Tech Advisor – October 2019

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

2. 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.