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Dell XPS 13
The new version of the classic XPS 13 laptop has been downgraded. And that’s not a bad thing: it remains the best value pick for ultra-portable computing
From £949 dell.com
SPECIFICATIONS
Display 13.4-inch, 60Hz, 500 nit, 1900 x 1200 / 3840 x 2400, non-touch / touch LCD CPU Intel Core i5-1240U / i7-1250U GPU Intel Iris Xe RAM 8GB / 16GB / 36GB Storage 256GB / 512GB / 1TB Operating system Windows 11 Home / Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Connectivity 2x Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 Dimensions 295.4x199.4x13.99mm Weight 1.17kg
This year’s model of the Dell XPS 13 has been on a bit of a self-improvement kick – losing a little weight here, trimming a few millimetres there and getting the sort of internal upgrades that keep you up with the Joneses. The headlines are it’s slightly lighter, smaller and faster.
But it’s more about evolution than revolution, and Dell isn’t offering the first-class features, such as OLED screens, that it did before. Those are now reserved for the flagship XPS 13 Plus. You probably won’t miss them, though, and the XPS 13 remains the ultralight model to beat.