XPS 13

Dell released their wildcat lake laptop today. Xps13. Nearly half the price. Similar features. 120hz. Touchscreen. Except it has Linux support. Framework was already expensive. This makes the framework look like the budget option.

I've had several XPS 13's and an XPS 17. Love them, but my Framework 13 takes the cake and gets the most usage. The new XPS 13's have really frustrating design (e.g. Where does the trackpad begin and end? WTF did Dell do to the function keys???) XPS Pluses Very vibrant IPS screens (I always prefer t

I have an XPS 13, which is almost the same age, same form factor and a few hundred euros cheaper. It has 16GB of RAM instead of 64, and a consumer-grade Intel CPU. Now, the Speedometer 3.0 results are ~30% higher, real battery life is the same as IBP, sound and mic are both decent, the webcam doesn’

I did it for you. I talked in person with enterprise sales reps from HP, Dell, Lenovo, MSI, and Asus who brought samples looking for a thin and light without a ton of deck flex and a decent screen. The closest I could get to the MacBook was the XPS 13 but it was more expensive or the Razer Blade Ste

I bought my X1 Carbon Gen 10 in 2023 not because it's the fastest. I travel a lot usually backpacking for months at a time and weight is a very important consideration. It's also sturdy and well built. Good battery life on Linux. At the time my top contenders were X1 or Dell XPS 13. Having Linux ins

The Core 5 320 and A18 Pro are comparable in overall performance for the most part; Passmark gives the Core 5 a slight advantage. I wouldn't be surprised if the performance difference observed in the tests is due to the Windows machine running short on RAM, and the Mac will get the usual ARM advanta

For most people, I'd say a good one from 1 to 2 years ago. That way you have some reasonably mature support. If you do go bleeding edge, realize that you really have to go bleeding edge and sometimes, things aren't going to work right for a bit. For those people, I recommend something like openSUSE

I can't speak to the 16 as I haven't been hands on with one, but none of those downsides really apply to the 13. My 13 AMD edition has one of the best touchpads I've used on any laptop, reasonable bezels, solid battery life, an excellent screen (I love the 3:2 aspect ratio), a great keyboard, etc. I

For me, it's the whole package of repairability and upgradiablity, along with some feature bonuses that very few other laptops on the market can match. Note that this commentary only applies to the 13 - I have not been hands on with the 16 yet, so I can't speak to that hardware. I initially bought a

I've been using a few XPS models including XPS 13 2024, XPS 16 2024, and now I got fully renewed XPS 14 2026 model last Tuesday. It's new intel's CPU and internal Arc is so amazing compared than prior models even the XPS 16 2024.The fascinating design is the most important criteria for me, it's wond