Review: Dell’s XPS 13 is a nearly perfect ultraportable

Apple’s MacBooks have long been the gold standard all laptops are measured against. What’s ‘best’ obviously varies according to individual needs, but critics and college lecture halls alike seemed to agree for the past several years. Mainstream Windows laptops then usually went one of two routes: copy Apple for its proven methods, or, as is more common nowaday, do something crazy to differentiate themselves. Dell’s XPS 13 did neither, yet still made waves when it w