In most countries, the laptops are directly sold to consumers by Dell and each notebook custom-assembled according to a selection of options. In 2006, Dell purchased the computer hardware manufacturer Alienware. Based in Texas, Dell employs more than 82,700 people worldwide (2009). is a multinational technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. This weight is typical for big tablets, small subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 10-11 inch display-diagonal.ĭell: Dell Inc. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List. Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. The biggest variety of subnotebooks is represented with this size. For all three types, this size is quite large. The TDP is rated at 17 W.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.Ībove all, this display size is used for subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles. Offers a core clock of 2.0 - 3.1 GHz and an HD 4000 GPU (350 - 1200 MHz). Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.ģ537U: Fast Ivy-Bridge-based ULV-CPU in Q1 2013. Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores.
The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List. Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance. Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Advantages of the XPS 13 over the UX31 include its backlight keyboard, more responsive keys and a smaller size. However, its 1366 x 768 display resolution is noticeably lower than the when compared to the 1600 x 900 panel on the UX31. The bonded Corning Gorilla Glass display gives the display a slightly more solid feel.ĭell offers the XPS 13 for 999 € onwards same as the Asus Zenbook UX31 which is its main competitor. The XPS13 has a carbon fiber bottom covered with a thin rubberized coating making keeping the laptop firmly in its place when typing. In reality, it doesn’t really get to that but it is close enough and is definitely smaller than all the other 13 inch Ultrabooks. Dell had managed to squeeze a 13 inch display into what they say is an 11 inch body. This makes it real compact even for an Ultrabook. Like its bigger brother, the Dell XPS 14Z, it has a curvaceous silver aluminium body with a reduced chassis size for its screen. While most manufacturers decided to brand their Ultrabooks under new names and with many variants and sizes, Dell used its already prominent ‘ XPS’ range to market theirs with just one size. Dell seemed to take it slow and only released their first Ultrabook in the first quarter of 2012. We’ve seen a huge number and variants of Ultrabooks by many manufacturers in the first wave of these ‘MacBook Air-killer’ devices. This new generation of notebooks would use low power Intel processors, have an extremely thin profile and could also include certain tablet functions. The Ultrabook concept was announced by Intel at Computex 2011. Single Review, online available, Short, Date: