The roughly equivalent 12-inch MacBook with a 1.1GHz Skylake m3 processor and 256GB PCIe SSD is priced at $1,299. That is, an XPS 13 2-in-1 with a 1.2GHz (base frequency) Kaby Lake Intel Core i5-7Y54 processor 8GB RAM and 256GB PCIe solid state drive is priced at $1,199.99. You're getting the newest Intel processor and roughly the same RAM/storage specs for about $100 less (if you ignore the regular discounts that the 12-inch MacBook gets at retailers like Best Buy). That's just a personal preference and I suspect I may be in the minority.
That said, I prefer all-metal designs (that tend to be more body-oil resistant than the XPS' carbon fiber) with aluminum palm rests. Reading the favorable user comments on retailer sites and plaudits in reviews, it's obvious that this is a popular feature for the XPS line. It's a soft texture with a great feel/great look. I should add that the XPS has an attractive carbon fiber mesh that's wrapped around the keyboard and trackpad - aka the palm rest area. Bottom line: I think the 12-inch MacBook strikes the best balance between portability (weight) and display size. But I honestly don't notice the size difference when I jump from the XPS to the MacBook. Yes, you're getting a larger display with the XPS. The XPS still feels like laptop (albeit a very lightweight one). When you pick the MacBook up, it feels like a tablet. That's a huge difference in the ultraportable world where designers fret over adding a few grams. The XPS 13 2-in-1 weighs in at 2.7 pounds, the MacBook slightly over 2 pounds. The all-aluminum MacBook wins on overall build because of its impossibly thin design and light weight - albeit with a smaller 12-inch display compared to the XPS' 13.3 incher. And no disputing that it makes for an aesthetically pleasing design. On the other hand, there's no disputing the fact that the overall footprint is reduced. Dell has sacrificed - to some degree - function for the sake of form. Personally, I would prefer a slightly larger top bezel that integrates the Webcam and microphone. Dell has stuck to its minimal-display-bezel design ethos (top and two sides) with the webcam below the display, squeezing a 13-inch display into a 12-inch package. (Though not by much.) Like the 12-inch MacBook, the XPS is really thin: 0.54 inches at its thickest point compared to the 12-inch MacBook, which is 0.52 inches at its thickest point.Īs I said above, the XPS 13 2-in-1 is slightly smaller than the standard XPS 13 but slightly larger than the 12-inch MacBook. The XPS 13 2-in-1 has a 360-degree hinge for tablet, tent, laptop and stand mode. Again, laptops rated at 10 hours can be brought to their knees (i.e., reduced to a few hours of battery life) in thousands of different scenarios, especially with less technical users.
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You probably won't see more than a few hours because the Y series processors are not cut out for lots of heavy lifting.Īnd one caveat: in my long experience with testing laptops, tablets, and smartphones, battery life is all over the map depending on the user. Of course, if you plan on doing a lot of gaming and/or video editing and/or you're running the Chrome browser with 20 tabs and the display maxed out, then all bets are off.
Expect between 8 and 11 hours, depending on how bright the display is and how processor-intensive the task. The XPS (with a 1,920-by-1,080 display) and MacBook (2,304-by-1,440) have comparable battery life. That said, the XPS 2-in-1 is close (negligible difference) on single-core CPU performance.īattery life: A draw. As I stated above, the Y series is all about wringing the last drop of battery life out of ultra-thin, ultra-light portables. Both machines are slower than the Dell XPS 13 (standard, non 2-in-1 design) with a more powerful Kaby Lake Core i7 U series processor (not fanless).
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