--- title: Dell's XPS 13 is the laptop I'd recommend, except for... description: The Dell XPS 13 (2026) is a budget Windows laptop starting at $699 with a metal chassis, a bright 120Hz 2.5K touch display, and a usable chiclet keyboard,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dell-s-xps-13-is-the-laptop-i-d-recommend-except-for-this-one-problem-1uyn39dus twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dell's XPS 13 is the laptop I'd recommend, except for this one problem | daily.dev og:description: The Dell XPS 13 (2026) is a budget Windows laptop starting at $699 with a metal chassis, a bright 120Hz 2.5K touch display, and a usable chiclet keyboard,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dell-s-xps-13-is-the-laptop-i-d-recommend-except-for-this-one-problem-1uyn39dus og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1uyN39DuS.png og:image:alt: Dell's XPS 13 is the laptop I'd recommend, except for this one problem og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dell's XPS 13 is the laptop I'd recommend, except for this one problem **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Dell XPS 13 (2026) is a budget Windows laptop starting at $699 with a metal chassis, a bright 120Hz 2.5K touch display, and a usable chiclet keyboard, competing directly with Apple's MacBook Neo. It runs an Intel Core 5 320 (Wildcat Lake) chip that's fine for browsing and video but struggles with anything demanding, and the base 8GB of RAM is a major bottleneck, occasionally causing full system lockups requiring a hard shutdown. Upgrading to 16GB costs an extra $200 but is strongly recommended. Battery life is strong at over 16 hours in video playback testing. Panther Lake variants with Core Ultra 7 355 chips are expected in coming months at a higher price. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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