The Microsoft Store is running a PC sale with deep discounts on a bunch of laptops, tablets, and convertibles, which means you can pick up a Dell XPS 13 laptop with an 8th-gen Intel Core i5 processor for as little as $799, or a dirt cheap HP laptop with an 11.6 inch display, 4GB of […]
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Dell XPS 13 laptop gets a 2019 refresh: Whiskey Lake chips, camera above the screen
Dell’s XPS 13 laptops have earned a reputation for a few things over the years. They’re incredibly thin and light. Despite that, they get surprisingly long battery life and offer generally decent performance. And for years, Dell has offered XPS laptops with ridiculously thin top and side bezels by moving the webcam to an awkward […]
Daily Deals (12-03-2018)
The Dell XPS 13 line of laptops are popular thin-and-lights due to a combination of compact design, decent build quality, and reasonably strong performance… but they’re not exactly cheap. Prices start at $850 for the latest model with an Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage — and you’ll pay quite […]
Daily Deals (11-09-2018)
Black Friday isn’t the only excuse for big sales this month. Chinese retailers have been running “Singles Day” promotions on 11/11 for the past few years, and it looks like the trend is starting to spread. Dell is offering 11 percent off many of its laptops, desktops, and accessories this weekend when you use the […]
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 gets an Amber Lake upgrade (and the XPS 13 clamshell is now available with a Core i3 option)
Dell is updating its XPS 13 line of thin and light laptops with 13.3 inch displays. The last exciting update is the addition of a new configuration option for the XPS 13 (9370) clamshell laptop: previously entry-level configurations came with an Intel Core i5-8250U quad-core Kaby Lake Refresh processor. Now there’s a new lower-priced (and […]
Daily Deals (8-24-2018)
Dell is running a sale on XPS 13 laptops, with prices starting at $704 for a 2.7 pound laptop with a Core i3 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD. Just use the coupon code SAVE12 at checkout to knock 12 percent off the list price of a bunch of different models. But you […]
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 will soon support Intel Amber Lake-Y CPU options
Intel promised last month that it would begin shipping its first 8th-gen Intel Core Y-series chips soon. The new chips, code-named “Amber Lake,” are expected to be low-power processors that will eventually replace chips like the Core M3-7Y30, Core i5-7y54, and Core i7-7Y75 in upcoming thin, light, and often fanless computers. Intel still hasn’t announced […]
Dell XPS 13 (2018) review: Sleeker, faster, better (mostly)
These days slim bezels are all the rage in smartphones and laptops alike. But Dell was ahead of the curve when the company updated its XPS 13 line of laptops a few years ago by offering models with incredibly slim top and side bezels. When I reviewed the Dell XPS 13 with a 5th-gen Intel […]
Dell XPS 13 with 8th-gen Intel Core now available (with Windows or Ubuntu)
Dell’s new XPS 13 laptop is thinner than its predecessors, features slimmer bezels, and adds a Windows Hello-compatible infrared camera. There’s also a brand new white model if you prefer that to the black and silver version Dell’s been offering for the past few years. I got a chance to check out the new XPS […]
Dell launches 2018 XPS 13 laptop (this time it’s even thinner)
Dell helped kick off the thin-bezel laptop trend in 2015 when the company launched a Dell XPS 13 laptop with a 13.3 inch display stuffed into a laptop the size of a typical 11.6 inch model. Since then, Dell has updated the XPS 13 several times by upgrading the processor and other internal components. But […]