Dell XPS 15 9510 (late 2021) review

The latest edition of the XPS 15 looks brilliant, it's sturdy, it's got great processing power and an excellent keyboard. If you can afford one, a USB-A port is about the only thing missing

The Dell XPS 15 is the latest addition to the firm’s luxury work range of laptops, and it’s been slimmed down and improved with some sleeker design and a new OLED screen option.

On the inside, the XPS still relies on muscular Intel 11th-gen silicon and discrete Nvidia graphics, and on the outside, it looks and feels as good as ever.

But, as ever, the XPS 15 is not cheap. In the configuration we’ve reviewed, you’ll have to pay £2,249 or $2,249 to get your hands on this machine, and that’s a mid-range XPS 15 configuration.

Since the name of the laptop stays the same with each new edition, this is the 9510 model which arrived late in 2021 and is the most recent XPS 15.

Design & Build

Superb build quality and looks

Relatively slim and light body

Has Thunderbolt 4, but many other parts are missing

Not much has changed about the XPS 15’s broad design, but this remains one of the best-looking laptops around. The base and lid are aluminium, the keyboard deck is carbon fibre, and the XPS 15 is available in two colour schemes – the silver and black I’ve covered or a white finish.

Dell’s new machine weighs between 1.8kg and 1.96kg, depending on the specification, and it’s 18mm thick. Those are impressive figures for a powerful 15.6in notebook. Despite that, it’s easily one of the strongest notebooks in this category and is ideal for life on the road.

You can find plenty of lighter laptops but rarely will they match up to the specs and build on offer with the XPS 15.

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