Dell Launches XPS 13 Ultrabook with Full HD Display

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Dell has added two 1080p models to its XPS 13 Ultrabook line.

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[halcyon]

This is a good update but this should have been the original product as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Guest]

Way overpriced and too small a screen for 1080p. For $1400 I can do alot better with a laptop. Integrated graphics only too, no way.

 

[PEJUman]

although I tend to agree with the post above (from the perspective of 1080p IPS on ACER W700 with i3 for $700), I failed to find any other 13" laptop with i7 & 1080p in this form factor for less money. So I guess if you're in the market for high end 13" ultraportable, this 13" XPS seems to be a good deal.

 

[10tacle]

the 1080p Core i5 model @ $1399.99, and the 1080p Core i7 model @ $1599.99.

My God, do you know what kind of serious 1080p 17" gaming laptop you can get for $1500 with a dedicated GPU? Who in the WORLD would want one of these?

 

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[citation][nom]10tacle[/nom]Who in the WORLD would want one of these?[/citation]
People who are more interested in carrying a small and lightweight yet powerful productivity tool with fairly long battery life rather than a much larger and heavier gaming laptop that needs to be plugged in for serious use.

That said, with 1080p becoming common even on 4-8" screens and 1440-1600p becoming almost standard on 10" tablets, 1080p on screens 13" and larger are starting to sound very much old-news... you can get 22" 1080p desktop LCDs for ~$150 so integrating a 14" in a laptop should be substantially cheaper - no AC-DC PSU, no multi-input or analog front-end, much smaller and simpler housing, no buttons, etc., just a straight LVDS panel with backlight and minor tweaks to the lid to fit it.

If I were Dell, I would be a little ashamed about boasting about 1080p redolution on a laptop costing over $1000. At this rate, I am not going to be buying into the UltraHype any time soon... I'll stick to conventional laptops that have more features for nearly half the price.

 

[cobra5000]

No dedicated graphics, no sale.

 

[Cataclysm_ZA]

Who in the WORLD would want one of these?

Businesses. Dell's On-Site warranty, in most countries, is very good and takes away a lot of the expense of keeping extra technicians on-site for hardware support. The XPS lineup is also very well-built and well-supported with some docks/extensions/port replicators that Dell also supplies for its Latitude and Precision notebooks. In most cases as well, these notebooks use Intel's network chips, so if you have a network admin proficient with vPro, helpdesk support gets a lot easier.

 

[shadowfamicom]

All Apple hate aside... the 13 Macbook Pro has a 2560x1600. And the 15 inch has 2880x1800... yet I cannot buy a PC monitor with 2560x1600 for under $600....
It's such a pain in the ass to find a 16:10 monitor anymore...

 

[monstertiki]

I see the current ultrabooks being secondary machines that lack power. The slim form factor is nice but imho ultrabooks sacrifice too much for portability. I would like and xps 13 that has at least a 500gb ssd or room to expand to it, a quad core i5 or i7, 660m or better graphics card, and support for 16gb of ram, with a HD touch screen and a memory card reader.

 

[Cataclysm_ZA]

[citation][nom]monstertiki[/nom]I would like and xps 13 that has at least a 500gb ssd or room to expand to it, a quad core i5 or i7, 660m or better graphics card, and support for 16gb of ram, with a HD touch screen and a memory card reader.[/citation]

Would you like to sell a kidney for such a machine?