The deck of the laptop doesn’t get overly warm, but you could feel some heat behind the R, T, Y, U and I keys. Even with fans at maximum, they’re not quite as loud as some competitors. Connect the machine to power and start doing demanding things and it will get a bit hot, with the fans going fairly strong. Used on battery the XPS 13 is nearly silent, with only low-level fans audible when pushed a little. Intel’s Iris Plus graphics are a step up from the previous HD integrated graphics, which you immediately notice when you start editing images on a 4K external screen. The model tested for this review had a Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage and a 4K screen.Īs such the XPS 13 has lots of power on tap, making it capable of just about anything, short of high-end gaming. Most models have the Core i7 common to all top-spec computers, including the new MacBook Pro, Surface Laptop 3 and Huawei MateBook X Pro.

The 2020 XPS 13 ships with your choice of 10th-generation Intel core chips. One side has a Thunderbolt 3 port and a microSD card slot. Operating system: Windows 10 Home or Pro, Ubuntu 18.04Ĭamera: 720p widescreen HD with Windows HelloĬonnectivity: Wifi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, 2x USB-C/Thunderbolt 3, microSD, headphone Processor: 10th-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 Both are fast, accurate and work brilliantly. That means you can either log in with a press of the power button or simply by looking at the screen when you open the lid. The new design has a Windows Hello infrared face recognition camera squeezed into the bezel at the top of the screen and a fingerprint scanner built into the power button. The XPS 13 ships with not one but two biometric systems for securely logging you into Windows without a password. The power button is also a fingerprint scanner. The large precision trackpad is responsive, with a tactile but muted click that hopefully shouldn’t annoy those around you. Well spaced, stable, fairly quiet, with 1mm of key travel and good feedback when pressed. The new, slightly larger keyboard is great. The wedge-shaped laptop weighs just 1.27kg and is only 14.8mm thick, with a smaller footprint than most of its competition. The body of the laptop is made from aluminium, with your choice of black carbon fibre or white glass fibre on the laptop’s deck. Models are available with either touch or non-touch FHD+ screens too. It supports HDR video, including Dolby Vision. The version tested had the 4K touchscreen option, which is crisper than practically anything else, super bright, colour accurate and all-round gorgeous.

That means you get a relatively large display in the body of what would traditionally have been a laptop with just an 11in screen. The thin bezel at the top of the screen has a webcam with infrared face recognition.

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