I'm a computer geek and have always loved Dell computers. I had a laptop that still works pretty well but when I got the opportunity to review this I had to jump at it. The Vine program does not give us free products. We get taxed on the value and get a 1099 form at the end of the year. We do get very good deals and I am very lucky to be in it. So for this awesome laptop I'll pay in taxes what my budget for a laptop would have been. So I try to do my best on reviews. I try to do reviews that I would like. That means for this review I won't do the ultra technical one (I do appreciate those), I'll do a user point of view one. I also like to address things I saw in other reviews like for this laptop the touchpad wobble and not getting a new product (spoiler: no wobble and I got a new laptop).I got this model:New Dell XPS 17 9700 17 inch UHD Plus Laptop (Silver) Intel i9-10885H 10th Gen, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Home, 17-30.99 inchesBottom Line: I love this Dell Laptop. I have been and still am a huge Dell fan. This laptop has got a ton of power and is a joy to work with. It would have no problem being your main work computer. I will use it to work remotely from different locations. It is really nice to have such a high end machine. The quality shows.-----------------------Unboxing-----------------------The laptop came packaged in triple boxes. First the Amazon box. Then a Dell outer box, then an inner Dell box that was very impressive. It is heavy. The inner Dell box has a magnetic flap and a place for the laptop, power supply, and mini hub. The packaging was impressive and what I would expect for this level of laptop. The laptop is heavy, thinner than I thought it would be and large since it's a 17 inch laptop. The power supply is USB C which surprised me for a second but then I really liked it. No more proprietary hard to find power supplies! In the past it seemed like every laptop had its own special power supply.So I plugged the laptop in and turned it on. The screen is huge and beautiful! Windows started up and needed to finish installing. It asked me to enter a pin and if I wanted to use Fingerprint or facial recognition to unlock the laptop. I couldn't find the fingerprint reader and later found out it is also the power switch. I did facial recognition and it's really cool. It's nice to have it unlock itself when it sees me. The display resolution in Windows is 3840 x 2400. I've never had one that large before. When I played some of my videos they seemed too small until I realized how large the display was! Also the screen is a touch screen. Having a hard time letting myself touch such a nice screen at this point.Next I wanted to plug in my wireless mouse. Then I noticed there are only USB C ports on this laptop. They included a mini hub with the laptop. It plugs into a USB C port and then gives you 1 HDMI and 1 USB A. So then I could plug in the mouse dongle. Next I wanted to connect a DVD drive through USB. Out of ports on that mini hub. I switched the mouse into Bluetooth mode and plugged in the DVD drive. I also ordered a USB Hub with a lot more ports, and a couple of USB C to USB A converters to put in the laptop bag.-----------------------Benchmark-----------------------I got a nice new Dell Desktop last March. This laptop is faster than my desktop. It also blows my 18 month old laptop away by a power of 3.I attached a picture of the Novabench results as well. Every test I ran said this was a very snappy laptop near the top. The test for the gaming graphics didn't seem to recognize the card/display so that didn't get a good score on UserBench.Here are the results from the UserBenchmark site:UserBenchmarks: Game 15%, Desk 85%, Work 15%CPU: Intel Core i9-10885H - 90.1%GPU: Intel UHD Graphics - 5.7%SSD: Micron 2300 NVMe 1024GB - 203.5%RAM: Samsung M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GB - 89.9%MBD: Dell XPS 17 9700-----------------------Working-----------------------I'm really enjoying working on this laptop. The touchpad is not having any issues when I use it. Keyboard is nice. When working all day I tend to use two external monitors and an external keyboard and mouse. These work great as well. I like putting the laptop in a protective sleeve and then putting that in my backpack. Well a 17 inch laptop is large. I needed to order a new sleeve for it to fit in. Then that sleeve no longer fits in my backpack. The laptop fits in my backpack without the sleeve but I want the extra padding and protection. So I ordered a larger Alienware backpack so my new laptop will fit. I have been doing some video encoding and formatting. This laptop makes quick work of it. The Intel i9 with 8 cores really is fast.I use MS Teams for working remotely. The webcam and mic are great. No issues. At first I wasn't sure about the speakers. Then I played some music and a different video and was impressed. Pretty good sound for a laptop. The MaxAudioPro app lets you fine tune the sound. It can even use the camera to track your head and adjust the sound. You can buy a Dolby add on for headphones from the app store. It's supposed to be good for media and games. I played local and streaming music through me over the ear headphones and both sounded great. If you use the MaxAudioPro you can use an equalizer and enhance the sound any way you like.-----------------------Conclusion-----------------------I've had a bunch of laptops over the years. This is by far the best, most expensive and advanced one I've ever had. It will definitely spoil me. The display, sound, and processor are all amazing. It is more powerful than my desktop so I can take it anywhere and have full computing power. The wireless network connection is full speed as well. I'm used to working with a wired connection to get top speed but it doesn't matter on this laptop. It gets a solid very fast connection. I saw in other reviews that there was an issue with the touchpad having a wobble. I do not have this issue. I don't have any issues. I feel lucky to have gotten such a nice laptop to review for tax value. I remain a fan of Dell computers. Everyone I've told about the laptop I got has been envious. I feel bad telling anyone so I have stopped. Now I'm telling you. It's awesome.Notes:- Packaging is incredible. Suitable for a top of the line laptop. Everything was safe and secure.- No problem with touchpad. No wobble.- Windows Display Resolution 3840 x 2400- Touch Screen Display- Intel i9 with 8 cores- Product I received was brand new and in perfect condition- Power Supply is USB C. This is the first time I have had this type of power supply for a laptop. I like it.- Ports: 4 Thunderbolt 3 / Display ports (USB C), 1 SD Card Slot, Headphone Jack- The power button is also the fingerprint reader- There are only USB-C ports on this laptop. You will need USB C to USB A converters and/or a hub. I got both.- One mini USB C hub is included. It has an HDMI out and one USB A port.- 17 inch laptops need bigger sleeves and backpacks- Included MAxAudioPro software is pretty good- Speakers and headphones both sound great.