Apple Mac. Book vs. Dell XPS 1. 3 Ultraportable Face Off. With the 1. 2 inch Mac. Book starting at 1,2. Hardware. Servers, storage and various appliances are cloud computings building blocks. I purchased Office Home Student 2016 with my Dell laptop. When I follow the instructions to activate it, I end up at the Microsoft store and it says my product key. Download Dell Laptop drivers for your OS. Select your model from the list and download the driver. Download drivers for Dell 212N, 316LT, 320LT, 320N, 320NPlus. Image Printer Pro 5 3 Keygen Photoshop. Apple has updated its fantastically light notebook with longer battery life and better Core m performance. In the Windows powered Dell XPS 1. Core i CPU and more ports. We put these minimalist marvels through nine rounds to crown a winner, and the XPS 1. Apple Mac. Book. Dell XPS 1. Price1,2. 99 1,5. CPUCore m. 3, m. 5, m. Core i. 3, i. 5, i. Install Mac Os Dell Xps 15' title='Install Mac Os Dell Xps 15' />RAM8. GB8. GBStorage. GB, 5. GB1. 28, 2. GBDisplay. Ports. USB C2 USB 3. USB C, SD card reader. Webcam 4. 80p. 72. Design. The Mac. Book Air is almost laughably light, weighing just 2 pounds. You almost cant believe it when you pick it up. However, the aluminum unibody design still feels remarkably sturdy. Even better, Apple offers multiple color options. This machine comes in traditional silver, but its also available in space gray, gold and rose gold. The XPS 1. 3 is a design triumph because of its Infinity. Edge Display. The bezel around the screen is so narrow that it seems to float above the keyboard. The rest of the system is fetching, too, thanks to an aluminum bottom and top and carbon fiber deck with soft touch finish. Can you hear me now Dell XPS 13 audio problems Heres how to get your sound back By Cale Hunt Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 at 800 pm EDT. The Apple MacBook is wonderfully light and long lasting, but Dells XPS 13 is the better overall value. Heres why. The Dell is heavier at 2. MORE Best Ultrabooks to Buy Now The XPS 1. This can make for some unflattering selfies. Winner Mac. Book. This round is very close, but the Mac. Books lighter weight and multiple color options give it the edge. Ports. This round will be as short as the Mac. Books list of ports. Apple equipped its laptop with a headphone jack and single USB C port. Its a versatile port, but you cant juice your notebook and connect a peripheral at the same time without an adapter. The XPS 1. 3 has everything I want in an ultraportable, including two USB 3. USB C port with Thunderbolt 3 and an SD card slot. Winner Dell XPS 1. No trade offs required here. Display. The XPS 1. It has a larger 1. Mac. Book, and the quad HD version has a higher resolution 3. Apple doesnt offer touch on its Macs. Dell also offers a lower resolution 1. XPS 1. 3. I focused my head to head comparison on the touch screen Dell, which has a higher resolution, versus the Mac. Book. When I watched the 4. K trailer for Suicide Squad on both laptops side by side, the Mac. Book exhibited more red, while the XPS 1. In fact, both the Mac. Book and Dell reproduce more than 1. RGB gamut, clocking in at 1. But while the XPS 1. Mac, the Mac. Books display is much less reflective, which results in wider viewing angles. The Mac. Book also benefits from better color accuracy, as its Delta E rating of 1 beats the Dells mark of 3. Those interested in the cheaper nontouch, 1. XPS 1. 3, should know that its screen is not as bright 3. RGB as the Mac. Books, and that its color accuracy is way off Delta E of 8. Winner Mac. Book. Dells touch panel is sharper, but Apples is less reflective and offers wider viewing angles. Audio. This round was pretty close. Despite its diminutive stature, the Mac. Book pumped out loud and mostly pleasing audio when I listened to Maroon 5s Sugar and Jay Z and Kanye Wests No Church in the Wild. However, the XPS 1. When I had two fellow colleagues listen to both systems side by side, they liked both but preferred the low end thump of the Mac. Book. Winner Mac. Book. Its only slightly better. Keyboard and Touchpad. One of the biggest differences between the XPS 1. Mac. Book is ergonomics. While the Dell sports a more traditional touchpad and keyboard combo, Apple developed a new butterfly mechanism for its layout, which allows for a thinner design. The XPS 1. 3s keyboard definitely has more travel. Were talking about the difference between 1. Mac. Book. The result for the Mac is a keyboard that feels flat but delivers pretty speedy results. On the 1. 0Fast. Fingers. I averaged 7. 0 words per minute with six errors. However, I hit 7. Dell layout. The new Force Touch trackpad on the Mac. Book delivers haptic vibrations instead of a physical click, but it feels more like the latter. Plus, you can pull off timesaving tricks with a hard press, such as previewing websites in Safari on search result pages, or pulling up a map within the Mail app by force clicking an address. The XPS 1. 3s touchpad is smaller than the Mac. Books at 4. 1 x 2. Windows 8. 1 gestures well. Winner XPS 1. 3. The keyboards more comfortable feel is key. Webcam. Youre not going to Face. Time in HD on the Mac. Book, as it features a webcam with a resolution of just 8. The XPS 1. 3 sports an HD webcam, but as mentioned above, its awkwardly positioned toward the bottom left of the display, which means that other video callers will be looking up at your chin. In a selfie I shot, the Mac. Book delivered more accurate colors, but there was noticeable grain throughout the image. The XPS 1. 3s image had less grain, but oversaturated hues. Winner Draw. I dont really like either webcam. Performance. The Mac. Book comes to this battle armed with a 1. GHz Core m. 5 processor, 8. GB of RAM and 2. 56. GB of flash storage. Theres a cheaper version with a Core m. Both versions of the Dell XPS 1. GHz Intel Core i. U processor, 8. GB of RAM and a 2. GB PCIe x. 4 aka NVMe SSD. On Geekbench, which measures overall performance, the Dell beat the Mac. Book, 6,3. 74 to 5,9. However, the Mac. Book redeemed itself on our spreadsheet productivity test, which involves matching 2. Apples notebook took 3 minutes and 1. XPS 1. 3. The Mac. Book also benefits from faster flash memory. On our file transfer test, the nontouch XPS 1. MBps than did the touch model 1. MBps. Both results are way behind the Mac. Books 3. 55. 9 MBps. When it comes to potential maximum power, the optional Core i. CPU on the XPS 1. Core m. 7 chip on the Mac. Book. Winner XPS 1. The Mac. Book is faster in some tests, but the Core i. XPS 1. 3 is simply more powerful than a Core m. CPU. Battery Life. The Mac. Book lasts a long time on charge, given its slim profile. On the Laptop Mag Battery Test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi Fi at 1. Mac. Book lasted 9 hours and 3. The touch screen version of the XPS 1. However, if you opt for the nontouch version with a lower resolution 1. Winner Draw. The Mac. Book lasts longer than the touch XPS 1. Dell lasts considerably longer. Value. The Apple Mac. Book starts at a premium 1,2. GHz Core m. 3 CPU, 8. GB of RAM and 2. 56. GB of flash storage. You can step up to a 1. GHz Core m. 5 chip and 5. GB of storage for 1,5. Core m. 7 CPU its 2. Dell gives you a lot more options with the XPS 1. The starting 7. 99 configuration comes with a Core i. CPU, 4. GB of memory and a 1. GB SSD, plus a nontouch, full HD display. The XPS 1. 3 Touch costs 1,4. Core i. 5 processor, 8. GB of RAM and a 2. GB SSD, along with a quad HD screen. A 1,7. 49 version includes an even faster Core i. MORE Best Laptops Under 5. If you want the best balance of battery life and performance, wed recommend the 9. XPS 1. 3 with a 1. Core i. 5 CPU, 8. GB of RAM and a 1. GB SSD. Winner XPS 1. A lower starting price and many more configuration options make the XPS 1. Overall Winner Dell XPS 1. Opel Navi 600 Karten here. The 1. 2 inch Mac. Book is strong in other areas. Its thinner and lighter, offers a richer display with less glare and lasts longer on a charge than Dells touch XPS 1. However, the nontouch XPS 1. Ultimately, Dell wins this contest. There are a few key reasons the XPS 1. Apple Mac. Book in this face off It has more ports and more power, and its keyboard is more comfortable. For my money, Id rather have a faster Core i.