Dell is bringing back the XPS 13 as a MacBook Neo competitor — with a temporary discount to $599

Dell is aiming for students similar Apple did with the MacBook Neo. | Image: Dell

Dell is making bully connected its tease from CES and yet announcing a caller XPS 13. The XPS 13 returns arsenic a budget-friendly option, launching successful July astatine a promotional pupil terms of $599 - though that introductory woody lone runs until September for back-to-school shopping; it'll commencement astatine $699 for everyone else. The $599 promo precisely matches up with the MacBook Neo's starting price, but students tin really get Apple's fund laptop for $100 less. That means Dell has its enactment chopped retired proving that the XPS 13 is worthy the other money.

This volition beryllium Dell's thinnest and lightest XPS to date, measuring 0.5 inches / 12.7mm heavy and weighing conscionable 2. …

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