So, I've had the Dell XPS 17" 9700 Windows 10 Pro laptop for a couple of weeks now. The only upgrade I've done to this machine is add a second 2TB NVMe solid state drive. I ordered the laptop with 64GB of memory which may be overkill for now but I wanted to be future proofed.
The computer runs on an Intel i7-10750H processor. At the time of ordering, Dell did not have the i9 variant of processors available. Also, I could have gotten the i7-10875H variant but it cost about $500 more with that processor and the upgraded video card. I'm thinking I'll be getting a new laptop in 4-5 years. At that point I'll max out the CPU, RAM and video card options. Another reason why I love the Dell XPS 17" 9700 is the 17" 4k screen. It is a touch screen but you can disable that in the BIOS which I have done. I don't see a point of having a touch screen on a laptop. Sure, an iPad or an iPhone type device but not on a laptop or a desktop.
My two favourite pieces of software for photo and video editing are Affinity Photo and Davinci Resolve. Affinity Photo is really fast on this Intel based system. Photo editing is a breeze on this system.
Davinci Resolve runs smoothly on this system as well. No lag or hick ups at all. I've only edited one 75 minute video on here and it took a few hours to export the video. It was a 4k/60 video shot on an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Today after work I will be going to do some video work for myself. I want to edit 4k/30fps videos shot on my Canon Vixia HF G50. I want to see how quickly the computer edits 4k/30fps videos that are only about a minute long. It's supposed to be nice and warm today with a lot of sunshine today. We shall see. I will update you at a later date as to how the computer performs.
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