My X1 Yoga crapped out on me (thought I had it fixed – no dice) and Lenovo could not get it replaced or repaired fast enough for my needs to I ordered this as a replacement. The Lenovo is on it’s was back to the mothership for a refund and this arrived a few days ago.
I ordered this machine and it came yesterday which was about 3 days before I was expecting it. It’s an almost top spec’d Dell XPS 2in1 13” machine with the 10th gen CPU and Iris graphics. The only options I passed on are 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. It’s my 1st Dell machine in a long time but figured I’d give it a go for a year or so (as long as it holds up) and see how they’ve progressed.
Overall it’s tiny for having a 13.4” screen. Bezels are non existent. The build quality appears to be above average and it feels well built. The keyboard has shallow key travel and it’s about as shallow as say the MBP. The screen is UHD 4K and it just as nice as the one I had on the X1 Yoga. I’ve never really had an issue with the shallow keyboard on the MBP (my issue with them is the failure rate) and this is similar in travel and feel.
SSD speeds are okay and fast just not lightning fast. Plenty fine in the big scheme of things for my use though. The trackpad is smooth and large. The trackpad and keyboard do make rather loud and clicky sound when pressing them. Sound from the speakers is good but nothing to jump up and down over.
Ports are lacking. You get 2 USB C (one on each side) and a SD card slot. Yay for the SD slot but bummer on the ports. It also has a headphone jack. No LTE options on this machine. Dell does include a USB C to USB A adapter in the box.
The overall size of the machine makes me think of the 12” MB but with a larger screen and much better specs. It's small but feels heavy for it's size. It comes in right at about 3lbs.
I got the Platinum Silver, Carbon Fiber Black interior version and it does collect fingerprint smudges just not nearly as bad as the X1 Carbon in black do. They do make a white version but I’ve never had good luck with backlighting on white keyboards and I didn’t dig the white bezels around the screen.
I’ve only had it a few days so I can’t speak to battery life yet but I’ll update as time goes on. From my research battery life looks to be pretty bad on the 4K screen version.
Machine specs:
10th Generation Intel(R) Core i7-1065G7 Processor
13.4" 16:10 UHD+ WLED Touch Display (3840 x 2400) 500 nit
512GB PCIe NVMe x4 Solid State Drive
16GB 3733MHz LPDDR4x Memory
Intel(R) Iris Plus Graphics
Windows 10
Killer AX1650 (2x2) built on Intel WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
Premium support with onsite service 2 years
Price as configured was an eye watering $2,270 (before tax) but I used a discount program offered by the joint I retired from and got it for $1830. I do think it’s overpriced at full cost but the price I paid is not bad all things considered. Overall the X1 Yoga 4th Gen is the better machine and value but the XPS is not bad.
The CPU, compared to the i7 8665U, is about the same but the Iris graphics (if you get the machine that has it) is a massive step up over the 620 GPU.
Quick thoughts for now. I’ll keep the thread updated and answer any questions as I go along with it.
A few scores (10 being max)
Build quality = 8.5
Screen = 10
Keyboard = 8
Sound = 8
Trackpad = 8.5
Battery life = ???
Windows 10 = 9
SSD speed = 8
CPU = 8.5
GPU (Iris - integrated) = 10
Fan noise = 8.5
Heat = 8.5
Ports = 7
Photos and benchmarks:
Full CPU Geekbench here: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14593641
Full GPU Benchmark here: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/4532982
I ordered this machine and it came yesterday which was about 3 days before I was expecting it. It’s an almost top spec’d Dell XPS 2in1 13” machine with the 10th gen CPU and Iris graphics. The only options I passed on are 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. It’s my 1st Dell machine in a long time but figured I’d give it a go for a year or so (as long as it holds up) and see how they’ve progressed.
Overall it’s tiny for having a 13.4” screen. Bezels are non existent. The build quality appears to be above average and it feels well built. The keyboard has shallow key travel and it’s about as shallow as say the MBP. The screen is UHD 4K and it just as nice as the one I had on the X1 Yoga. I’ve never really had an issue with the shallow keyboard on the MBP (my issue with them is the failure rate) and this is similar in travel and feel.
SSD speeds are okay and fast just not lightning fast. Plenty fine in the big scheme of things for my use though. The trackpad is smooth and large. The trackpad and keyboard do make rather loud and clicky sound when pressing them. Sound from the speakers is good but nothing to jump up and down over.
Ports are lacking. You get 2 USB C (one on each side) and a SD card slot. Yay for the SD slot but bummer on the ports. It also has a headphone jack. No LTE options on this machine. Dell does include a USB C to USB A adapter in the box.
The overall size of the machine makes me think of the 12” MB but with a larger screen and much better specs. It's small but feels heavy for it's size. It comes in right at about 3lbs.
I got the Platinum Silver, Carbon Fiber Black interior version and it does collect fingerprint smudges just not nearly as bad as the X1 Carbon in black do. They do make a white version but I’ve never had good luck with backlighting on white keyboards and I didn’t dig the white bezels around the screen.
I’ve only had it a few days so I can’t speak to battery life yet but I’ll update as time goes on. From my research battery life looks to be pretty bad on the 4K screen version.
Machine specs:
10th Generation Intel(R) Core i7-1065G7 Processor
13.4" 16:10 UHD+ WLED Touch Display (3840 x 2400) 500 nit
512GB PCIe NVMe x4 Solid State Drive
16GB 3733MHz LPDDR4x Memory
Intel(R) Iris Plus Graphics
Windows 10
Killer AX1650 (2x2) built on Intel WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
Premium support with onsite service 2 years
Price as configured was an eye watering $2,270 (before tax) but I used a discount program offered by the joint I retired from and got it for $1830. I do think it’s overpriced at full cost but the price I paid is not bad all things considered. Overall the X1 Yoga 4th Gen is the better machine and value but the XPS is not bad.
The CPU, compared to the i7 8665U, is about the same but the Iris graphics (if you get the machine that has it) is a massive step up over the 620 GPU.
Quick thoughts for now. I’ll keep the thread updated and answer any questions as I go along with it.
A few scores (10 being max)
Build quality = 8.5
Screen = 10
Keyboard = 8
Sound = 8
Trackpad = 8.5
Battery life = ???
Windows 10 = 9
SSD speed = 8
CPU = 8.5
GPU (Iris - integrated) = 10
Fan noise = 8.5
Heat = 8.5
Ports = 7
Photos and benchmarks:
Full CPU Geekbench here: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14593641
Full GPU Benchmark here: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/4532982
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