Dell XPS 13 review: A perfect ultraportable

Dell's XPS 13 is practically the best Windows ultraportable around, and you should get it. Is that a sufficient audit for you? The XPS has been one of our preferred workstations in the course of recent years, on account of its slight screen bezels and carefully minimal plan. Be that as it may, this year, Dell has refined it to approach flawlessness. The webcam is at long last at the highest point of the screen, so it's never again looking up at your nose from the base; there's Dolby Vision HDR support; and by one way or another Dell figured out how to shave off much more screen bezel. It's the uncommon device that we can prescribe to pretty much anybody.
Dell's XPS 13 is as yet probably the best window ultraportables around. Its structure is better than anyone might have expected, it has phenomenally splendid Dolby Vision HDR screens and Dell has at long last restored the webcam to the correct position. There aren't numerous drawbacks - except if you're searching for a touch of gaming execution.

We should begin with the most perceptible updates. With Dolby Vision and HDR, the XPS 13's screen will have the option to deal with more brilliant features and darker dark levels than previously. On upheld content like Netflix's Chef's Table and Daredevil, everything flies off the showcase more. You'll additionally discover a lot of HDR video on YouTube, yet Netflix is your best hotspot for things you'd really need to watch. It's remarkable that the XPS 13 offers Dolby Vision, since it's the best quality level of HDR right now. It's a top notch include on present day TVs, so it's significantly rarer to see it in workstations.
Shockingly, VOD administrations like iTunes, Vudu and Amazon Prime Video don't offer 4K HDR on Windows yet. I'm trusting that changes as more PCs begin to help those benchmarks. In any case, even with plain-old HD content, the XPS 13's showcase still looks enormous, with energetic hues and complexity. Our audit unit accompanied the 4K board, however you likely won't see an immense contrast with the 1080p alternative on a 13.3-inch screen. Outside OLED boards - which are going to the XPS 15 and other 15-inch PCs not long from now - the XPS 13's screen is truly outstanding available today.

Over that sublime presentation sits a webcam, at long last. For as far back as barely any years, Dell has needed to push the camera beneath the showcase, giving it one of the ugliest video-talking edges we've at any point seen. That was an exchange off for improving Dell's Infinity Edge show, which portrays the thin bezels around the screen. During the current year's model, the organization has built up its littlest 720p webcam regularly, estimating at 2.25mm wide. It's not the most keen we've found in a PC, however in any event it's utilitarian. The XPS 13 additionally includes a quad amplifier exhibit, which is valuable for more clear sound during video calls just as yelling Cortana directions.

I would have been happy with only an improved webcam and Dolby Vision, yet Dell likewise figured out how to chop down the XPS 13's side bezels significantly more. The organization says it's 23 percent more slender than the first model - a great figure, yet the thing that matters is indistinct from a year ago's model. All things considered, it's pleasant to see Dell constantly improving its Infinity Edge tech. It was one of the primary organizations to offer a close bezel-less screen, yet now it's a genuinely standard component in workstations. Indeed, even Apple is sticking to this same pattern with its PCs, as with the latest MacBook Air, yet it's as yet being bulldozed by Dell.
Dell didn't change much with the XPS 13's general plan: It's as yet worked out of smooth aluminum with an unpretentious stylish. At 2.7 pounds, it's not the lightest ultraportable around. A trimmed Dell logo is the main piece of blaze behind the screen while the underside has two rubbery grasps, air vents and XPS marking. The organization took another swing at the white woven-glass-fiber palm rest it presented a year ago - it's more brilliant and smoother than previously. It likewise looks incredible close by the new ice white case, which feels more tasteful than the rose gold alternative. Furthermore, don't stress, the customary silver XPS 13 is still near, alongside its dark carbon fiber wrist rest. The XPS 13 shouts refinement from pretty much every point: The days when Dell was producing exhausting dark PCs are a distant memory.
There are likewise some one of a kind enhancements that you can only with significant effort see. The organization added a variable torque pivot to the XPS 13, which makes it simpler for you to open it one-gave. It flips up easily yet includes more opposition as you open the screen further. You most likely won't realize this component exists, yet it'll likely spare you a lot of disappointment consistently.
In the engine, Dell incorporated Intel's most recent eighth-age Core CPUs, and it bolsters up to 16GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD. Since it depends on Intel's incorporated UHD 620 illustrations, I didn't anticipate that it should be a lot of a gaming powerhouse. All things considered, this is one zone where I'd prefer to see Dell advance a piece. ASUS' ZenBook S13, which is considerably lighter than the XPS 13, includes NVIDIA's MX150 GPU. That gives you a sufficient illustrations lift to play Overwatch at 1080p past 60 edges for each second, though the XPS 13 battles to arrive at 30FPS in 720p. The ZenBook S13 additionally includes more slender screen bezels: It's truly evident ASUS is attempting to bring the XPS 13 down a peg.
| PCMARK 7 | PCMARK 8 (CREATIVE ACCELERATED) | 3DMARK (SKY DIVER) | ATTO (TOP READS/WRITES) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell XPS 13 (2019, Core i7-8565U, UHD 620) | 6,519 | 4,949 | 4,511 | 3.1 GB/s / 1.8 GB/s |
| Dell XPS 13 (2018, Core i7-8550U, Intel UHD 620) | 6,438 | 4,918 | 2,446 | 3.1 GB/s / 527 MB/s |
| Huawei MateBook 13 (2019, Core i7-8565U, NVIDIA MX150) | 5,853 | 5,492 | 9,392 | 2.9 GB/s / 2.38 GB/s |
| Surface Laptop 2 (2018, Core i5-8250U, Intel UHD 620) | 5,856 | 4,367 | 3,977 | 1.5 GB/s / 781 MB/s |
Despite the fact that the challenge is warming up, the XPS 13 stays a rapid minimal ultraportable. I didn't expect any less, however, since our audit unit was equipped with a Core i7-8565U CPU and 16GB of RAM, the quickest setup you can arrange today. I lived with the XPS 13 for a considerable length of time, and it took on my day by day outstanding burden effortlessly. That commonly includes bobbing crosswise over many tabs in different programs, picture altering, Slack visits and Skyping, all while playing a couple of tunes on Spotify. In view of the PC Mark 8 benchmark, its presentation is keeping pace with other current ultraportables, however that is not a colossal shock, since the vast majority of them are running a similar low-control Intel CPUs.
At the point when the XPS 13 was under burden, I saw it felt somewhat cooler than a year ago's model. Dell says it multiplied the measure of warmth funnels and fans to push out warmth all the more proficiently. While that is incredible for by and large framework solidness, now and again the fans would in general turn up uproariously. It wasn't sufficiently uproarious to trouble me much, however in case you're searching for a really quiet encounter, it merits investigating fanless PCs like the XPS 13 2-in-1. Simply know you'll forfeit CPU control with those machines.
| BATTERY LIFE | |
|---|---|
| Dell XPS 13 (2019) | 12:30 |
| Dell XPS 13 (2018) | 9:50 |
| Huawei MateBook 13 | 9:02 |
| Apple MacBook Air (2018) | 12:35 |
| Surface Laptop 2 | 15:57 |
So the XPS 13 performs well, yet that doesn't make a difference much if the battery life can't keep pace. In view of our test, which includes circling a HD video until the juice runs out, it endured 12 and a half hours, two and half hours longer than last year's. It doesn't exactly coordinate the about 16 hours of juice we've seen from the Surface Laptop 2, however at any rate it's keeping pace with the new MacBook Air. Fundamentally, you won't need to stress over the XPS 13 biting the dust on you during an ordinary workday.

Dell didn't roll out any significant improvements to the XPS 13's console and trackpad, which is an incredible thing. They've generally been among the best we've seen on Windows PCs, and that remaining parts the case this year. Composing on the console feels responsive and smart, and the trackpad is magnificently smooth. Also, with regards to network, you have three USB-C ports, two of which bolster Thunderbolt 3, just as a microSD card peruser and earphone jack. There's additionally a USB-A dongle in the case for any old adornments you have laying around.
The XPS 13 beginnings at $900 with a moderate Core i3 CPU, a measly 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. Try not to get that one. You're in an ideal situation knocking up to the second-level model with a Core i5 and twofold the measure of RAM and capacity for $1,200. What's more, obviously, you can likewise single out individual parts just as you would prefer. Adding a touchscreen to the base 1080p screen is an extra $100 while the 4K contact presentation is an extra $300. For a PC this size, you're in an ideal situation staying with the 1080p screen, and by and by I like having the touchscreen for examining long articles.

Since the current year's model is anything but a huge improvement in the course of the last one, you could likewise locate some incredible arrangements as stores get out old stock. Simply ensure you won't have to utilize that under-screen webcam. For a somewhat increasingly skilled other option, there's the ZenBook S13, which will begin at $1,399. It's lighter than the XPS 13 and has more slender bezels and committed illustrations. Tragically, ASUS hasn't given us a definite discharge date for the S13 yet.
Obviously, there's additionally the HP Specter 13, a standard contender, just as the calfskin clad Specter Folio. The Folio's a decent alternative in case you're searching for something more than only a conventional looking workstation. With respect to Apple choices, the patched up MacBook Air looks extraordinary, yet it's running a much more slow processor than the XPS 13. The 13-inch MacBook Pro, then again, is incredible yet has a bulkier case and no Dolby Vision HDR.

So if you can't tell by now, the XPS 13 is basically everything I've ever wanted in a thin and light Windows laptop. You can't go wrong with it -- especially if you're planning to take advantage of that gorgeous Dolby Vision display. But it's also clear that as great as this computer is, competitors are catching up quickly. So the pressure is on for Dell to really change things up next year.
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