Wars model comes with speakers from Bang & Olufsen, which also means that the company provided audio-tuning feedback on HP’s in-house designs.

If you’re a gamer then this might not be the laptop for you, which is weird. Though you can add some midlevel graphics to it if you wish with the highest GPU option available being the GeForce 940M from Nvidia. This option is good enough to run most current games at low-to-medium graphics, but if you’re trying to run EA’s newest Star Wars Battlefront game then you’re going to need something a little more powerful.

Other Star Wars features on this laptop include custom sound schemes that replace traditional computer sounds with things like lightsabers and the beeps and boops of everyone’s favorite astromech droid R2-D2. In addition to that Aurebesh font is also included. Aurebesh, for those of you who aren’t super nerds like me, is the Galactic Base Standard language in Star Wars and comes loaded in the font library. Bonus features include te first Marvel Star Wars comic in the series, e-book excerpts from the Star Wars Universe and Star Wars movie trailers, all of which come pre-loaded on the special edition notebook.

The base model runs $699.99 and comes with Windows 10 Home 64, an Intel Core i5 processor, and 6GB DDR3l SDRAM (1 x 2GB, 1 x 4GB). The $749.99 model upgrades to the 6th generation Intel Core i5-6200U DualCore processor and Intel HD graphics 520 with 8GB DDR3L – 1 DIMM. Finally, the $999.99 model upgrades to the 6th generation Intel Core i7-6500U DualCore processor and Nvidia’s GeForce 940M 2GB discrete graphics and a touchscreen. Purchase yours today from HP’s website.

Product review: reNeu Manuka Honey Cream Healing Moisturizer Skin Care with UMF 16+ and Aloe Vera

I really like this cream. It is really rich and smooth and it is an excellent moisturizer. I used it on a stubborn patch of dry skin on my face and it did a better job than other moisturizers I have used. I also used it on a minor burn and it felt better right away and healed overnight. I like how it feels - totally non greasy. It is almost unscented, I detect a light scent up close. To me it smells like a light vanilla scent.



It comes in a tub, so it will be easy to get every last bit of it. This has become my "go to" moisturizer for my face, dry heels, and anything else that gets dry in the winter.



I was received a tub of cream for testing a review. reNeu does not test their products on animals so I was recruited as one the human subjects. It is very effective and my skin reacted very well to it.



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AshopZones review ★★★★★

Dell XPS 15 Review

• The Pros

  Sleek and slim design; Attractive aluminum and carbon fiber body; Roomy touchpad; 1080p model gets over 10 hours of battery life; Optional super-sharp UHD touch screen; Optional Nvidia GPU

• The Cons

  UHD model has significantly worse battery life; Color temp on the UHD model's screen is off; Awkward webcam location

• Verdict

  Dell's XPS 15 combines style and speed using a slick design, resulting in a premium 15-inch system that's a joy to use.
  After the success of its super-slim XPS 13, Dell decided to apply the same treatment to its line of premium 15-inch notebooks, and it's a formula that works marvelously. On the XPS 15 (starting at $999), Dell offers the brilliant aluminum and carbon fiber design that debuted on the XPS 13, but with a bigger 15.6-inch screen and optional extras, including a UHD screen and Nvidia 960M graphics. To see how this larger XPS performs, we tested not one, but two configurations: an $1,800 Intel Core-i7 model with a 1920 x 1080 non-touch display and Nvidia 960M graphics, and a $2,100 model upgraded with Dell's dazzling UHD touch screen. One model is a proper tool for serious productivity, while the other looks like a mobile graphics pro's dream machine.
  
  So how do these systems stack up to the myriad competing notebooks, including the long-standing artist's tool-of-choice, the MacBook Pro?
  
  The XPS 15 takes the design principles from Dell's top-notch XPS 13 and upsizes it for a larger system while still keeping the weight and thickness to a minimum. Both in feel and design, the XPS 15 matches up well against any other premium 15-inch on the market, including the vaunted MacBook Pro. The lid and bottom panels are constructed out of smooth brushed aluminum, while the interior features a light but durable carbon-fiber deck coated with a subtle soft-touch finish.
  
  The tapered front edge enlarges slightly as you move back toward the hinge, providing enough room for three USB 3.0 ports (including one Type-C port with speedy Thunderbolt 3 support), HDMI, an SD card reader and a headset jack. The larger 15-inch size also means there's more room on the inside, which Dell puts to good use by offering an optional Nvidia GTX 960M GPU for those who need it.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The space savings become apparent when you compare the XPS 15 to some of its competition, including the 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro, the Asus ZenBook Pro UX 501 and the Toshiba Satellite Radius P55. Measuring 14.06 x 9.27 x 0.66 inches at its thickest and weighing 4.4 pounds, the XPS 15 is thinner and lighter than all of them, with the closest being the MacBook Pro at 14.13 x 9.73 x 0.71 inches and 4.49 pounds.
  
  The 15.6-inch UHD touch screen on our fully loaded XPS 15 is a spectacular sight to behold. But it comes with one nagging flaw.
  
  On the plus side, the UHD XPS 15's sRGB color range of 191.4 percent (131.9 percent of Adobe RGB) is one of the highest marks we've ever seen, and the 3840 x 2160 resolution means video editors can watch 4K videos at their native res without needing a separate display.
  
  The super-rich and saturated colors were a delight for the eyes, and the UHD XPS 15 completely smashes the color range of other systems, such as the 2015 MacBook Pro (86 percent), the Asus UX 501 (88.5 percent) and the Toshiba Satellite Radius P55 (95 percent).
  
  
  However, even with Dell's included Premier Color display software, the display has a hard time achieving a neutral color balance. This means pictures and videos looked a little off, and no combination of display tweaks that we tried corrected the issue. For most people, this might not be a big deal, but on a system like the UHD XPS 15, which would be an ideal machine for photo or video editors, it means you can't trust the colors you see on-screen.
  
  At a 6500K color temp, which should offer dead-on whites with no color cast, the UHD XPS 15's display skewed too blue and magenta, which meant that when I watched the latest Deadpool trailer, Wade Wilson's signature red Spandex looked a little more purple than it did on other displays.
  
  I've alerted Dell about this issue so we're hoping the company can come up with a software fix, because it would be a heartbreaker for a display this good to dragged down by inaccurate color.
  
  If you're more focused on business or want to save some money, the non-touch model features a matte 1080p screen. Even though that panel is not nearly as colorful or vibrant as the UHD model (at 71.9 percent sRGB), it features much better brightness and enhanced readability " especially on pages with white backgrounds.
  
  
  The XPS 15's display offers good brightness in both versions, which we recorded at 285 nits for the UHD model, and an even brighter 382.2 nits for the non-touch 1080p model. Both versions featured spot-on color accuracy that netted a Delta-E rating of 0.7 (UHD) and 0.51 (1080p), although that doesn't tell the whole story as our tool only checks the primary colors of red, green and blue. (Numbers closer to zero are best.) Apple's 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina Display hit a bright 303 nits, but it has a lower-res 2880 x 1800 display than the XPS 15.
  
  Asus' UX501 also has a UHD display, but it's not a touch screen, and its 258 nits of brightness and Delta-E of 1.4 couldn't match the XPS 15's stats. Toshiba's P55 was even further behind with brightness that measured only 217 nits, although its 1.1 Delta-E was pretty good.
  
  The XPS 15 features a spacious keyboard with bright backlighting, although its 1.39mm travel distance is a little shallow. Thankfully, the keys' 60-gram actuation weight provides enough resistance to stop you from bottoming out too hard. I still aced 10fastfingers.com's typing test with 85 words per minute, which is higher than my typical range of 75 to 80 wpm.
  
  Another way Dell took advantage of the XPS 15's increased real estate is with its 4 x 3-inch touchpad. There's tons of room to move around, and moving from one corner of the screen to the other was a breeze; that's another bonus for mobile artists and editors. As expected, response to mouse movements, left and right clicks, and multi-finger gestures was snappy.
  
  Our $2,100 XPS 15 came loaded to the brim with a 6th-gen Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of NVMe storage and an Nvidia 960M GPU (we'll get to that in a bit). Meanwhile the $1,800 model we tested features the exact same setup, minus the UHD screen. These specs make the XPS 15 a speedy mobile workhorse that chews through things like spreadsheets and multiple PDFs with ease, even with multiple 1080p video streams running in the background.
  
  
  
  
  
  In Geekbench 3, which measures overall system performance, the UHD XPS 15 scored 13,502, while the 1080p model trailed close behind at 13,023. That mark was topped only by the 2015 MacBook Pro (Intel Core i7, 16 GB of RAM and 512GB SSD), which posted a score of 14,423, due in large part to its blazing storage speed. The Asus UX 501 and the Toshiba P55 were both slower, at 11,887 and 6,053, respectively.
  
  On our spreadsheet productivity test, the XPS 15s matched 20,000 names and addresses in an average of 3 minutes and 36 seconds (3:35 for the 1080p model, 3:36 for the UHD version). By comparison, the MacBook Pro, the Asus UX 501 and the Toshiba P55 were all 20 to 60 seconds slower than the times put up by the Dells.
  
  The XPS 15's 512GB SSD features support for NVMe (non-volatile memory express) data transfer, which offers better storage speeds than a traditional SSD. However, the 254 MBps transfer rate of the UDH XPS 15's SSD was less than half the speed of the MacBook Pro's 512GB SSD (636 MBps) and also quite a ways behind the 508 MBps from Asus UX 501. Toshiba's P55 brought up the rear with a rate of 212 MBps from its 512GB SSD.
  
  Interestingly, the SSD on the 1080p version of the XPS 15 was faster than the UHD version, at 339.2 MBps, but still slower than both the Apple and the Asus.
  
  If you opt for the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M GPU such as on our review units, you'll get a machine with 2GB of video RAM that's capable of editing photos and videos quickly. You'll even be able to do some pretty serious gaming too, as long as you don't mind reducing the resolution to 1920 x 1080.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In 3DMark's Fire Strike graphics test, the 960M-equipped XPS 15 posted a potent score of 3,949. Asus' UX 501, which also features a 960M GPU, posted a similar score of 3,854, while Toshiba's P55, which only has integrated graphics, recorded a score of 673.
  The XPS 15 with Nvidia 960M graphics put up 95 frames per second in World of Warcraft at 1920 x 1080 and ultra-settings, while the Apple MacBook Pro languished at just 22 fps at the same settings.
  
  When we played Bioshock: Infinite at 1920 x 1080, the XPS 15 put out a playable 33 fps on high settings, which was just slightly behind the UX501's mark of 41 fps.
  
  Depending on the screen, battery life on XPS 15 varies from pretty good to great. On the Laptop Mag Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over Wi-Fi at 100 nits of brightness), the UHD model lasted just 6 hours and 35 minutes, while the 1080p model soldiered on almost another 4 hours for a time of 10:26. Asus' UX 501 was unimpressive at 4:25 and the Toshiba P55 wasn't much better at 4:52. At 9:02, Apple's MacBook Pro was 1.5 hours short of the 1080p model's runtime, but 2.5 hours better than the UHD version.
  
  The one drawback to the XPS 15's bezel-less Infinity Display is that it forces Dell to put the webcam below the display, to the left of the Dell logo. When you're in a video call, the camera is often looking up at the bottom of your chin, instead of being at eye-level the way it is on pretty much every other laptop.
  
  Thankfully, the 720p webcam takes decent photos, as seen in a test shot I took in a room with challenging lighting that captured fairly accurate colors and good details in my face. As expected, there's a little image noise, but the most distracting part is that the background of the photo is the ceiling due to the webcam's upward angle.
  
  The XPS 15 starts at $1,000 for a 15.6-inch 1920 x 1080 display, Intel Core i3 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 32GB SSD, 500GB HDD and goes up from there. Our $1,800 model has an Intel Core i7-6700HQ chip, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD and Nvidia 960M graphics, while the $2,100 model tosses in a UHD touch screen on top of that.
  
  
  
  
  
  If you want it all, you can throw down for a $2,750 model, which comes with an even larger, 1TB SSD. However, if you're looking for a more powerful GPU than the Nvidia 960M, you'll have to move over to one of Dell's workstations or its line of Alienware gaming notebooks.
  
  The XPS 15 comes loaded with Windows 10 and features a one-year limited hardware warranty as standard. However, if you're looking for an extra bit of care and support, you can opt for Dell's Premium Support for one, two or three years for around $85 a year, which offers on-site service accidental damage protection and automatic error detection.
  
  There's a little bloat onboard, such as McAfee LiveSafe and Candy Crush, along with trials for applications like Dropbox and Microsoft Office, but nothing that's too intrusive or will take too long to uninstall.
  
  Bottom Line
  The XPS 15 is a high-end 15-inch laptop that looks to be a lot of things to a lot of people, and on almost every front, it succeeds with flying colors. Frequent travelers toting the 1080p model will appreciate its over 10 hours of battery life, strong performance, solid build and good looks. If you can afford to spend more and have 4 fewer hours of battery life, consider buying Dell's laptop with its UHD screen, but be aware of its inaccurate color representation.
  
  If you don't need Windows, a MacBook Pro, with its more accurate display, is still a better choice for professional graphics work. However, if you want the best 15-inch Windows Laptop, the XPS 15 should be at the top of your list.