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The Full HD screen is very good, although the sound system is a little on the weak side. You also get a 1TB SSD and a potent AMD Ryzen 7 5800U processor with 16GB of quad-channel RAM. Connectivity is above average, too: there are full-sized HDMI and USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 USB ports as well as two USB-C ports.Īcer’s 14in Swift X brings proper discrete graphics to the party in the form of a Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 with 4GB of VRAM. The MateBook is a little bigger and heavier than the Dell and Apple machines but it has a larger display, a fine 14.2in, 2,520 x 1,680 3:2 affair that refreshes at 90Hz. Huawei’s MateBook 14s is great value even at full price but, at the time of writing, it’s available for just £900, £400 off the usual RRP.

At £1,549, it’s priced right alongside the Dell and Apple machines.

All-plastic construction might sound off-putting given its metal-clad rivals but the Gram 16 is MIL-STD 810G tested against shock and dust ingress. How is that possible? Well, in a word: plastic. The LG Gram 16 weighs 1.19kg but still packs in a 16in 2,560 x 1,600 display. Traditionally, a light laptop was a small laptop, but LG would beg to differ. In typical Apple fashion, the new Air has phenomenal battery life bang on 17 hours in our test. Prices are broadly similar to the Dell: the most powerful M2 chipset, 24GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD cost £2,149 and the entry-level model costs £1,249. Marginally bigger and heavier than the Dell (unless you choose the 4K display), the Air has a larger (13.6in) but lower resolution screen and no touch facility.

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The Dell XPS 13 Plus finds itself going toe to toe with the new M2 Apple MacBook Air. You can also opt for a 2TB SSD and 8GB,16GB or 32GB of RAM.

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Other significant upgrade options include the Intel Core i7-1280P chip (£100 more), a 3,456 x 2,160 OLED touchscreen (£200 more than the FHD option) and Linux rather than Windows (£100 less). Our £2,004 review unit bumps up the specification to an Intel Core i7-1260P processor, 1TB of storage, 32GB of RAM and a 3,840 x 2,400 touchscreen.īest mechanical keyboard 2022: The best keyboards for productivity, creative work and gaming Prices start at £1,298 for a machine with a Intel Core i5 chip, 512GB of storage, 8GB of RAM and a Full HD non-touch panel. Dell XPS 13 Plus review: Price and competition Other than that, all the XPS 13’s strengths remain, including a wide choice of specifications including optional touchscreens and a choice between Windows and Ubuntu as your OS. The 13 Plus machines also get a more thorough makeover with an all-new design for the keyboard deck. The base XPS 13 models use Intel’s 12th generation lower power (15W or 9W) U-series chips while the XPS 13 Plus devices get the more powerful 28W P-series processors. The first point to make is that the XPS 13 range has now forked. Now, in 2022, we are getting a range refresh with new models, new designs and new processors. The XPS 13 was consistently light, compact, well made and devoid of serious faults.

The Dell XPS 13 Plus is the first of the new breed: this machine tears up the existing blueprints and ushers in a radically different, all-metal design alongside the latest Intel 12th generation processors.ĭell XPS 13 Plus review: What you need to knowįor many years now, Dell’s XPS 13 range has been almost the default choice for a super compact laptop unless you fancied a MacBook instead. Just like Apple and its M2 Macbook Air, Dell has decided it's high time for a change. Dell’s metal- and carbon-clad XPS machines have looked much the same for several years now and, while they still have a raw appeal, they’re starting to look a little uninspired. Even the most successful designs eventually run their course.

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