MacBook Pro 13 Vs. Dell XPS 13: Ultimate 13-Inch Laptop Head-To-Head

Dell's redesigned XPS 13 (early 2018) The Dell XPS 13 9370 may be the planet's best 13-inch laptop but the MacBook Pro is still enormously popular. Below, I also use my mid-2017 MacBook Pro 15 for reference on features like the Touch Bar.) Summary / tl;dr: The latest XPS 13 (about 2.7 pounds) maintains its small overall size courtesy of a thin display bezel: it's as close as a 13.3-inch laptop can get to the size of a typical 12- or 12.5-inch class laptop. The 2018 redesign also comes loaded with upgrades including improved fiber material in the palmrest, a new keyboard with more tactile feedback, a fingerprint scanner embedded in the power button, faster Windows Hello face recognition, and a higher-resolution 4K touch display on the top-of-the-line model. Display: The Dell XPS 13 has probably the most advanced display assembly on any 13-inch laptop today. An almost-borderless 13.3-inch 4K Ultra HD (3,840-by-2,160) touch display that also makes room for infrared imaging sensors to authenticate and unlock Windows via facial recognition.