Thin, light and portable, ultrabooks are the best choice for students, writers, office workers and commuters. The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, strikes that balance between: – reasonably good battery life with its battery that will last the whole day of work or class for 3-4 years -and its fast performance, with its excellent keyboard, the ideal touchpad for web browsing and word processing. Of course, it lacks the processing power to play high-end games, professional video editing or 3D modeling, which is why it is obviously classified in the Pro part.
Pros and cons
Intel Evo certified, it has a good Benchmark. Its IRIS XE card gives it impeccable graphics, but it still has some shortcomings to note.
Face recognition and fingerprint as a good tool to quickly open it when in sleep mode or off. It is therefore super responsive and that is a big time saver.
The 2-in-1 that makes it 360° malleable for tight spaces and even usable as a tablet thanks to its touch screen.
Autonomy of nearly 9 hours while watching your streams or videos because ENERGY STAR certified.
Free of Cadmium, lead, mercury and certain phthalates, EPEAT patented, it is eco-responsible.
2 Thunderbolt 4 ports that you can hook up to 2 4K displays simultaneously.
On the other hand:
The maximum brightness is limited.
Lack of USB type A port, so you will need a USB-A to USB-C adapter.
The micro SD port instead of a classic SD would have been smarter.
The sound from the speakers is drinkable but to have a better immersion it is better to plug in your headphones.
The characteristics of 8 or 16 GB of memory
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 processor (12MB cache, up to 4.7GHz)
Windows 10 Pro (Windows 11 Pro license included), English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
Intel Iris Xe graphics card
13.4″ FHD+ WLED 16:10 (1920 x 1200) Touchscreen
16GB of 4267MHz LPDDR4x onboard memory
Built-in 512 GB PCIe NVMe x4 SSD
Integrated backlit keyboard
2 Thunderbolt™ 4 ports with power supply
1 headphone port (headphone and microphone combo)
1 microSD card slot
Height: 14.35mm (0.56″) x Width: 297mm (11.69″) x Depth: 207mm (8.15″) | Weight: Starting at 1.32 kg (2.9 lbs)
Widescreen HD (720p) 2.25mm webcam; dual digital microphone
Infrared webcam
High definition audio system
Professionally balanced stereo speakers with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro technology; 2 x 2W = 4W total
Killer AX1650 (2×2) board based on Intel WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1