There are two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a headphone jack, and a microSD slot (and the laptop ships with a USB-A adapter). Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i7-1065G7 (8MB cache, up to 3.9 GHz).And a few extra millimeters makes a big difference I felt like I had more space than I usually do on 16:9 panels, and usually didn’t have to zoom out to comfortably work in two windows side by side. It’s a lot of pixels - almost a million more than last year’s 1080p panel. The company claims a 91.5 percent screen-to-body ratio. (There’s also a dropped barrel hinge that hides a bit of it below the keyboard deck).ĭell has downsized the top and side bezels as well, resulting in a 16:10 display that’s 6.8 percent larger than that of its predecessor. Dell has shaved a big chunk off the bottom bezel - it’s gone from 19.5mm to 4.6mm. No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you: the 16:9 screen is (finally!) no more.

The most noticeable change you’ll see from last year’s XPS is the display. Configurations on Dell’s website currently start at $1,199 - the one I tested is listed for $1,749. The result is a laptop that’s not perfect - but it does most things almost perfectly. Those were easy fixes and Dell corrected them. Last year, it was the small touchpad and the 16:9 screen. Two years ago, it was the god-awful nosecam.

It’s figuring out what needs to be fixed and methodically addressing issues without breaking anything else along the way. If there’s one thing Dell is great at, it’s not making sweeping innovations that change what we expect out of a laptop (at least, not with its XPS line). Every time a new XPS 13 comes out, the question is always the same: is it still the best Windows thin-and-light laptop? I’ll spare you the suspense here: the answer is yes.

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