Dell's XPS 13 continues to be our favorite laptop overall within the past couple of years, as a result of its lightweight, long life cycle of battery, beautiful InfinityEdge screen and premium design. To keep up with the changing times, Dell has upgraded its 13-inch flagship with Intel's new 8th Gen Core (aka Kaby Lake R), quad-core processor platform. Though the new, $1,299 model is otherwise just like the 7th Gen-powered XPS 13 that Dell carries on sell, it includes much stronger performance and longer battery while maintaining all of the features that make this the most effective consumer laptop you should purchase.
Specs CPU Intel Core i7-8550U Operating System Windows 10 RAM 8GB RAM Upgradable to 16GB Hard Drive Size 256GB SSD Design Dell hasn't changed the style on the XPS 13 in a short time, but there is however a lot to like regarding the aesthetic. The lid and bottom surface in the laptop are made of CNC machined aluminum that's either silver or rose gold, based on which color you decide on. At 2.78 pounds and 11.98 x 7.88 x 0.6 inches, the XPS 13 is remarkably light and compact. Competitors for example Apple's 12-inch MacBook (2.03 pounds, 0.52 inches thick) and Asus' ZenBook 3 Deluxe (2 pounds, 0.47 inches thick) are even svelter, but both have smaller screens and fewer ports. Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon (2.49 pounds, 0.6 inches thick) incorporates a larger footprint to allow for its 14-inch screen, nonetheless it, too, weighs under the XPS 13. Ports Unlike competitors that prioritize thinness over functionality, Dell outfits its lightweight laptop using a full variety of useful ports. On the right side, you can find a USB 3.0 port, an SD card reader plus a Noble lock slot. A Thunderbolt 3 port, an extra USB 3.0 port, a proprietary charging connector along with a 3.5mm audio jack live within the left side. Next towards the audio jack, we have a battery meter button and five lights that will show you just how much juice you've, regardless of whether the system is off. Unfortunately, the XPS 13's Thunderbolt port supports only two PCI Express lanes rather than four you have on other laptops, so Dell's system doesn't support eGPUs. (You can use a variety of them after bypassing a stern reminder, however they run at lower speeds.) Display The XPS 13's base-level 1080p, nontouch screen offers richly colored, detailed images and very wide viewing angles. When I watched a trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, shades much like the purple inside a statue plus the mint green in Thor's armor really stood out. The matte surface from the panel made fine details, like Bruce Banner's stubble,really sharp. Having hardly any bezel within the sides and the top of the screen will also help improve the experience. According to your colorimeter, the XPS 13 can reproduce a fascinating 112 percentof the sRGB color gamut, that's more compared to the category average (101 percent), along with what we saw through the Lenovo X1 Carbon (104 percent) and harry potter 7 Gen XPS 13 we tested this past year (94 percent). The MacBook (117 percent) was obviously a little more vibrant, plus the Asus ZenBook 3 (111 percent) was approximately on a par. The XPS 13 measured a solid 368 nits of brightness on our light meter. That's a great deal more luminous as opposed to category average (289 nits), the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (275 nits), the 2016 XPS 13 (302 nits), the ZenBook 3 (309 nits) as well as the MacBook (340 nits). Audio The XPS 13 outputs rich audio that has been loud enough to fill my lounge. When I played AC/DC's "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)," the guitars and percussion were accurate and layered, without the of the distortion we go through when playing hard rock songs on all kinds of other laptops. Performance The XPS 13 is one from the first laptops with Intel's new 8th Gen Core processor platform (aka "Kaby Lake Refresh"). And, wow, that of a difference these new chips make! In jumping from 7th to 8th Gen, Intel has doubled the quantity of processor cores on its mainstream U series processors from 2-4, increased their turbo clock speeds, added some optimizations and in actual fact made them more power-efficient. Its Core i7-8550U CPU made our XPS 13 review unit significantly faster than an XPS 13 with similar specs in addition to a Core i7-7500U while adding over 120 minutes to the life of the battery. It also doesn't hurt that Dell has added a Dynamic Power Mode, which boosts performance even more by balancing system temperature with clock speeds.
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