The inevitable Air-versus-squ-528 Ultrabook comparisonOpening the box I was greeted by a striking laptop shell -- aluminum on top and carbon fiber on the bottom -- sufficiently thin Laptop Batteries and pretty to elicit an "ooh" from several people I showed it to.
Inside the XPS 13 clamshell, rather than continuing the aluminum theme, Dell surrounds the keys with a black surface coated with what it aptly vgn-nr160e battery terms "soft touch paint."
Predictably, the XPS 13 is not quite as thin as the 13-inch MacBook Air, sloping from 0.71 to 0.24 inch as opposed to the Air's acer aspire one zg5 battery winsome 0.68 to 0.11 inch.
But the Dell laptop battery shares the Air's minimalism, omitting DVD and memory card slots and providing just two USB ports. The XPS 13 also has a noticeably smaller dell inspiron 1501 battery footprint: 12.4 by 8.1 inches as opposed to 12.8 by 8.94 inches. Both laptops weigh just under 3 pounds.
As for the dell m1330 battery aesthetics -- well, in a beauty contest between Round Rock, Texas, and Cupertino, Calif., I think you know the outcome. But arguably, the coolness delta between the two hp laptop batteries is small. You also pay for the Apple ego boost -- or the acer travelmate 6292 battery privilege of using OS X, if you prefer: In their default configurations, the XPS 13 costs $999, while the 13-inch Air costs $1,299.
Both come with 128GB solid-state drives, 4GB of dual-channel DDR3 1,333MHz main memory, and Intel Core i5 processors with 3MB of level 3 HP QK639AA Battery cache. If you're picking nits, the XPS 13's i5 runs at 1.6GHz, while the 13-inch Air's i5 runs at 1.7GHz. Again, these are default configurations, so you have other HP 493976-001 Battery options at higher price points.
It's a Windows worldDespite Dell's obvious attempt to imitate the Air, cross-platform comparisons go only so far. From my Battery for HP EliteBook 8460p standpoint, the real benchmark is my fondly remembered Windows 7 machine, the ThinkPad X220, which has an MSRP of $1,529 but can be bought at this HP EliteBook 8740w Battery particular moment on the Lenovo website for around $900 -- and includes 320GB of spinning disk, a zippy 2.3GHz i5, and a 12.5-inch screen.
The XPS 13 has a slightly larger 13.3-inch widescreen HP 395791-001 Battery display, with a native resolution of 1,366 by 768 pixels, powered by an Intel HD 3000 graphics controller. The image is clear and bright, although the Gorilla Glass surface is too reflective for my taste. As with almost every hp laptop battery these days, you'll find a little cam staring at you from the top of the screen.
With the default Battery for HP EliteBook 8460w Webcam Central software, the image produced is less sharp and color-accurate than that of FaceTime (the comparison had to be made).
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Dell has been refocusing their XPS line with an eye on sophisticated notebooks that straddle the line between the consumer and business HP ProBook 5220m battery classes, while at the same time emphasizing slimmer, more powerful machines. Thus, the XPS 13 seems like a natural fit both for their XPS line and for the HP HSTNN-CB1P battery ultrabook category.
While manufacturers like ASUS, Toshiba, and Acer have been apt to more closely ape the Apple MacBook Air aesthetic that Intel is arguably HP 4418 battery appropriating for ultrabooks, Dell's XPS 13 is a different creature, and when we saw it in 2011 it felt like the ultrabook to wait for. Now it's here; was it worth the wait?
Internally, the Dell XPS 13 doesn't seem to have any more going on than any of the other Sandy Bridge-based ultrabooks. Dell will be HSTNN-CB1Qupdating the XPS 13 with Ivy Bridge as those chips become available, but it looks like with the delay we'll be enjoying our Sandy Bridge ultrabooks just a bit Battery for HP ProBook 5330m longer.
Dell's XPS 13 features Battery for HP ENVY 13-1000 arguably sub-Apple MacBook Air-level connectivity. Just two USB ports (one 3.0, one 2.0), the headphone/mic combo jack, and a mini-DisplayPort jack are all you get. While I wasn't expecting wired ethernet (a feature that HP BS06 Battery materializes only every so often on ultrabooks), Dell doesn't include the SD card reader that most other ultrabooks enjoy.
You can also use an adaptor to go from mini-DisplayPort to HDMI, so you can probably split the difference on that one. Honestly it's the dell latitude d620 battery lack of a card reader that stings the most; this is something that can certainly be remedied by just buying a separate USB one, but when competing ultrabooks all integrate one, why eschew it here?
Thankfully, you do get USB 3.0 hp dv6000 battery connectivity (always appreciated), and Dell includes an ambient light sensor that can be used to dynamically adjust screen brightness as well as detect when to turn on the keyboard backlighting. It's mostly adequate, but the lack of a dell vostro 1000 battery card reader stings a little when many consumer and even prosumer level still and video cameras use SD cards.