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The 2024 XPS laptop computer lineup: 13-inch, 14-inch, and 16-inch.
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The laptops are available in platinum…
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… or graphite.
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The keyboard on the XPS 13.
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The keyboard on the XPS 14 and XPS 16.
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The ports on the left aspect of the XPS 14 and 16.
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The ports on the suitable aspect of the XPS 14 and 16.
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The underside of the XPS 13.
Scharon Harding
Dell’s XPS laptop computer lineup has lengthy been my go-to for a straightforward laptop computer advice. With an accessible beginning value, a very good quantity of show choices, and an ultrathin construct, it was typically a becoming selection for the common client searching for one thing with a premium really feel and a few clout. With the 2024 laptop computer lineup introduced immediately, the XPS now not seems like an apparent advice.
Dell has reimagined the XPS laptop computer lineup within the picture of what was referred to as the Dell XPS 13 Plus. When it launched in 2022, the XPS 13 Plus was a 13.4-inch XPS laptop computer that was pricier than its non-Plus various. The XPS 13 Plus and its 2023 predecessor took excessive design measures, together with a capacitive contact operate row, distinctive keyboard, and borderless haptic touchpad to squeeze extra energy out of its processor.
These polarizing options at the moment are necessary in an XPS laptop computer. The brand new XPS 13, 14, and 16 appear like the XPS 13 Plus. However Dell is now not calling that design the “Plus.” It is now simply the usual design of a normal XPS laptop computer.
Moreover, the XPS 17 is getting phased out, whereas the XPS 15 will likely be obtainable for one more six months with restricted Nvidia GPU choices till it’s also phased out. The XPS 2-in-1 removable can be being discontinued.
The brand new XPS laptop computer lineup
With the 2024 modifications, the beginning value for Dell’s common laptop computer sequence is now larger than earlier than. The brand new XPS 13 will begin at $1,300. The final XPS 13, which got here out in 2022 with a Thirteenth Gen Intel chip, began at $849. By discontinuing the XPS removable and committing all XPS laptops to the XPS 13 Plus look, Dell goes from having three 13-inch-class XPS choices to at least one (with numerous specs configurations obtainable).
Technically, the 2024 XPS lineup has higher beginning costs for these serious about bigger screens. The XPS 14 will begin at $1,700, and the XPS 16 will begin at $1,900. The 2023 XPS 15 debuted with Thirteenth-gen chips at $2,949, whereas the XPS 17 (9370) debuted with a $3,399 beginning value. Nevertheless, the brand new XPS 14 and XPS 16 will likely be launched with Intel Arc-integrated graphics. The XPS 15 began with an Arc A370M discrete GPU, and the XPS 17’s beginning value received you an RTX 4050 laptop computer GPU. (Dell hasn’t shared pricing for the brand new laptops past beginning costs.)
The brand new laptops have smaller screens than the XPS 15 and XPS 17. For 2024, the most important XPS laptop computer could have a 16.3-inch show as an alternative of a 17-inch one, giving it barely better pixel density (277.8 pixels per inch versus 266.4 ppi).
However finally, the vary of sizes stays mildly shrunken. Quite than starting from 13.4 to 17 inches with a removable possibility, the brand new lineup is ready to 13.4 to 16.3 inches with out detachables. And whereas a 14-inch XPS permits Dell to supply a extra transportable laptop computer that may nonetheless match a devoted graphics card (as much as an RTX 4050 laptop computer GPU), transferring from a 13-inch to a 15-inch laptop computer is extra noticeable than transferring from 13 to 14 inches.
