
That's the same weight and a hair thicker (but otherwise trimmer) than the 13.6-inch Apple MacBook Air (0.44 by 12 by 8.5 inches).

The ultraportable measures 0.6 by 11.6 by 7.8 inches and weighs 2.71 pounds with an IPS screen, or 2.77 pounds with an OLED panel. (Pressing Fn+Esc toggles them to F1 through F12, as on many laptops.) In its place is a capacitive touch strip with glowing LEDs that show volume, brightness, microphone mute, and other controls. Plus, the top row of function keys is absent. Meanwhile, the palm rest is a single pane of glass with no lines or buttons to mark the touchpad, and the zero-lattice keyboard has no spacing between its slightly enlarged keys. The bezels around the 13.4-inch display are ultra-thin, with Dell citing a 91.9% screen-to-body ratio.

Actually Pretty AffordableĪvailable in silvery Platinum or dark gray Graphite machined aluminum, the XPS 13 Plus is one of the most attractive laptops you can buy. It's a flashy status symbol, but its lack of ports and battery life keep it from toppling the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 and HP Pavilion Plus 14 as our Editors' Choice holders.

Today's second-generation XPS 13 Plus model 9320 (starts at $1,199 $1,499 as tested) is the same slick design with a 13th Generation Intel processor and a spiffy OLED screen. The first Dell XPS 13 Plus flaunted an edge-to-edge keyboard with elegant LED function keys and an invisible touchpad. What do you call the flagship of a flagship? A year ago, Dell introduced an even more premium version of its legendary ultraportable the Dell XPS 13.
