Dell XPS 13 (2019) Review

Good

• Proper webcam placement

• Excellent keyboard

• Beautiful design

Bad

• Only touchscreen option is the 4K screen

• Touchpad on the small side

• Fans are sometimes loud

This year’s Dell XPS 13 is an incremental refresh of an already great Windows laptop, but it now has a top-mounted webcam

Despite few changes over the years, Dell’s XPS 13 is still setting the standard for ultraportable laptops. With the American tech titan choosing to make slight adjustments with each new model, rather than completely reinventing the wheel, the much-loved XPS 13 hasn’t changed quite as dramatically as some of its rivals in a similar timeframe.

It should come as no surprise that this year’s XPS 13 is no different. The 2019 model remains the same great laptop you’re already familiar with by now, albeit with a handful of subtle tweaks to the well-trodden formula. Has Dell done enough this year to maintain its ranking at the top of the laptop hierarchy?

The XPS 13 is a stunning machine that ranks among the best premium compact laptops on the market. The subtle design tweaks are most welcome, and it packs the performance capabilities that suitably justify the high asking price.

Indeed, It offers an improvement on last year’s model in practically every area, but the touchpad problems I encountered are still a little troubling. It would also be nice to see a wider range of ports on next year’s laptop, as well as an optional GPU upgrade. However, as it stands, this version is Dell’s best laptop yet, and I imagine it’ll be very hard to beat in the coming months.

Dell has gone and made just about every possible improvement to the XPS 13 in 2019. The webcam is in the proper position and no worse in quality for what it took to get there. Better yet, battery life has seen a sizable improvement as well.

You can get better hardware in all regards for less out of the Huawei laptop in both of its available configurations. While it’s not quite the ‘Best in Class’ laptop for 2019, we still consider the Dell XPS 13 among the best laptops in the world.