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-Last year I said the previous XPS 13 was about as close to perfect as a compact laptop was going to get. Now Dell is back with another XPS 13 that is, wait for it, even better.
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-It's a collection of small things that make this release better than the last, and as such I don't suggest tossing the one you just bought in favor of this one. If you're in the market for a powerful, portable, stylish laptop though, you'd be hard pressed to find a better buy. 
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-It's like a MacBook Air, but with more impressive computing power. There's even a [Developer Edition](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8984107/type/dlg/sid/dellxps13review2020/https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/new-xps-13-9300-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9300-laptop/ctox13w10p1c2700u){: rel=nofollow} with Linux pre-installed if that's your jam.
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-###Meet The New Boss
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-I own a 2018 Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, and setting this latest model -- which Dell has numbered the XPS 13 9300 -- next to it with the lids closed, it's nearly impossible to tell them apart. The outer form factor has remained the same for several years. 
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-Once you open them up though, next to nothing looks the same. The most obvious improvement in the XPS 13 2020 edition is the new, larger screen. Dell's InfinityEdge display has always had some of the thinnest bezels on the market, on three sides anyway. But the bottom of previous models retained a larger bezel. No more. The newest XPS 13 features a tiny bezel all the way around. This changes the screen aspect ration to 16:10 and adds a very noticeable bit of extra screen real estate.
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-I know what you're thinking, does half an inch really make that much difference? I want to say no because I don't feel like it should, but it totally does. It's really nice and I miss it every time I go back to the older model. That little bit of extra headroom makes web pages more readable, reading Slack less of a chore, and means I can see my images a little better when I edit them in [Darktable](https://darktable.org/).
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-I am less thrilled about the new hinge, which Dell says is more "refined" and doesn't draw as much attention. It also doesn't work as well at keeping the lid closed, which is more what I want in a hinge. 
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-The new hinge has a tendency to flop open when the XPS is held sideways. Dell tells WIRED that the new version is a variable torque hinge and it's set to be easy enough to open with one finger in the beginning, but then "tighten up as it gets up where you'd have it for using every day." In theory the problem of the laptop springing open when you don't want it to should go away. This was not a deal breaker defect to me anyway, but I do plan to hang onto this test model for a bit and see how it plays out given more use.
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-My only other gripe is that one of the USB-C ports is gone. We're now at a paltry two, but fortunately they're on opposite sides of the machine, unlike the MacBook Air.
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-The keyboard has seen a considerable revamp in the 2020 model. The old layout used split keys for the arrow keys, with (half) buttons for page up and page down on top of the left and right arrow keys. In this latest version the dedicated page buttons are gone. Instead the left and right arrow keys have become full size buttons, and to hit page up and page down you need to hold down the Fn key and hit the up/down arrow keys.
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-As someone who never uses page keys, I much prefer the new layout. But if you *do* frequently use page up or page down the need to hold down the Fn key could be a considerable annoyance. 
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-I still find the backlight contrast ratio with the white keyboard too low in all but the darkest of rooms. Otherwise though the slightly larger keys are welcome, especially Shift, Enter, and Caps Lock (which I map to Control so it's not a waste of space).
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-The touchpad is slightly larger and does not seem to suffer from the stray right-click problem that I had with the previous model.
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-The review model XPS 13 I tested was white with a tenth generation Intel Core i7 CPU, 16 GB of RAM, 512-gigabytes SSD, and the 3840x2400 4K display ([$1900 at Dell](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8984107/type/dlg/sid/dellxps13review2020/https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9300-laptop/xn9300cto220s?configurationid=3627caef-4952-464a-bd5e-68b6d2fd5f8d){: rel=nofollow}), which is the best configuration available. It was more than enough power to handle my average day's work running a web browser, terminal, Zoom, Slack, and streaming music to a Bluetooth speaker. I put it though a benchmarking suite as well and found good performance for most use cases. I also pushed it by doing some video encoding and found that while it does heat up, it never got too hot to sit on the couch with the XPS in my lap.
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-As with any machine, battery life on the XPS depends greatly on what you’re doing with it. On our standard video playback test at 75 percent brightness I got nearly 12 hours. That blows away the recent MacBook Air update, and is on par with the best in this class. At the same time, re-encoding some Battlestar Galactic DVDs with Handbrake reduced the battery life to barely over four hours. Somewhere in the middle is the everyday reality, which is that I was able to routinely work eight hours on this laptop without needing to worry about charging it. If you option for the model with the 1080 screen, expect your battery life to be even better.
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-Dell has several models of XPS 13 9300 available. At the budget end there's a model with an Intel Core i3 with 4-gigabytes of RAM ($999, though not currently available). This model isn't going to have near the performance of the i7 chip tested here. It will be fine for web browsing, watching movies, and light office tasks, but if you plan to do more I suggest upgrading to the i5 or i7 models. The middle option of a Core i5, 8-gigabytes of RAM, a 512 SSD, and 1080 screen makes a [good deal at $1350](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8984107/type/dlg/sid/dellxps13review2020/https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-13-laptop/spd/xps-13-9300-laptop/xn9300cto220s?configurationid=5d90cb1e-1872-49d4-8951-3262e27296dc){: rel=nofollow}.