Dell has revealed and released a refreshed version of its well-received XPS 13 laptop, this time embracing inspiration from the fashion world as well as sporting updated innards.
The new XPS comes in Rose Gold edition which mixes gold and white accents to slather the ultraportable with a distinctive look.
Dell claims it is the first company to use woven glass fibre in a laptop to achieve an alpine glass weave into the XPS 13 that also has a titanium oxide coating to offer a ‘pearlescent’ sheen while being UV and stain-resistant.
A white palm rest made out of a crystalline silica material makes use of nine composite layers to be “literally woven in” according to Dell.
Keeping with the outside of the XPS 13, the new laptop is now 3.4mm or 30% thinner than its predecessor as well as 1.2kg lighter. But it still manages to squeeze a 13-inch InfinityEdge display into an 11-inch frame. That display now hits a 4k UHD resolution as opposed to the QHD+ of the older XPS 13, though a Full HD model is also available.
A healthy bevy of ports is on offer, from two Thunderbolt 3 connections and micoSD card reader, to the usual suspects of USB Type-C with DisplayPort support and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Under the hood, the XPS 13 make use of Intel’s eighth-generation Core i quad-core chips, offering the Core i5-8250U running up to 3.4GHz and the Core i7-8550U clocked at 4.0GHz. RAM is predictably offered in 4GB to 8GB of LPDDR3 running at 1866MHz or 16GB running at 2133MHz.
Storage starts at 128GB of SATA SSD, topping out at 1TB of fast booting PCIe SSD. Battery life is being touted at 20 hours for the new XPS 13 with the Full HD display, while the 4K model will expect 11 hours of battery power; we’ll have to give that a test before we can backup Dell’s claims.
Dell is championing its Power Manager feature to balance battery life and performance, as well as thermal management to supposedly keep the XPS 13 running at peak performance for longer.
Part of this comes from the XPS 13’s use of GORE Thermal Insulation which uses the same silica aerogels used in the Mars Rover. The aerogel is used to direct heat out of the laptop without the need for bulky fans. Again this is something we’d need to put to the test to see if it is up to the task.
A suite of biometric identification features are on offer as well from voice, facial and touch recognition facilitated by an optional fingerprint sensors, microphones, and an infrared camera as well as Windows Hello and Cortana on the software side.
The new XPS 13 is on sale today starting at £1,269 on Dell.com and John Lewis, with the Rose Gold model available February at a price of £1,669. A Ubuntu version is also available for £1,319.
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Dell has revealed and released a refreshed version of its well-received XPS 13 laptop, this time embracing inspiration from the fashion world as well as sporting updated innards.
The new XPS comes in Rose Gold edition which mixes gold and white accents to slather the ultraportable with a distinctive look.
Dell claims it is the first company to use woven glass fibre in a laptop to achieve an alpine glass weave into the XPS 13 that also has a titanium oxide coating to offer a ‘pearlescent’ sheen while being UV and stain-resistant.
A white palm rest made out of a crystalline silica material makes use of nine composite layers to be “literally woven in” according to Dell.
Keeping with the outside of the XPS 13, the new laptop is now 3.4mm or 30% thinner than its predecessor as well as 1.2kg lighter. But it still manages to squeeze a 13-inch InfinityEdge display into an 11-inch frame. That display now hits a 4k UHD resolution as opposed to the QHD+ of the older XPS 13, though a Full HD model is also available.
A healthy bevy of ports is on offer, from two Thunderbolt 3 connections and micoSD card reader, to the usual suspects of USB Type-C with DisplayPort support and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Under the hood, the XPS 13 make use of Intel’s eighth-generation Core i quad-core chips, offering the Core i5-8250U running up to 3.4GHz and the Core i7-8550U clocked at 4.0GHz. RAM is predictably offered in 4GB to 8GB of LPDDR3 running at 1866MHz or 16GB running at 2133MHz.
Storage starts at 128GB of SATA SSD, topping out at 1TB of fast booting PCIe SSD. Battery life is being touted at 20 hours for the new XPS 13 with the Full HD display, while the 4K model will expect 11 hours of battery power; we’ll have to give that a test before we can backup Dell’s claims.
Dell is championing its Power Manager feature to balance battery life and performance, as well as thermal management to supposedly keep the XPS 13 running at peak performance for longer.
Part of this comes from the XPS 13’s use of GORE Thermal Insulation which uses the same silica aerogels used in the Mars Rover. The aerogel is used to direct heat out of the laptop without the need for bulky fans. Again this is something we’d need to put to the test to see if it is up to the task.
A suite of biometric identification features are on offer as well from voice, facial and touch recognition facilitated by an optional fingerprint sensors, microphones, and an infrared camera as well as Windows Hello and Cortana on the software side.
The new XPS 13 is on sale today starting at £1,269 on Dell.com and John Lewis, with the Rose Gold model available February at a price of £1,669. A Ubuntu version is also available for £1,319.
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