64 TECH ADVISOR • OCTOBER 2019
BUYING GUIDE
- 16GB2133MHz DDR3 RAM
- 512GBSSD
- 802.11b/g/n/ac2x2 MIMO
- Bluetooth4.1
- 1xUSB-C3.1
- 2xUSB3.1
- microSDcardslot
- Stereospeakers
- HDwebcam
- Singlemic
- 3.5mmheadsetjack
- UKtiledkeyboardwithnumberpad
- Two-buttontrackpad
- 53.6Whlithium-ionbattery, non-removable
- 307x212x14.5mm
- 1.27kg
- Dell XPS 13 9380 (2019)
Price: £1,169 from fave.co/2y0briC
Whenthebignewssurroundingthelatestversion
oftheDellXPS 13 is itscameraposition,that’sboth
goodand bad. It’s good because the camera is one
‘feature’thatsomecustomers(andcompetitors)have
usedtobatterwhathasotherwisebeenthemost
trend-setting laptop of recent memory.
If yourecall,theoriginalDellXPS 139343 from
2014 crammed a 13.3in laptop into the space an
11in laptop would normally occupy. Dell relied on
‘InfinityEdge’ bezels to shrink the foot print of the XPS
13 to unbelievablelevels.Justabouteverylaptop
maker nowoffers their own narrow bezel designs.