Dell gotCES 2018started betimes when it debut its fullyredesigned flagship ultraportablelast week . But theXPS 13isn’t the only new agiotage system the fellowship is showing off , and in some ways , it might not even be the most exciting , because now for the first time ever , there ’s a 2 - in-1 version of the XPS 15 .
By adding a 360 - degree hinge to the previous XPS 15 chassis , Dell has created what it ’s call is the small , fragile , and most knock-down 15 - inch 2 - in-1 ever created . Now that ’s an awfully lofty claim , but after getting the chance to run around with one for a little bit , it ’s not that far off base .
Packing element including the latest Intel 8th gen CPUs , built - in microSD card reader , an optional 4 K touchscreen that covers 100 pct of the Adobe RGB color spectrum , along with AMD ’s recently announced RX Vega M GPU , it ’s absolved that Dell is look to take down Apple ’s 15 - in MacBook Pro .
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Measuring just 0.62 inch thick , the XPS 15 2 - in-1 is just larger than Apple ’s MacBook Pro 15 clamshell which arrive in at 0.59 - inch , and it ’s way thinner than the 0.9 - inch 15 - inchSurface Book 2 . And unlike the MacBook , the XPS 15 2 - in-1 also features stylus support with 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity .
But perhaps the XPs 15 2 - in-1 ’s biggest advantage is its unexampled maglev keyboard , which in my abbreviated time with the system , feels even in force than typing on Dell ’s XPS 13 , and a eternity more pleasing than the squiffy , super shallow paint you get on a modern MacBook .
You also get plenty of connectivity , including four USB - cytosine port ( two of which support Thunderbolt 3 ) , and a 75 WHr battery that Dell say should last up to 15 hours on a charge .
With specs like this , Dell seems to be getting dangerously close to create an ideal all - rounder . It ’s the baffle flexibility to correct you varying employment manner , more than enough graphic world power to edit videos or even play game away from home , and flesh tenuous and fire up enough to not make you detest convey it around .
That order , there ’s still one compromise that frustrate that blaze out of me . Like on the novel XPS 13 , the XPS 15 2 - in-1‘s dual camera are located below the filmdom , as Dell ’s Infinity Edge display does n’t enough elbow room to put it in the proper positioning . That mean anyone on the other side of a video chat will be graced with an uncomplimentary sentiment looking up at the bottom of your chin . I guess there really is no such thing as a pure laptop computer . I also have a feeling that the Nvidia GTX 1060 in a top - endSurface Book 2will also slimly outperform AMD ’s RX Vega M graphics — though you have to remember a to the full loaded Surface Book 2 is ludicrously expensive .
The XPS 15 will be useable sometime this spring , starting at $ 1,300 with a 15 - column inch full HD touch display , Intel i5 CPU , 8 GB of RAM , and 128 GB of RAM and Radeon RX Vega M GPU with 4 GB of dedicated high - bandwith memory .
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