 What is going on everyone? Welcome back to my channel. My name is Jocelyn Jay and in today's video We're gonna be comparing the Dell XPS 15 and the MacBook Pro 13 inch. One of the reasons why I think it's important to compare the 15 inch Dell XPS with the 13 inch MacBook Pro is because they have closer price ranges than the 16 inch MacBook Pro and the Dell XPS 15. Now I know you can see the higher-end Dell XPS 15 and MacBook Pro 16 inch having a closer price point. However, if you're looking at a previous generation MacBook Pro or Dell XPS their price ranges are a lot closer. For example, I bought this Dell XPS 15 about six months ago for $1,100 after tax. We recently got this MacBook Pro 13 inch for my wife for about $850 refurbished. Now, unfortunately, I don't have the 16 inch to compare with the XPS 15 but I think it's really important to compare these two if you're someone who's looking for a laptop that's more budget-friendly. This video is definitely dedicated to someone who is looking for a powerful laptop, but you don't want to break the bank. So you can get both of these laptops for well under $1,500. The MacBook Pro, this is a very sturdy reliable laptop and with the Dell XPS not saying that it isn't sturdy. MacBook just has a history of lasting. So if you're a student then maybe leaning towards the MacBook Pro 13 inch would be the perfect thing for you. If you're more of a power user, but you don't have a huge budget, which is the situation I was in because I actually switched from the MacBook Pro 13 inch to the Dell XPS 15. And the reason why I went with the Dell XPS 15 was because the XPS 15 was just a lot cheaper. The MacBook Pro 16 inch that I was using was like $2,500 and it still took a long time compared to the XPS 15 to render, you know, 4k videos. Whereas the XPS 15 can render video footage in Premiere Pro a lot faster. Now if I was using Final Cut Pro, then the MacBook Pro is optimized to use Final Cut Pro. So that would make sense. But I'm a Premiere Pro user and the XPS 15 has worked great. When it comes to form factor, the Dell XPS 15 weighs about 4 pounds. Whereas the MacBook Pro 13 inch weighs a little over 3 pounds. If you are someone who values portability and you want to be able to put this laptop in a purse or a book bag and you're a student and let's say you live on a big campus that's, you know, takes you 20, 30 minutes to go from one end point to the other, then the MacBook Pro would be a great, great option. But if you're someone who really doesn't care about weight, then obviously the XPS 15 would be a great option. Let's say you don't care about render times, you're really using the device as a multimedia consumption device or you're using it to do research for papers that you have to write in school or really anything that doesn't require a lot of GPU or CPU power, the MacBook Pro would be a great option. But if you are someone who kind of, you don't really care, you're not too invested in the Apple ecosystem, then if these laptops are the same price, let's say you're looking for a brand new MacBook Pro, maybe the previous generation and you're looking for a brand new Dell XPS, then XPS would be great. The reason being is because it comes with more RAM, it comes with more storage, it has a 4K OLED display and all those specs are great. I love consuming media on the XPS 15. It can be quite oversaturated, but I use a monitor anyway, so that doesn't matter as much. But having that extra brightness has made a huge difference. One issue I had with the newer generation of MacBook Pros was that everything was USB type-C. Now USB type-C is great in some instances, like when you have a monitor that's really powerful, like the LG Ultrafine monitor, those are USB type-C monitors, so you can actually charge your laptop and you can display from your laptop to the monitor and you can daisy chain with other monitors, phenomenal. It works great. However, USB type-C is a pretty loose connection, so when I would use dongles, every once in a while it would disconnect, which sucks, especially when you're a content creator and you're video editing and you're just getting your footage from the SD card and you haven't uploaded it locally to your machine and then it disconnects in the middle of you editing, that's a pain. So, when it comes to the XPS, you have USB type-C, you have two USB type-A ports and SD card slot as well in a headphone jack. That's super, super viable in an underrated feature. It's so nice to be able to take this SD card out of my camera, plug it right into my XPS 15 and then I could start working a lot faster, opposed to buying dongles and all these things that can be pretty unreliable. A little bit biased, especially towards the group of consumers who are students, because as a student you don't want to worry about your laptop not being reliable and MacBooks just work. With the XPS you have to obviously install your firmware, so your malware, you have to install your graphics. I had to do some installations to get my graphics to work. Connecting to Bluetooth devices aren't as easy as when connecting to Bluetooth devices on Apple products like the MacBook. And just as a student, you want to have a laptop that can last you all four years of college. I had the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro. I only had one issue with my MacBook Pro and the only issue I had, well it was actually a pretty serious issue, but to make a long story short it only cost $250 a fix. So they fixed the motherboard, they gave me a new display for $250. The only reason why I upgraded from my MacBook Pro to a MacBook Air, and by upgrade I mean my MacBook Pro was old and the Air was a lot newer, was because the MacBook Pro that I was using was actually like six years old. But if you think about it, if you buy a MacBook Pro that is the same year as the year you're currently in when you start school, there's like a 99% chance that that laptop is going to last you throughout college unless you treat it horribly. Also another funny thing, and I bring this up in a lot of my MacBook videos, is that pretty much all of my professors use MacBooks. Even though most of the students use Windows laptops, I wonder if that's like a budget thing, but most of the professors use MacBooks. I wonder if it's because they're the most reliable. When you look at the build and the materials, the build quality of the laptops are both great. The XPS is like one heck of a machine, but it does feel a little quirky, a little plastic-y. I really do like the carbon fiber here, where the keyboard is and where the mouse is. It feels great on my palms. It feels a lot better than like the aluminum of the MacBook Pro. But overall the MacBook Pro, it just feels like it was just built better. Like it just feels indestructible, as my wife said. You can actually open it up with one finger. I know that's not a deal-breaker, but it makes a difference. I am a bit frustrated though that the XPS build quality isn't as good as the MacBook Pro that I had previously and that my wife is using. Actually the hinge, one of the cover for the hinge actually broke. It broke off. A piece of it broke off on my XPS 15. I don't ever recall dropping this. The funny thing is with the MacBook, if I drop my MacBook, the hinge isn't going to break. You're in college, you're moving around all the time. You know, things happen. I did drop my MacBook. I don't recommend doing it, but it's pretty indestructible. These two laptops are literally the most popular laptops and it's so exciting to actually see when those laptops are upgrading not only from a software and hardware standpoint, but also from just an aesthetic standpoint to be able to compete with MacBooks. Because I think a majority of the population view MacBooks as you know pretty much overpriced laptops, you know, underspect. We'll see how well the newest iteration of laptops do. I know the 16 inch was a success and I really like that laptop. It's just so expensive and you can get the XPS for a much, much cheaper price. But if you want to see me compare the Dell XPS 15 with the MacBook Pro 16 inch, I love for you all to give this video a thumbs up. Alright, so that concludes this video. In the end, it really comes down to whatever laptop meets the preferences and needs that you have. But in my recommendation, I think the MacBook Pro is the perfect option for a student. It has all the specs that you need. That should get you through college and then for the more power users, so your software engineers and content creators, I think the Dell XPS 15 would be a better option than the 13 inch MacBook Pro. With that being said, that concludes this video. Give this video a thumbs up if you liked it at all. Comment down below some of your thoughts. What your favorite laptop is. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel. If you haven't already, I love for you all to become a part of the community and I'll see you all soon. Have a blessed rest of your week. Peace.