The world's smallest 13-inch note "Dell XPS 13" is one machine that can be used for almighty, such as work / video playback / creative work

Dell's laptop that has appeared in the tagline "World's smallest 13-inch note"XPS 13It is a series. XPS 13, which is equipped with a small 13-inch liquid crystal panel on a conventional 11-inch body and also has a line-up of 3200 × 1800 dot QHD + display models, is said to have received a lot of popularity. Since I was able to borrow the actual machine this time, I tried various things.

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Dell is "the world's smallest 13-inch note" and the main body of XPS 13. It is a distinctive model that carries a 13.3-inch display expanded to the edge limit with a very narrow bezel to a body of 304 mm × 200 mm corresponding to the conventional 11-inch note class, a full HD model of 1920 × 1080 dots, IGZO display model compatible with 3200 × 1800 dots (QHD +) display is available in lineup. We have borrowed Core i 7-6500 U (2 cores / 4 threads, 2.5 GHz, up to 3.1 GHz) on the CPU and borrowed the memory of 8 GB DDR 3, PCIe connection It will be a high-end grade with 256 GB SSD to be done, and 13.3 inch IGZO liquid crystal with 3200 × 1800 dots.


In addition to using cut aluminum material for the body, the palm rest part is made of carbon fiber, and the weave of carbon fiber is made visible.


The keyboard has a built-in backlight, making it easy to operate even in the darkness of airplanes and train seats. The model name "XPS" is "Extreme Performance SystemIn Dell, it is said that it is a lineup of premium brands for consumers that emphasized performance.


◆ Appearance check
When you take out the contents from the outer box of XPS 13, the main body of XPS 13 in the black box, the power adapter, and the cable are stored.


When opening the lid of the black box, the body of XPS 13 shining gold appears from inside.


The body is lightly curved and painted in gold. It is sand blasting process that blows fine sand after cutting aluminum material with CNC processing machine and alumite treatment that treats and paints the surface electrically, and it is said that durability and luxury are both compatible about. The DELL logo that is in the top is not only sticker stickers but also stickers with black sticker-like parts stuck to the engraved thinly.


The body that feels thin as you see it is 15 mm in the thickest part. I do not think that it is directly in front of you, it is designed to say "thin!" In a voice. There is an indicator showing the battery condition in the center, and two microphones are built in the left and right.


From the side, you can see that it is a wedge-shaped wedge shape that becomes thinner toward the body tip.


On the right side of the body, a speaker / SD card slot, a USB 3.0 × 1 terminal compatible with PowerShare, and a security cable slot are equipped.


When inserting the SD card, even if you insert it all the way, it will be in this state that it is protruding from the main body. There is no problem when inserting a card only when dealing with data, but it seems better to avoid leaving the card from everyday.


There is no kind of terminal at all on the back.


There are four kinds of terminals on the left side.


From the left, power supply connector · USB 3.1 Type-C / Thunderbolt alternate function · USB 3.0 terminal · Equipped with headphone jack. The round button at the far right and five small holes are buttons and indicators for checking the remaining battery power. The capacity of the built-in battery is 56 WHr and it is possible to use continuously for 11 hours at maximum (HD model up to 15 hours). However, since it can not be replaced with a spare battery, it seems better to check the remaining amount frequently.


Body Side of the body, narrow slot-like parts located around the palm of the hand is a speaker. When I tried playing the music, the sound quality is not "bass of deep bass" indeed, but a place like size.


The aluminum parts above and below the body made by shaving out will have a premium feeling with the edge part being sharp and finished. As you can see, the main body of XPS 13 is not equipped with an HDMI terminal or LAN port, so if you need it you can order it separatelyDell AdapterBe careful as you need to get it.


Aluminum material is also used for the bottom, which is painted in gold as well.


In the panel written as "XPS", the authentication logo etc. were hidden. This seems to be processing to enhance the design.


The model with the IGZO panel is a glossy display, it is possible to operate by touching the screen like a tablet.


A web camera is built in the lower left of the display. In general, it is a web camera that is often installed at the top of the display, but it is a part that becomes concerned about how usability changes when placed in this position.


On the keyboard, the [Halfwidth / Full Width] switching key is placed in the second row, and the Enter key and the arrow key are small type. For some people, you may feel confused at first with a particularly small Enter key and arrow key, but at a level that does not matter at all if you get used to it.


The power button is this button on the upper right corner of the keyboard.


The key feels a reasonable stroke feeling, and if you are using a laptop from everyday, there is little sense of incongruity.


The weight was 1.298 kg, almost the same as the catalog value of the IGZO panel corresponding to touch operation of 1.29 kg.


◆ Display display
Turning on the power and displaying the desktop is like this. The recycle bin displayed in the upper left is surprisingly large and it was slightly different from the super high definition displayed from the specification of QHD + display which is about 4 times the size of the HD panel ... ...


This is because it is set to display screen icons and text etc. in the default state with a size of 250% (2.5 times). When changing this number to "100%" and displaying the desktop ...


In this way, it became a display that you can fully experience the fineness of the QHD + display. (Click here to display the actual size image) In this state, the display on the screen becomes really fine, and at first the level which will be pulled unintentionally. If you are touching for 30 minutes you will gradually become familiar with the eyes and you will be able to operate, but some people might be too fine and some people will not follow their eyes. In that case, it is ok if you increase the magnification on the previous setting screen.


Compare the QHD + display using the IGZO panel with high definition and what kind of effect can be expected, compared with Let's Note · CF-SX 2 with 1920 x 720 dots. Together, the screen display size is like this when displaying the top page of GIGAZINE at the magnification recommended by the manufacturer. In terms of magnification, XPS 13 shows GIGAZINE's article in one column, but if you actually compare both screens, you will be amazed by the smoothness of the display of XPS 13.


The reason is clearly understood by uploading the screen. Although letter notes letter display is such a noticeable dot feeling ... ...


With XPS 13, it was as smooth as not to feel the presence of dots like this at all. Needless to say, it was the first time it was possible to enlarge letters using a fine dot panel, which was the moment when I realized that this was one of the ways to utilize QHD + display.


By the way, if you set the display magnification of XPS 13 to 100%, as you might expect, the letter display looks like a letter notes and it feels like a dot feeling.


Let's check the display area using Excel. It boasted a vast display area where up to 82 rows are displayed, and horizontal rows are AR columns (44th column). (Click the image to display the actual size image)


When I display the top page of GIGAZINE at magnification 100% it is like this. There will be six articles in line, but as I got accustomed to this detail I got to feel unexpectedly comfortable.


This is the search screen of Bing. To the state that the right part of the screen is too extensive to use at all.


When Yahoo! Japan was displayed, it was in a state that one page would be completely fit all the way down.


It seems that there are almost no pages corresponding to this width indeed, so it seems like you can use it like browsing while sorting two browsers side by side. Furthermore, if you divide the screen into "for work" and "for search", your work may be going furthest.


Utilizing this display, it seems that you can fully exploit high quality content such as 4K movies as well as full use for creative work. Even when making music using the DAW system software as shown below, even if you arrange the control panel in a state that the waveform is displayed fully, it is possible to do work with still more room. Actually it worked for about 30 minutes, but if you get used to the details of the display it will be comfort itself. Compared to being working while closing the window each time with a narrow screen, it is exactly the difference of clouds.


In this way, XPS 13 can be said to be an almighty one with the ability to deal with various applications. Sometimes it is comparatively easy to set price, it seems to be said that one can feel high cost performance.


XPS 13 consists of four models, "Standard", "Premium", "Platinum", "Platinum · QHD + Touch Panel", depending on storage configuration, CPU type, display resolution etc. Dell'sonline shopIt has been lineup from 13,4980 yen with tax excluding shipping fee, and the model used in this article "Platinum · QHD + touch panel · gold"Is 174,980 yen.