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Dell XPS 13 - 5.0 / 5
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Design
- 11.6 x 302 x 199mm; 1.2kgs Black carbon fiber palm rest with soft touch coating Gorilla Glass 4 screen covering
Connections
- 2x Thunderbolt 3 with PowerShare, DC-In and DisplayPort 1x USB-C 3.1 with PowerShare, microSD card slot Killer 1435 802.11ac 2x2 and Bluetooth Noble lock slot
Keyboard and Trackpad
- 1.3mm key travel Dell Precision touchpad
Screen
- 13.3in InfinityEdge display, Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) 4K Ultra HD resolution (3840 x 2160) with touchscreen also available 1500:1 contrast ratio
Performance
- 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U CPU (8M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz) 8GB LPDDR3 1866MHz RAM 256GB PCIe Solid State Drive
Battery life
- 52 WHr 4-Cell non-removable battery Charging via USB-C
To recap
The Dell XPS 13 is a lot thinner than the last version, and has a neat new fingerprint scanner built into the power button. Even the entry-level display spec is great, while every aspect of the laptop’s build is great quality.
