We’re halfway through Prime Day 2020 and there is still a range of incredible Prime Day deals available. But if you’re in search of a premium notebook, look no further than Dell’s XPS 13 Touch — which is now available for $120 off making it the laptop to beat in this price segment.
The XPS 13 Touch, on the surface, is just like any other standard laptop on the market. But Dell has added a series of nice touches that elevate the experience above the rest. For starters, thanks to the narrow bezel around the screen, the XPS 13 Touch is one of the most compact notebooks and offers a 13.3-inch Full HD touch-enabled panel inside an 11-inch laptop form.
At just 2.7 pounds, it’s lighter than most of its competitors including Apple’s MacBook Air that measures 2.84 pounds. Further, unlike most laptops that feature a metallic interior, the XPS 13 Touch uses a carbon fiber material that enables a more comfortable palm rest and keyboard.
In spite of that, the XPS 13 Touch doesn’t compromise on internals either. There’s a high-end Intel 10th-generation Core i5 chipset, 4GB of RAM, a battery that’s rated to last over 19 hours, and a 128GB SSD. It also has a fingerprint reader housed under the power key for quick authentication. You’ll find all the essential ports as well such as a total of three USB Type-C and a MicroSD card slot for storage expansion.
At a discounted base price of $730, the XPS 13 Touch is hard to beat. It’s ideal for whether you are a student who has to multitask between several assignments or a writer who regularly has a gazillion browser tabs open for research. But if it doesn’t suit your preferences or you’re willing to spend a little more for upgraded hardware, there are plenty of more Prime Day laptop deals you can browse.
If these aren’t convincing enough, you can always check out the best Black Friday Dell XPS deals.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.