This won’t be the most important shake-up of the Dell XPS lineup ever, however between some larger laptops and a complete revamping of the XPS portfolio, it appears like an enormous deal. The 13-inch Dell XPS laptop computer is sticking round, however the touchbar-equipped XPS Plus that ran sizzling in our assessment is gone, changed by the 14-inch XPS. And there’s a brand new 16-inch XPS to interchange each the 15-inch and 17-inch laptops.
Loads of laptop computer makers have 14-inch and 16-inch gadgets — notably, Apple launched a MacBook Professional in each sizes again in 2021—however Dell’s flagship XPS laptops have caught with the extra conventional 13-inch and 15-inch sizes.
Dell representatives demurred once I requested them if this new dimension of XPS laptops is supposed as a counter to Apple’s personal. However it could make sense! Dell’s XPS laptops are a major competitor to Apple’s MacBook Professional, and the 2 traces of laptops have repeatedly aped each other’s design, borrowing little prospers when it is sensible. There’s a motive the Dell XPS regarded like a MacBook Professional for years and in addition why Apple’s laptops lastly shrunk their huge bezels.
As a substitute, I used to be pointed to a different advantage of the brand new and barely bigger laptops: extra inner house. In some circumstances, which means larger batteries, because the 14-inch XPS packs in a 69.5WHr battery versus the 55WHr battery within the XPS 13 and final 12 months’s XPS Plus. That ought to assist with how lengthy it’ll final on a cost—one in every of our greatest points with the XPS Plus.
Extra space in these laptops additionally means more room for followers and discrete graphics, which is why the XPS 14 may have an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 possibility. It can additionally embody as much as 64GB of RAM, as much as an Intel Core Extremely 7 165H CPU, and a 4TB SSD. Those that go together with discrete graphics may even see a spec bump for the facility adapter, going from the usual 60W charger to 100W.
Sadly, all that energy means it is also heftier than the XPS Plus, which maxed out at 2.77 kilos with an optionally available OLED show. The XPS 14 will weigh 3.8 kilos with the optionally available OLED show.
The brand new XPS 13 managed to keep away from the embiggening ray with this refresh and it’ll proceed to be the XPS you drift in the direction of for those who simply want a strong high-end enterprise laptop computer. Meaning there are not any discrete graphics. As a substitute, you’ll must make do with Intel’s new Meteor Lake processors, which sport a devoted neural processing unit for higher dealing with AI workflows. The XPS 14 can assist as much as an Intel Core Extremely 7 165H CPU, plus 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD.
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Whereas the XPS 14 is the one I’m most desperate to get my arms on, I believe extra individuals will wish to discuss in regards to the XPS 16, which replaces each the XPS 15 and the XPS 17. The concept, as I perceive it, is for this gadget to provide you sufficient of the display actual property of the 17 that you simply don’t miss it, however with the advantages of much less bulk.
It can sport as much as an Intel Core Extremely 9 185H processor, 64GB of RAM, 4TB of SSD, and as much as an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 with 8GB of GDDR6. All that potential additional energy additionally means an enormous battery (99.5WHr) and an enormous charger (130W USB-C), and it’ll hit 4.8 kilos with the optionally available 16.3-inch 4K OLED. The XPS 17 weighed in at 5.37 kilos with the optionally available OLED, and in addition sported a barely smaller battery (97WHr). So, for those who don’t thoughts the lower in display dimension, it ought to undoubtedly really feel like a extra nimble machine.
Apart from the massive sizing shuffle, the opposite new addition is small and, I believe, hints at what’s to return from different laptop computer makers this CES. There’s a brand new devoted Copilot key for activating Copilot in Home windows 11. It is form of just like the Cortana button of outdated, however hopefully a lot, rather more helpful.
As for the way a lot all of those laptops will price? The XPS 13 will begin at $1,299 (US), the XPS 14 at $1,699, and the XPS 16 at $1,899. Dell has not introduced once they’ll be obtainable, however historical past would recommend the following couple of months. So, for those who’re nonetheless hankering for that XPS 17, it may be a good suggestion to drop it in your cart shortly.