The Dell XPS 13 feels like an anomaly for a newly-launched Windows laptop. At 1kg and just 12.7mm thick, it’s said to be the thinnest and lightest XPS laptop ever. Which sounds incredible as XPS is well-known for its premium thin-and-light laptops. For a new model, which also happens to the most affordable XPS yet, to be the lightweight champ of the series? That’s unthinkable.
The rest of the Dell XPS 13 is equally impressive. Its 13-inch screen is relatively sharp with a 2.5K resolution, with a refresh rate that goes up to 120Hz. It’s powered by a new Intel processor, albeit a more cost efficient one with fewer cores than the Intel Panther Lake chips in this year’s crop of notebooks. But you still get Wi-Fi 7, and going by the Geekbench 6 numbers floating online, this new budget chip ain’t too shabby, especially for single-core performance.
