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Dell's XPS 13 has been our favorite laptop overall for the past couple of years, thanks to its light weight, long battery life, beautiful InfinityEdge screen and premium design. To keep up with the times, Dell has upgraded its 13-inch flagship with Intel's new 8th Gen Core (aka Kaby Lake R), quad-core processor platform. Though the new, $1,299 model is otherwise no different from the 7th Gen-powered XPS 13 that Dell continues to sell, it offers much stronger performance and longer battery life while maintaining all the features that make this the best consumer laptop you can buy.
Dell hasn't changed the design on the XPS 13 with battery such as DELL MR90Y Battery, DELL XCMRD Battery, DELL Inspiron 3421 Battery, DELL Inspiron 5421 Battery, DELL Inspiron 5521 Battery, DELL Inspiron 5721 Battery, DELL Latitude 5437 Battery, DELL Latitude 5537 Battery, DELL Latitude 2521 Battery, DELL Vostro 3445 Battery, DELL Vostro 2521 Battery, DELL Vostro 3546 Battery in a few years, but there's a lot to like about the aesthetic. The lid and bottom surface of the laptop are made from CNC machined aluminum that's either silver or rose gold, depending on which color you choose.
The sides, back hinge and deck are made from a luxurious, soft-touch carbon fiber. I particularly like the deck, which has a subtle crosshatch pattern and a palm rest that's one of the softest and most comfortable I have ever used.
The XPS 13's base-level 1080p, nontouch screen offers richly colored, detailed images and extremely wide viewing angles. When I watched a trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, shades like the purple in a statue and the mint green in Thor's armor really stood out. The matte surface of the panel made fine details, such as Bruce Banner's stubble,really sharp. Having almost no bezel on the sides and top of the screen also helps improve the experience.
The XPS 13 with 8th Gen Core will last through an entire flight from New York to Taiwan without needing to be recharged. The laptop endured an epic 16 hours and 5 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi. That time is over 2 hours longer than the 7th Gen-powered XPS 13 (13:49) with 1080p screen lasted, so the 8th Gen CPU is not only more powerful but also more power-efficient.
Both XPS 13 models blow away the ultraportable-laptop category average (8:29), as well as the runtimes of the Asus Zenbook 3 Deluxe (7:05) and the Apple MacBook (9:29). The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (12:21) and the Lenovo Yoga 920 (12:22) offer strong times in their own right but are still hours behind.
Though we haven't tested the 8th Gen-powered XPS 13 with the optional 3200 x 1800 touch screen, we expect its battery life to be far worse. A 7th Gen-powered XPS 13 with that screen endured only 9 hours and 11 minutes, which is 4.5 hours behind the configuration with a 1080p, nontouch screen.
The Dell XPS 13 with 8th Gen Core CPU starts at $1,299, though at publication time (October 2017), it was on sale for $1,149, and XPS laptops are often discounted. For that price, you get our review configuration, which includes a 1080p nontouch screen, a Core i7-8550U CPU, a 256GB PCIe SSD and 8GB of RAM. You can also get a model with a 3200 x 1800 touch screen and 16GB of RAM for $1,749 ($1,549 on sale).
If you want a less-expensive XPS 13 with a Core i5 or Core i3 processor, you can get one; Dell continues to sell those configurations with 7th Gen CPUs (see our review of the 7th Gen version here). For $799, you can get an XPS 13 with a Core i3-7100U CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD, and for $999 ($899 on sale), you can buy a model with a Core i5-7200U CPU and 8GB of RAM.
At some point, Dell will start selling versions of the XPS 13 with 8th Gen Core i5 chips, but those were not available at press time. The company will also eventually have units with SSDs up to 1TB and Intel's business-friendly vPro feature.
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