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2015年3月24日"Dell?ranked No.1 PC vendor in the commercial segment and No.2 in the consumer segment," the US-based company said in a statement on Monday, quoting from IDC India PC market tracker for the quarter (Q4).
Dell’s India subsidiary posted 54 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in unit shipments and 6.6 percent YoY share across segments in the last quarter of 2014.
For a long time now, if you’ve been looking for the very best in slim, light laptops, you’ve had to turn - however reluctantly - to Apple. With great battery life, top quality displays, zippy performance that doesn’t deteriorate over time and cutting edge design, its laptops have delivered every time. But the challenge from Windows portables is steadily growing, and Dell’s latest laptop - the Dell XPS 13 - aims to overtake Apple and pull ahead. See also: what are 2015’s best laptops?
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from side, half closed
From a design perspective, Dell has got it nailed. The laptop’s lid and base are finished in silky smooth aluminium that feels stiff enough to survive a nuclear strike - or at the very least being sat on on the sofa. The keyboard surround is clad in a sumptuous, soft-touch carbon-fibre effect plastic, and despite the bombproof build, the whole thing is very light, weighing a mere 1.27kg. That’s a smidge lighter than the MacBook Pro 13 with Retina display.
It outdoes the Cupertino crew on practicality, too, with two long rubber feet stretching across the width of the underside of the chassis, giving it a grippy footing on a desk or your lap, and an LED battery capacity indicator on left edge, activated by pressing a small button.
The keyboard is decent: it’s backlit, and has a light yet positive action, and we like the touchpad as well. It’s accurate and, for those who prefer clicking to tapping, the integrated buttons work without fuss. The only small complaint we’d have, from an ergonomic perspective, is the half-height Enter key, but we dare say we’d get used to this in time.
"We have witnessed the CSB segment charting a growth trajectory due to our focus on being present across market tiers and our efforts to align with our customers," he said.
Focus on customer requirements and channel partner engagement has been driving the company’s commercial business growth.
"In the commercial segment, we have been concentrating on delivering solutions to customers and fit needs of evolving enterprises," Krishnakumar said.
As Dell remains focused on customers’ technology needs in consumer and commercial space, its objective to empower a knowledge economy such as India will sustain to expand in tier 3-5 markets.
"Our commercial PC devices are designed to meet specific requirements of customers across verticals. Customer engagement has been at the core of our dealing with end-users to understand their requirements from technology solutions," Dell India director Indrajit Belgundi said.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from above, looking down on keyboard
Dell XPS 13 review: screen quality
The real attraction of the XPS 13 is its so-called infinity touchscreen, which sees the bezel reduced to a width of a mere 5mm to the left, right and above the screen, producing a machine that, in terms of its overall size, feels more like an 11in laptop than a 13in one.
Indeed, its dimensions of 304 x 200 x 20.7mm are closer to those of a MacBook Air 11in (300 x 192 x 17mm) than its real rival, the MacBook Pro 13. The latter is 14mm wider, 19mm deeper and 310g heavier than the Dell XPS 13. Dell has certainly done sterling work in squeezing the screen into less space.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from front
On first impression, the quality of the IPS panel used looks pretty good, too. The QHD+ resolution of 3,200 x 1,800 means everything looks incredibly sharp. (As always, though, do bear in mind that legacy software that hasn’t been optimised for high-DPI screens may be very fiddly, with miniscule buttons and tiny text.)
It’s exceedingly bright, reaching up to 385cd/m2, while the black level dips down as low as 0.15cd/m2 with the brightness settings pushed to maximum. Taken at face value, these numbers are extraordinary. But the reality is, however, somewhat less impressive: Dell employs aggressive dynamic contrast to brighten the display when the screen image is light, and to dim the backlight when the onscreen content is dark.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from front, open
In fact, the XPS 13’s screen delivers a contrast ratio of 1,076:1. That’s absolutely fine, but what isn’t acceptable is that the dynamic contrast cannot be be disabled: essentially, you’re stuck with a screen that brightens and darkens noticeably when the screen content changes, something that’s been annoying enough for some customers in the US (where the XPS 13 has been available for a while) to send their laptops back.
More seriously, it makes it impossible to use the Dell XPS 13 as a colour-critical photo editing tool, since you’re never certain of the level of your backlight. And we were none too impressed with the consistency of that backlight, either. On our sample the panel was noticeably brighter in the top-left corner than elsewhere, and afflicted by visible backlight leakage in the bottom corners. For a machine costing this much, that simply isn’t acceptable.
Dell XPS 13 review: performance and specs
It’s a huge shame, since elsewhere the Dell XPS 13 is a perfectly capable ultraportable. Every model in the range employs Intel’s latest 14nm Broadwell CPUs, from the entry level ￡875 Core i5 model to the range-topping, ￡1,271 2.6GHz Core i7-5600U specification.
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We were sent the slightly less expensive 2.4GHz Core i7-5500U model for our testing, and it performed admirably, achieving an overall score of 0.7 in the PC Pro Real World Benchmarks. That’s a fraction slower than the Asus Zenbook UX303LA, which has the same CPU, but the difference is small enough to be academic. We’re none too keen on the rather whiny fan, though, which kicks in with great gusto as soon as you push the processor hard.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from rear with the lid open
Still, it’s enough horsepower to run all but the most demanding creative applications without slowing down, and the rest of the specification is up to the mark as well. There’s 8GB of RAM and a 256GB Samsung PM851 M.2 SSD for storage, which is reasonably quick, gaining sequential read and writes speeds of 514MB/sec and 231MB/sec in AS SSD. It isn’t a patch on the MacBook Pro 13in’s drive, however, which reached speeds of 723MB/sec and 616MB/sec for sequential reads and writes.
Elsewhere, Intel’s integrated GPUs keep improving, so should you want to indulge in a little out of hours gaming, you’ll find the Dell XPS 13’s Intel HD Graphics 5500 more than capable. You won’t be gaming smoothly at the native resolution of the 3,200 x 1,800 display, or even at Full HD, but drop the resolution and details settings further down and you’ll be fine.
The XPS 13 achieved framerates of 44fps, 27fps and 4.9fps in our Low (1,366 x 768), Medium (1,600 x 900) and High quality (1,920 x 1,080) Crysis tests - that’s easily enough grunt for a little light gaming on the side.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review: battery life and connectivity
Where the new, super-efficient 14nm processor ought to make its presence fully felt is battery life, but here we weren’t blown away. It lasted 11hrs 16mins our light-use test, only marginally better than the last-generation, Haswell-based MacBook Pro 13 with Retina, and a long way behind the Asus Zenbook UX303LA, which kept on trucking for 13hrs 6mins. Still, anything over ten hours in this test for a laptop with this much power is good.
Connectivity is more disappointing, however, with only two USB 3 ports, a mini-DisplayPort out for video, an SD card slot and a 3.5mm headset jack, plus no Ethernet port of any description. We suppose we shouldn’t complain too much when Apple’s latest MacBook includes only one USB Type-C connector, but then wireless isn’t all that impressive either, with 2x2 stream 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4LE, but no 4G option.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from the side with the lid open
Dell XPS 13 review: verdict
To tell the story of Dell’s XPS 13 is to relate a story of what might have been. It’s a stunning design, of that there’s no denying: it’s attractive, beautifully built and practical, and Dell has squeezed into this glamorous chassis a 13in laptop that’s closer to most 11in portables in overall dimensions.
But it’s a laptop that’s beset by little niggles, none more disappointing than the infinity display, which is meant to be the star of the show. If all you want is a fast Windows laptop with a bright screen, and you don’t care about colour accuracy, it’s a fantastic piece of kit. But it isn’t all that we were hoping for.
"With 25.6 percent YoY growth in the commercial segment spanning notebooks and workstations and 7.5 percent YoY growth in the consumer and small business (CSB) segment, the subsidiary achieved the highest ever annual share gain," Dell India vice president P. Krishnakumar said.
The company’s initiatives to post growth in all four quarters of 2014 included a simplified product lineup, renewed go-to-market strategy, an intensified channel engagement programme and deeper customer engagement.
"A sequential share growth over the past nine quarters is a testimony to our focus on meeting customers’ needs through technology and expanding our presence in tier three-five cities through online and offline engagement," he said.
The company’s retail expansion led to setting up of 400 exclusive stores in the last 18 months from 50 stores and channel presence in about 1,000 cities across the country.
Global personal computers vendor Dell ranked top in shipments and sale of PCs, notebooks and workstations in the fourth quarter (October-December) of the calendar year 2014, according to market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
Dell’s India subsidiary posted 54 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in unit shipments and 6.6 percent YoY share across segments in the last quarter of 2014.
For a long time now, if you’ve been looking for the very best in slim, light laptops, you’ve had to turn - however reluctantly - to Apple. With great battery life, top quality displays, zippy performance that doesn’t deteriorate over time and cutting edge design, its laptops have delivered every time. But the challenge from Windows portables is steadily growing, and Dell’s latest laptop - the Dell XPS 13 - aims to overtake Apple and pull ahead. See also: what are 2015’s best laptops?
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from side, half closed
From a design perspective, Dell has got it nailed. The laptop’s lid and base are finished in silky smooth aluminium that feels stiff enough to survive a nuclear strike - or at the very least being sat on on the sofa. The keyboard surround is clad in a sumptuous, soft-touch carbon-fibre effect plastic, and despite the bombproof build, the whole thing is very light, weighing a mere 1.27kg. That’s a smidge lighter than the MacBook Pro 13 with Retina display.
It outdoes the Cupertino crew on practicality, too, with two long rubber feet stretching across the width of the underside of the chassis, giving it a grippy footing on a desk or your lap, and an LED battery capacity indicator on left edge, activated by pressing a small button.
The keyboard is decent: it’s backlit, and has a light yet positive action, and we like the touchpad as well. It’s accurate and, for those who prefer clicking to tapping, the integrated buttons work without fuss. The only small complaint we’d have, from an ergonomic perspective, is the half-height Enter key, but we dare say we’d get used to this in time.
"We have witnessed the CSB segment charting a growth trajectory due to our focus on being present across market tiers and our efforts to align with our customers," he said.
Focus on customer requirements and channel partner engagement has been driving the company’s commercial business growth.
"In the commercial segment, we have been concentrating on delivering solutions to customers and fit needs of evolving enterprises," Krishnakumar said.
As Dell remains focused on customers’ technology needs in consumer and commercial space, its objective to empower a knowledge economy such as India will sustain to expand in tier 3-5 markets.
"Our commercial PC devices are designed to meet specific requirements of customers across verticals. Customer engagement has been at the core of our dealing with end-users to understand their requirements from technology solutions," Dell India director Indrajit Belgundi said.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from above, looking down on keyboard
Dell XPS 13 review: screen quality
The real attraction of the XPS 13 is its so-called infinity touchscreen, which sees the bezel reduced to a width of a mere 5mm to the left, right and above the screen, producing a machine that, in terms of its overall size, feels more like an 11in laptop than a 13in one.
Indeed, its dimensions of 304 x 200 x 20.7mm are closer to those of a MacBook Air 11in (300 x 192 x 17mm) than its real rival, the MacBook Pro 13. The latter is 14mm wider, 19mm deeper and 310g heavier than the Dell XPS 13. Dell has certainly done sterling work in squeezing the screen into less space.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from front
On first impression, the quality of the IPS panel used looks pretty good, too. The QHD+ resolution of 3,200 x 1,800 means everything looks incredibly sharp. (As always, though, do bear in mind that legacy software that hasn’t been optimised for high-DPI screens may be very fiddly, with miniscule buttons and tiny text.)
It’s exceedingly bright, reaching up to 385cd/m2, while the black level dips down as low as 0.15cd/m2 with the brightness settings pushed to maximum. Taken at face value, these numbers are extraordinary. But the reality is, however, somewhat less impressive: Dell employs aggressive dynamic contrast to brighten the display when the screen image is light, and to dim the backlight when the onscreen content is dark.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from front, open
In fact, the XPS 13’s screen delivers a contrast ratio of 1,076:1. That’s absolutely fine, but what isn’t acceptable is that the dynamic contrast cannot be be disabled: essentially, you’re stuck with a screen that brightens and darkens noticeably when the screen content changes, something that’s been annoying enough for some customers in the US (where the XPS 13 has been available for a while) to send their laptops back.
More seriously, it makes it impossible to use the Dell XPS 13 as a colour-critical photo editing tool, since you’re never certain of the level of your backlight. And we were none too impressed with the consistency of that backlight, either. On our sample the panel was noticeably brighter in the top-left corner than elsewhere, and afflicted by visible backlight leakage in the bottom corners. For a machine costing this much, that simply isn’t acceptable.
Dell XPS 13 review: performance and specs
It’s a huge shame, since elsewhere the Dell XPS 13 is a perfectly capable ultraportable. Every model in the range employs Intel’s latest 14nm Broadwell CPUs, from the entry level ￡875 Core i5 model to the range-topping, ￡1,271 2.6GHz Core i7-5600U specification.
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We were sent the slightly less expensive 2.4GHz Core i7-5500U model for our testing, and it performed admirably, achieving an overall score of 0.7 in the PC Pro Real World Benchmarks. That’s a fraction slower than the Asus Zenbook UX303LA, which has the same CPU, but the difference is small enough to be academic. We’re none too keen on the rather whiny fan, though, which kicks in with great gusto as soon as you push the processor hard.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from rear with the lid open
Still, it’s enough horsepower to run all but the most demanding creative applications without slowing down, and the rest of the specification is up to the mark as well. There’s 8GB of RAM and a 256GB Samsung PM851 M.2 SSD for storage, which is reasonably quick, gaining sequential read and writes speeds of 514MB/sec and 231MB/sec in AS SSD. It isn’t a patch on the MacBook Pro 13in’s drive, however, which reached speeds of 723MB/sec and 616MB/sec for sequential reads and writes.
Elsewhere, Intel’s integrated GPUs keep improving, so should you want to indulge in a little out of hours gaming, you’ll find the Dell XPS 13’s Intel HD Graphics 5500 more than capable. You won’t be gaming smoothly at the native resolution of the 3,200 x 1,800 display, or even at Full HD, but drop the resolution and details settings further down and you’ll be fine.
The XPS 13 achieved framerates of 44fps, 27fps and 4.9fps in our Low (1,366 x 768), Medium (1,600 x 900) and High quality (1,920 x 1,080) Crysis tests - that’s easily enough grunt for a little light gaming on the side.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review: battery life and connectivity
Where the new, super-efficient 14nm processor ought to make its presence fully felt is battery life, but here we weren’t blown away. It lasted 11hrs 16mins our light-use test, only marginally better than the last-generation, Haswell-based MacBook Pro 13 with Retina, and a long way behind the Asus Zenbook UX303LA, which kept on trucking for 13hrs 6mins. Still, anything over ten hours in this test for a laptop with this much power is good.
Connectivity is more disappointing, however, with only two USB 3 ports, a mini-DisplayPort out for video, an SD card slot and a 3.5mm headset jack, plus no Ethernet port of any description. We suppose we shouldn’t complain too much when Apple’s latest MacBook includes only one USB Type-C connector, but then wireless isn’t all that impressive either, with 2x2 stream 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4LE, but no 4G option.
Dell XPS 13 (2015) review - from the side with the lid open
Dell XPS 13 review: verdict
To tell the story of Dell’s XPS 13 is to relate a story of what might have been. It’s a stunning design, of that there’s no denying: it’s attractive, beautifully built and practical, and Dell has squeezed into this glamorous chassis a 13in laptop that’s closer to most 11in portables in overall dimensions.
But it’s a laptop that’s beset by little niggles, none more disappointing than the infinity display, which is meant to be the star of the show. If all you want is a fast Windows laptop with a bright screen, and you don’t care about colour accuracy, it’s a fantastic piece of kit. But it isn’t all that we were hoping for.
"With 25.6 percent YoY growth in the commercial segment spanning notebooks and workstations and 7.5 percent YoY growth in the consumer and small business (CSB) segment, the subsidiary achieved the highest ever annual share gain," Dell India vice president P. Krishnakumar said.
The company’s initiatives to post growth in all four quarters of 2014 included a simplified product lineup, renewed go-to-market strategy, an intensified channel engagement programme and deeper customer engagement.
"A sequential share growth over the past nine quarters is a testimony to our focus on meeting customers’ needs through technology and expanding our presence in tier three-five cities through online and offline engagement," he said.
The company’s retail expansion led to setting up of 400 exclusive stores in the last 18 months from 50 stores and channel presence in about 1,000 cities across the country.
Global personal computers vendor Dell ranked top in shipments and sale of PCs, notebooks and workstations in the fourth quarter (October-December) of the calendar year 2014, according to market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
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