Dell Japan revealed XPS 13 with Kaby Lake CPU

[snowComet]

Dell Japan today officially revealed the new XPS 13 featuring Kaby Lake CPU, which the spec fit the info leaked from Dell.com a few days ago (u can read here: http://www.windowscentral.com/dell-xps-13-getting-intel-7th-gen-kaby-lake).

 

 

 

The new XPS 13 is a minimum upgrade from the old one. It still feature the same chassis, display, ram,and etc. Dell upgraded the CPU/GPU, NIC and battery of the new XPS 13. The new XPS 13 in Japan will feature either a i5 7200U, or i7 7500U, which both featured Intel HD Graphics 620 (no Iris Pro option was announced). Interestingly, Dell upgraded the Wifi module with a Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi & Bluetooth 4.1, thus the new XPS 13 supports MU-MIMO (Multiuser multiple input, multiple output). Pls noted that you need a MU-MIMO supported router for this feature to work. Different from the leak, the ram speed on all models was kept at 1866MHz. Lastly, the new one has a larger battery, upgraded from 56Whr to a 60Whr one.

 

Spec list of the new XPS 13 in Japan

 

 Only FHD ver of the new XPS 13 is now on pre-order in Japan, and will be shipped in late Oct. The availability of QHD+ ver is still TBA. Priced ranged from 124980 yen (~$1227) to 194980 yen (~$1914).

 

http://www.gdm.or.jp/pressrelease/2016/0913/177883( in Japanese)

 

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1019728.html(in Japanese)

[patrickjp93]

Eh, it's not as thin, light, stylish, and powerful as the Kaby Lake MacBook will be. No one cares about Dell anymore.

[xDanielxOossiex]

Someone in my class has a laptop with i7 7500U

[VerticalDiscussions]

31 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

-snip-

MacBook Series 2 incoming in early 2018 XD.

[Prysin]

36 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

Eh, it's not as thin, light, stylish, and powerful as the Kaby Lake MacBook will be. No one cares about Dell anymore.

and neither of those two are as sexy as the HP Spectre.

 

Also, MB is shit. The only real mac worthwhile investing in is the MB-Pro

[MrSuperb]

16 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

Eh, it's not as thin, light, stylish, and powerful as the Kaby Lake MacBook will be. No one cares about Dell anymore.

 

I bet we won't see any Kaby Lake Macbook Pros until 2017.

There won't be any Kaby Lake CPUs with GT3e or GT4e Graphics available until 2017

[mr.squishy]

1 hour ago, patrickjp93 said:

Eh, it's not as thin, light, stylish, and powerful as the Kaby Lake MacBook will be. No one cares about Dell anymore.

Yeah, but this one is actually useable.

[CommandMan7]

A lot of the hate towards Dell seems to come from the period of mismanagement in the late 2000's in which every laptop they sold was cheap plastic crap. I was a diehard Levono Thinkpad fan but the Dell XPS 17 really won me over. The past 2 years Dell has really put out some stellar laptops.

 

As relating to the actual topic, I just hope they put a Polaris chip in the next XPS 17. I'm sick of all the arbitrary multi-monitor restrictions of Nvidia, and as a heavy multi-monitor user I need something that will actually work.

[aom]

13 hours ago, patrickjp93 said:

Eh, it's not as thin, light, stylish, and powerful as the Kaby Lake MacBook will be. No one cares about Dell anymore.

You are comparing it to a nonexistent product that will most likely come with one port again (given the fact that Apple has been eliminating ports left and right and the previous macbook only had one too).....dongles aren't stylish. At the very least, this has USB A ports, SD card reader, a dedicated charging port, and a USB C port. If a solid slab of aluminum is stylish to you then, good for you. People still want laptops for productivity.

 

Also in terms of performance, has there ever been any indication that the new MB would have a higher CPU than the i7 7500U?

[Curufinwe_wins]

3 minutes ago, Brinith said:

You are comparing it to a nonexistent product that will most likely come with one port again (given the fact that Apple has been eliminating ports left and right and the previous macbook only had one too).....dongles aren't stylish. Also in terms of performance, has there ever been any indication that the new MB would have a higher CPU than the i7 7500U?

It won't, and besides... The generation to generation comparison between the Macbook and XPS 13 actually has the XPS13 thinner, and lighter. (although much more dense feeling due to it's smaller footprint. I've actually done the comparison and we had to take out a scale because people didn't believe it.)

 

Anyways... The i5 in the U lineup is always the sweet-spot, and moving to a better wifi card solves literally the only issue I could possibly claim to have with the XPS 13 personally.

[patrickjp93]

57 minutes ago, Brinith said:

You are comparing it to a nonexistent product that will most likely come with one port again (given the fact that Apple has been eliminating ports left and right and the previous macbook only had one too).....dongles aren't stylish. At the very least, this has USB A ports, SD card reader, a dedicated charging port, and a USB C port. If a solid slab of aluminum is stylish to you then, good for you. People still want laptops for productivity.

 

Also in terms of performance, has there ever been any indication that the new MB would have a higher CPU than the i7 7500U?

Apple products always have the best performance, even for gaming.

 

Also, 1 port is too many. I want a completely wireless solution. At least Apple got with the times and is cutting back. You people are so stuck in the Stone Age.

[Hunter259]

2 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

Apple products always have the best performance, even for gaming.

 

Also, 1 port is too many. I want a completely wireless solution. At least Apple got with the times and is cutting back. You people are so stuck in the Stone Age.

*Warning Sarcasm Detected*

[patrickjp93]

6 minutes ago, Hunter259 said:

*Warning Sarcasm Detected*

I'm surprised no one got it with the first post. Everyone here knows I don't like Apple products much other than the MBP keyboard.

[Hunter259]

Just now, patrickjp93 said:

I'm surprised no one got it with the first post. Everyone here knows I don't like Apple products much other than the MBP keyboard.

Some people can't read sarcasm. I don't blame them as it is difficult sometimes. Reason why I use /s to make it more than obvious.

[kokobash]

I really like my fiance's XPS13 and think of ditching my Lenovo Y40-80(GPU throttles like hell) for one or an XPS15

[Magnetorheological]

I'm typing this reply on a Skylake XPS 13 that I bought only a couple months ago...maybe I should have waited? When the Kaby Lake comes out this one might get cheaper...

[TheRandomness]

HP Spectre Pro:

i7-7500u

RX 460

Just as thin but larger in terms of depth and width

 

That'd be my next laptop (if it existed). 

[VerticalDiscussions]

4 hours ago, patrickjp93 said:

-snip-

But Patrick, i got it with the 1st post :(. You disapoint me

[Misanthrope]

On 9/13/2016 at 7:40 AM, patrickjp93 said:

Eh, it's not as thin, light, stylish, and powerful as the Kaby Lake MacBook will be. No one cares about Dell anymore.

Maybe, but I already see enough ports in there to care more about it than Apple's 1 port stupidity.

[Magnetorheological]

5 hours ago, Cooly568 said:

Really hoping some refurbed models of the 7200U FHD 8GB RAM versions come out, make it cheaper for me. That'd be great.

Else I'll just go with a 6200U model.

The certified refurbs are significantly cheaper than retail...I got my Skylake XPS13 certified refurbed for about $600 off the sticker price. I'm not sure why anyone would buy brand new at this point hahaha

[CyberneticTitan]

17 minutes ago, Cooly568 said:

600$? How the heck did you find one that low? Is it a 4GB RAM model? The lowest I can find is 800$ for the 6200U, FHD, 8GB RAM model.

OP got it $600 off MSRP, which was about the same or more for me. I picked up a i7 6500U version with QHD+ and 256GB of storage for just $1500 CAD off of eBay. My seller shipped it from Florida, so I did have to change the warranty to a different country.

[Magnetorheological]

24 minutes ago, Cooly568 said:

600$? How the heck did you find one that low? Is it a 4GB RAM model? The lowest I can find is 800$ for the 6200U, FHD, 8GB RAM model.

It was the 6200U with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, QHD display and Windows 10 Pro. I got it from eBay for $849+$17 shipping. As configured on Dell's website, a new one would have costed around $1500.

 

Maybe it was just luck, but a couple of other sellers were selling that configuration for around that price as well when I bought it. There were some light scuff marks on the aluminum edge underneath one of the USB ports, but that was it as far as cosmetic blemishes go. 

[Magnetorheological]

4 minutes ago, Magnetorheological said:

It was the 6200U with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, QHD display and Windows 10 Pro. I got it from eBay for $849+$17 shipping. As configured on Dell's website, a new one would have costed around $1500, so around $600 off.

 

Maybe it was just luck, but a couple of other sellers were selling that configuration for around that price as well when I bought it. There were some light scuff marks on the aluminum edge underneath one of the USB ports, but that was it as far as cosmetic blemishes go. 

I don't know why this post was duplicated when I posted my previous reply. Is there a way to delete it? -Thanks!

Edited September 15, 2016 by Magnetorheological

[Magnetorheological]

4 minutes ago, Cooly568 said:

Oh, I'm looking at FHD models with those specs for 800$ on eBay or so. I just hope Kaby Lake refurbished models show up at around the same price by the Holidays.

That might be cutting it a bit close...The Kaby Lake models don't release until October 4th, I think. It may be more realistic to start looking for those prices after new years imo.

[asim1999]

 

Still only a dual core.  I7 u series are not worth it over i5 or even i3 because there is only a slightly bigger cache and higher clockspeed