XPS 13

XPS-13 used to be great, until Dell replaced the line with the overall worse XPS13-Plus design (it's actually Minus). Framework 13 is great. Finding something that can compete with M-chip Macs on battery life is going to be challenging.

Thanks, with black bezel it feels like antithesis of old xps 13 design. (narrower black portion vs narrower silver portion)

A bit of a mild rant here: My old surface pro is on its last legs, so I wanted to replace it. I've been a loyal Microsoft Surface Pro user since literally the original Surface Pro that launched with Windows 8. I've owned multiple, and I really like the form factor. I went on the Microsoft website, a

MS Surface devices - both surface pro and surface book - mostly use ARM CPUs (Qualcomm snapdragon) these days. These are not 100% x86 compatible and you need to carefully check your application environment for mostly legacy stuff that will not run at all or not well (through "Prism" emulation, slow)

Yeah it’s dumb as hell, especially after the 2010s when Apple got repeatedly embarrassed by things like the XPS 13’s bezels.

It's pretty much a more premium version of the older ~$500 plastic crapbooks, which to be fair so is the Neo. Historically crapbooks had outdated low power CPUs, but this time Intel actually put the low power node with their flagship node. Both the Neo and the XPS 13 basically are tapping into the "

The Dell XPS 13 9350 (2025) laptop has been okay but compared to the (2020) XPS 13 9305 it's a huge downgrade. My biggest complaint is the touchscreen. I've been using it for 6 months and I still get frustrated using it. Terrible design. The 9305 was so easier to use and a more tactile feel and the

Pricey? Compared to a XPS 13? I bought the 2025 model XPS 13 (despite the stupid hidden touchpad and even worse touch bar). Wifi didn't work reliably. Motherboard got replaced. Wifi still didn't work reliably, backplane with antenna got replaced. Wifi still didn't work properly but now the touchpad

Oh wow, thank you so much for the super comprehensive writeup! :D I had a look at the links, and they all appear to be the same ugly front-tapered design from before the unibody redesign. That's what I'm trying to escape with my 9360 xD I was really after something with the New XPS/MacBook Pro/Air b

On mine (XPS13 9365) that icon indicates it is locked. I just bought an identical laptop which does not have the icon and therefore isn't locked. As for the old laptop: I rang Dell tech support here in Australia. They spoke to me even though it is out is warranty and didn't ask for proof of purchase