Dell XPS 15 9550 updates

AceMore01

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Feb 27, 2016
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The XPS 15 9550, is my first Dell, which I've now had for about 2 1/2 months. I've had the NVIDIA update app alert me twice and done those updates. I've also clicked on the Dell Update app from the system tray. However, when I go to the Dell Support site and allow it to check my service tag, it brings up a big list of drivers and software updates. Some of the items on the list, I already have installed and some I do not. There has got to be a better way than this old early 2000s go to a site looking for updates crap??? I have a Samsung Spin, that has an update app that scans and alerts me to everything I could possible need to update and the rest is handled by Windows update. Very simple. Very quick. Am I missing something here with Dell?
 

AceMore01

Commendable
Feb 27, 2016
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1,510


Thanks for the reply. The Nvidia update app does its updates so I'm good with that. Just installed the Intel one and it found no needed updates. The link that you provided for Dell, is the one I've been using and annoyed with. It asks to detect my service tag and then provides a list of updates; some of which I already have. The problem is that you have to check one by one, whats listed against what you have on your system. This is all wrong. It's not the way things should be in 2016. I understand that the XPS is a machine that many very tech savvy Windows users will purchase but why not make things simple, thus saving folks time?!

There are things that need to vanish from PC's; "troubleshooting" is one of them. Hunting for updates is another. Why on earth has the industry not figured out a way to have all apps and drivers, auto update or auto detect for the user?!?!?! I love Windows and have been using PC's since my parents first bought me a Tandy desktop from RadioShack. But it's really about time that PC's update the way iPhones do.