Dell finally announced its new XPS 13 laptop at Computex 2026 in Taiwan on Monday, almost five months after teasing it at CES. With a premium CNC aluminum build and a launch price of just $599 for students, the device is poised to aggressively compete with Apple’s budget bombshell, the MacBook Neo.
On that battlefront, Dell is coming out swinging. “I’ll give [Apple] credit, it’s a good product…The difference is, we built something better,” Dell COO Jeff Clarke told reporters during a briefing ahead of Computex.
Dell XPS 13 specs
The XPS 13 will come in sky and storm finishes (left and right, respectively).
Credit: Dell
The XPS 13 will be the thinnest and lightest XPS laptop Dell has ever made. It’s just as slim as the Neo but half a pound lighter, weighing in at just 2.2 pounds. It will come equipped with a 2.5K touchscreen, keyboard backlighting, and WiFi 7, three features the Neo lacks.
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