Is the dell xps 13 a good laptop

[TheGloriousLeader]

I'm looking for an ultrabook for school and want to keep it under $1000 Canadian. It's going to be used for school so just excel, word, powerpoint, reading ebooks, and maybe some light gaming (civ 5, scribblenauts, etc). I have a desktop at home for the rest of my gaming, so a light portable laptop with high quality screen and long battery life is what I'm after. I could only find 2 laptops in the price range that have similar specs, the macbook air and an Asus Zenbook. I'm not big on the mac ecosystem so I'd want to avoid it if possible. And the zenbook is out of stock with no comparable model available anywhere at this price point. So that just leaves the Dell XPS 13. I've seen it in store and I really liked. Although I've heard negative reviews about Dell, but I have never had any issues with them. I only bought monitors from them but their RMA process is by far the best I've ever had to deal with.

 

Edit: Would it be worth spending an extra $150 for the I7 version? It doubles the SSD space, and the I7 is 0.4ghz faster, but the integrated graphics remain the same. There won't be much local content on the device so I'm not worried about running out of space.

[Nineshadow]

I would suggest an Asus UX32LN.

 

Unfortunately,I don't think it's been released in the US yet.

 

Note: It has an 840M,and it's around $900.

 

Don't know what to say about Dell.All my experiences with them have been...umm...crappy.

But I don't live in the US so,it might be different there.

[SacredChili]

I'm looking for an ultrabook for school and want to keep it under $1000 Canadian. It's going to be used for school so just excel, word, powerpoint, reading ebooks, and maybe some light gaming (civ 5, scribblenauts, etc). I have a desktop at home for the rest of my gaming, so a light portable laptop with high quality screen and long battery life is what I'm after. I could only find 2 laptops in the price range that have similar specs, the macbook air and an Asus Zenbook. I'm not big on the mac ecosystem so I'd want to avoid it if possible. And the zenbook is out of stock with no comparable model available anywhere at this price point. So that just leaves the Dell XPS 13. I've seen it in store and I really liked. Although I've heard negative reviews about Dell, but I have never had any issues with them. I only bought monitors from them but their RMA process is by far the best I've ever had to deal with.

 

Edit: Would it be worth spending an extra $150 for the I7 version? It doubles the SSD space, and the I7 is 0.4ghz faster, but the integrated graphics remain the same. There won't be much local content on the device so I'm not worried about running out of space.

I have the xps 13 i5 120gb ssd, runs like a champ and i only use it for school as well. Not sure on the gaming side though (thats why I have my own office for home) . but yea its a great laptop battery life is really good etc..

[TheGloriousLeader]

I would suggest an Asus UX32LN.

 

Unfortunately,I don't think it's been released in the US yet.

 

Note: It has an 840M,and it's around $900.

 

Don't know what to say about Dell.All my experiences with them have been...umm...crappy.

But I don't live in the US so,it might be different there.

Notebookcheck has that laptop listed at 1,000 Euros, which is around $1,400 Canadian. It's too far out of my price range.

[BudgetEngineer]

A 13" Macbook Air seems like it would fit your needs the best.