Table of ContentsThe Best Premium fanless laptops and ChromebooksFull-size fanless laptopsFanless ultrabooks and ultra-portablesFanless Mini laptops In this article, we’re discussing fanless laptops and silent Windows ultrabooks and Chromebooks,.

You can have a core reporting hotter than the actual temperature and the core beside it might be reporting lower than the actual temperature.So will the XPS be better for 4k video editing, plus both its ram slots and ssd is upgradable where else the Asus you said had a 8gb slot that wasn't. The hinge design diverts the hot air back and away from the laptop in both cases, so perhaps the differences in panels partially explain these, with the OLED running cooler than the 4K IPS. The only laptop that comes close to providing such an attractive design is HP’s Spectre x360 16, which is also more extravagant.

This further suggests that the cooling is somewhat choked with the laptop sitting on the desk, and you should either bump the back off the table or use an external cooling pad to help this design when running sustained loads, either for your work or games. Cool mode is a weird power mode, as this favors lower temperatures by pushing the fans to 43 dB at head-level, but also sets a sustained power limit of only 30W. If it is affected by it, where on the brightness scale does 150nits land, I'm gonna take a guess and assume its 30%?By using our site you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance your site experience and for analytical purposes. Integrated Eyesafe® display technology helps to reduce harmful blue light while maintaining vivid colour. I was expecting some scaling issues with the non-standard resolution, but I set my unit on 200% scaling and didn’t notice anything funky.

This also allows for more content to be displayed with a 200% scaling, thanks to the higher resolution and lacks the grainy digitizer mesh that’s affecting the OLED, as well as the PWM flickering. Optimized is fine as a multi-purpose everyday profile, Ultra Performance just offers a little more oomph on the GPU size, and Quiet keeps the fans at sub 30 dB while limiting the performance.A high precision, machine-milled aluminium chassis creates an elegant design that’s stronger and firmer than magnesium or plastic.

I can see why you’d want to preconfigure your unit with the right screen, RAM, and SSD from Dell, but I wouldn’t go with the i9-12900H upgrade, that’s just not worth the 300 USD/EUR premium in this sort of an ultracompact design. Dell offers this series in multiple configurations, starting at a Core i5-12500H with 8 GB of RAM, a 56 Wh battery, and a FHD+ matte screen base model, and topping at a Core i9-12900H with 64 GB of RAM, 3050Ti graphics, and a 4K+ touchscreen. Even the hinge is well designed, with a dual-clutch mechanism that makes opening with one hand a breeze while holding the display firmly in place. It does suffer from a slight amount of black crush, though, so I’d still lean towards the 4K IPS for creative purposes and color-sensitive work. I’ll also add that Dell seem to have done a fair job pasting the CPU/GPU on this unit, without any overspilled paste.

CONCLUSION: This XPS 15 9520 is more than sufficient for daily use, and even running multiple VMs inside Hyper-V or VMWare Workstation Pro. It’s a dual-piece design with long cables, but it doesn’t include a cable strap so you’ll need to use some sort of third-party strap to prevent the cables from tangling up in your backpack. If purchase qualifies for more than one plan, it will be placed on the qualified plan with the longest promotional period. Hard drive retention: Hard drive retention is not available on models with a soldered hard drive, including XPS 9315 2in1, Chromebooks or Venue tablets, except the Venue 11 Pro. Finally, the laptop runs at ~45 W of power when unplugged, on the Optimized mode, which is surprisingly good for battery use.