Dell Takes Aim at the MacBook Neo With Its $599 XPS 13 Laptop

Dell Takes Aim at the MacBook Neo With Its $599 XPS 13 Laptop

It looks like it'll be a hit for students.

Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo

Dell, Microsoft, and others are unveiling new laptops to compete directly with the Neo, but not all are learning the right lessons from Apple.

Dell XPS 13 Refreshed With Intel Panther Lake CPUs to Rival MacBook Neo

Dell XPS 13 (2026) was launched in select global markets on Sunday, months after the US-based company reintroduced the XPS lineup. The new laptop sports a 13.4-inch 2.5K (2,560 x 1,600 pixels) InfinityEdge touchscreen, with up to 120Hz of variable refresh rate, up to 500 nits typical brightness, 100 percent DCI-P3 colour gamut, and Dolby Vision. It gets a dual-microphone setup, along with a full-size backlit keyboard and a quad speaker unit. The…