Pros
- Surprisingly good keyboard
- Excellent look, feel, and build quality
Cons
- touchy trackpad
- mediocre display
At A Glance
If the display was higher resolution and offered better off-axis viewing angles, this would be our favorite Ultrabook.
Manufacturer’s Description
Movies, Games and 3D Videos Come to Life 3D your way. You only see movies in 3D. You prefer your games to jump out at you. You have a brand new, state-of-the-art 3DTV. Now you can take the media you already enjoy, the way you like it best - lifelike, immersive, eye-popping and interactive - and enjoy it in your home or everywhere you go. Connect to the World Video conferencing is now even easier with Dell and Skype. The new XPS 17 is one of the first laptops to be certified by Skype and offers preinstalled Skype software standard on every XPS 17.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | DNDOCQ13 |
| Processor | |
| Cache size | 3.0 KB |
| Processor count | 2 |
| Processor speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i5 |
| Memory | |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 4000.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Display type | Glossy LCD with LED Backlight |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| Display size | 13.3 inches |
| Storage | |
| Drives included | 1.0 |
| Drive type | Solid-State Drive |
| Drive size | 256.0 GB |
| Battery | |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 8.5 hours |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Video Interfaces | Mini DisplayPort |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 n |
| Available Interfaces | Bluetooth |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 1.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight with Accessories | 3.6 pounds |
| Height | 0.71 inches |
| Weight | 3.0 pounds |
| Depth | 8.1 inches |
| Width | 12.4 inches |
| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Other Features | |
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Performance
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 136 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 6:26 (hh:mm) |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 16.9 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 3069 score (higher is better) |
| Web Browsing | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 714.6 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 95 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench Green Score | 94 |
| Idle power usage | 8.4 Watts |
| Working power usage | 2.1 Watt hours |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 271.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Audio Encoding | 185 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 243 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 25.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 800x600 | 42.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 12.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 30.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 20.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1366x768 | 10.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 800x600 | 21.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1366x768 | 15.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Gaming Score | 88 |
Best Ultrabook: Dell XPS 13
Initial Impressions: Dell XPS 13
