The most obvious is the first, the angle you'd want for typing at a desk.

That means it's limited to only those angles where there are magnets. The XPS 13 is held up by the folio, which slides down the back of the tablet, locking in place with magnets. The XPS lacks the Surface's kickstand-style design, which allows you to rest the screen at any angle you like. The XPS is the clear winner when it comes to price, but there are some trade-offs.

For reference, a Microsoft Surface Pro 9 with similar specs would set you back $1,399 and have only a 256-GB SSD.įully decked out, the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 with an i7 chip, 1-TB SSD, folio keyboard, and stylus is $1,699 to the fully decked-out Surface 9's $2,600 (though the Surface would have 32 GB of RAM, which is not an option on the Dell).

The configuration I tested had the i5 processor, but bumped the RAM to 16 GB and the SSD to 512 GB, which brings your total price to $1,299 (including the folio Keyboard). That gets you an Intel Core i5, 8 GB of RAM and a 256-GB SSD. Without it, the XPS 13 is considerably less useful (mostly due to Windows 11's tablet limitations).Ĭall the starting price $1,149 then. This is something else entirely.ĭell sells the XPS 13 2-in-1 in a variety of configurations, starting at $1,049, but that does not get you the keyboard folio, which is a $100 add-on. There is much to like here, but thinking of this as an XPS 13 does this hybrid laptop-tablet a disservice. After weeks of using it, I still stand by that. I even bought one years ago (the last developer edition with a nose cam, alas) but my first impression of the new 2-in-1 version was: This is not an XPS 13. I've been testing Dell XPS 13s for seven years now.

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