XPS 13 2020: Review

       
           This is the XPS 13 from 2020 it's the 9300 and I have a very special relationship with this product line it was the very first laptop I reviewed on this channel like the 2015 XPS 13 and it's also the device that I often recommend to people when they just asked me hey Dave what Windows laptop would you recommend for people that just don't know a lot about computers they just want like an easy recommendation I often lead them to this XPS 13 because it's just a really good product line from Dell it's not super expensive they improve on it every year and just most people can enjoy this product quite readily so I look at this thing critically.
             I look at this thing through the eyes of someone that would actually want to use this thing as my main computer now they revamped the XPS 13 this year I didn't expect them to last year was already really good but they completely redid it and they improved on a lot of features but they actually made a few things less good but let's get into it first thing design and aesthetics this thing is incredibly nice-looking its small its compact its lightweight but this year actually went for the black carbon fiber model so last year I had like the white one this year went for like the black finish there's something about the way that Dell does their carbon fiber that is very unique it's soft to the touch its durable its inviting to use.

                        XPS 13

              I think a lot of people enjoy the way that the black carbon fiber feels on this device so I went for it again this year the white models they look really nice but they're not as nice to use because they don't have that soft touch material that the black carbon fiber does now on the surface of this device I'm running ad brand scan this is the black matrix I just do it for the looks but it does have a degree of protection if you kind of bang your device around okay ports this year they only include two USB ports there's one USB see on the left and then you've one use PC on the right that's it last year's model had a third USB see now I can give it a pass with two I mean like there are some devices out there like that 12-inch MacBook that only have a single port but if you're someone that connects a lot of devices to their laptop you're gonna have to get some adapters there's also a headphone jack on the left and an SD card slot or a micro SD card slot on the right if you'll notice they're actually missing the light indicator for battery so they used to have this button you could press to check on battery life and now I don't think people often relied on that button to check on the battery status of their device it's just something that's existed on so many older XPS 13 devices it's weird to see it gone okay one thing I did notice on this machine that was very unique or new this year you can open the device with one hand and it seems to be something that people wanted I've personally never found it super important or super valuable to have that feature.
            But I can see being useful in certain scenarios especially for holding something with the other hand you just only have one hand to do it it's nice it's more the fact that they spent the time and effort to engineer the hinge so it could be done like that like they certainly didn't need to add this feature at all right all the XPS 13 is in the past they'd never been able to do this people still bought them but it's nice that they did it this year now the screen has also been changed this is now running a 16 by 10 aspect ratio instead of the more traditional 16 by 9 is just a little more vertical space it's a 13 point 4 inch screen this is a really nice aspect ratio for this type of device.
           I've always been a big fan of 16 by 10 ultrabooks the screen is bright it's got pretty good color accuracy it's a really nice screen it does not however have touch sensitivity there are some configurations that Dubuis have to pay quite a bit more to be able to have that feature the webcam is up top it's in a good spot again this year and the 20/20 model supports Windows hello so you can log into Windows with just your face biometrics it's really nice wonderful screen now if you don't want to use face ID you can also use your fingerprint sensor that's at the top of the keyboard so I guess let's talk about the keyboard so this is it's a redesigned keyboard and I really like it now I'm partial to the layout of the XPS 13 so I've always enjoyed how they've positioned their keys they've tweaked a couple things for one the left and right keys are now full-size keys instead of those half keys from the 2019 model so you don't hit the page up and page down by mistake I really like this layout but I can see how some people won't if you're someone that uses page up and page down frequently and you were used to the position, This is my Most favourite laptop...