Dell XPS 13 9350 review

Dell XPS 13 9350 review

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The Dell XPS 13 has a virtually borderless display, making this 13.3in laptop barely larger than an 11.6in model. It's superbly built and now has the lastest Skylake processors from Intel. Here's our updated Dell XPS 13 (2015) review.

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All models come with a 6th-generation Intel Core (Skylake) processor and have Windows 10 Home pre-installed.

The base model has an i5-6200U, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD (STA rather than PCIe) and a full HD matt-finish screen. For £949, you get the same except with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB PCIe SSD.

The two more expensive models come with a "QHD+" glossy screen with a resolution of 3200x1800. You also get a Core i7-6500U. The only differences are RAM and storage. For £1,149 you get 8GB and 256GB respectively. For the top £1,399 you get 16GB and 512GB. In all models, RAM is soldered and not upgradeable.

The internal flash storage proved averagely quick for its type, hitting sequential reads and writes of 493 and 238 MB/s respectively. Single-threaded 4 kB random reads and writes amounted to 21 and 46 MB/s, while peak IOPS was found with 32-thread reads at 88,900 IOPS.

Battery life was not bad, if well short of Dell’s laughable 11-hour claim for the 3200 x 1800-pixel display model. We ran our usual MPEG-4 HD film over Wi-Fi with the screen set to 120cd/m2, where its longest run was 6 hour 12 min. We repeated the test a few times, but subsequent test showed even shorter life (5 hr 56 min, and 5 hr 45 min).

The 2015 Dell XPS 13 is a well built, compact laptop that outdoes the obvious competition in some key respects such as screen quality and near-borderless display. Here is a 13.3-inch laptop that takes up little more space than an 11.6-inch model. The new 9350 model adds a non-touchscreen full HD option to the range, and means prices are now more affordable.