Dell Launches its First Ultrabook 'XPS13'

Bangalore:  Dell launched XPS13, its first member into the ultrabook crowd. Dell was working on this new laptop design even before Intel defined the concept of ultrabook, but it seems like Dell lagged a bit in the race.

XPS 13 is quite sleek and light weight and qualifies all the attributes to be called as an ultrabook. XPS13 has a 13-inch Gorilla Glass display which fits into a typical 12-inch laptop case, thanks to the thin-bezeled display used. The device weighs 2.9 pounds and has a thickness of 0.24 inches at its thinnest point and 0.71 inches at it’s thickest.   

Tim Peters, vice president at Dell’s consumer group, said the new machine emphasizes five features: small form factor, performance without compromise, usability, aesthetics, and cool temperature performance.

XPS 13 will be the first laptop to reach the market with the Intel’s Smart Connect technology which sporadically wakes up the sleeping PC to refresh the running network applications. Dell also offers an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip for enterprise use.  The device come with Core i3, i5, or i7 processors, a 128GB or 256GB solid state drive, and 4GB of RAM. XPS13 has a backlit keyboard with a large glass multitouch touchpad, a mini DisplayPort, an Ethernet jack and a high-quality audio that comes out of the keyboard. It also sports USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0 port and 128 gigabytes of flash memory which is upgradeable to 256 gigabytes.

This new player of Dell is supposed to reach the market by February coasting around $1000. Its availability and price is not confirmed yet for Indian market. We believe Dell will price XP13 in the same range of its Adamo XPS which cost around 60000.