
Apple has been pushing towards DCI-P3, and it excels here with 98% coverage of the space versus 92% from the XPS 17. I think the Dell wins with a built-in SD card reader, something I sorely miss having on a MacBook.įor video editing, a key spec will be the display. Port selection is almost the same, with both sporting four USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack. They even both have fingerprint sensors, though only the Dell has face unlock. The computers actually look very similar. Just to sit on a desk you might not mind the weight.īoth do offer their brand’s excellent build quality. The XPS 17 with 56 Wh batttery is 4.65 lb and while the 97 Wh battery is a massive 5.5 lb.Ĭonsidering the MacBook squeezed in a 99 Wh battery and still weighs less this is a consideration if you intend to move around with the laptop. Speaking of the extra size of the screen, the Dell XPS weighs in a bit heavier than the 4.3 lb MacBook. There is also the stellar XPS 15, but the extra screen real estate of the 17 is nicer and comes matches up closer to the 16” MacBook Pro.

The Dell XPS 17 has 2.3GHz Intel Core i7 8-core processor, 16GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q with 6GB GDDR6 memory. Let’s start with the specs! The MacBook Pro here has a 2.4GHz Intel Core i9 8-core processor, 16GB RAM, and the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU with 8GB HBM2 memory. To help find the better laptop for video editing, we have Tom from The Tech Chap performing a series of tests that should put things into perspective for those of you who are currently in the market for a new video editing mobile workstation. We’ve gotten updates for practically every MacBook, including a brand-new 16” Pro model, and plenty of improvements from all kinds of manufacturers, such as the super solid Dell XPS 17. Lots has been happening in the laptop space lately.
