I'll start with the good news: It's just $100 extra, not the criminal $179 Microsoft charges for its keyboard cover. Having a higher, or variable, refresh rate is a nice feature to have, but most people will be happy with a 60Hz screen.īut the keyboard cover, which Dell calls the XPS Folio, is a letdown. That can mean smoother video, but also have an impact on battery life. The Surface Pro supports a faster 120Hz refresh rate, versus just 60Hz here. It's rated for 500 nits brightness, and in practice it makes for a very good TV/movie streaming device when lying in bed.

Why? Because the two things the Surface has perfected about tablet/laptop hybrids, the kickstand and the keyboard cover, are not quite as perfected here.Īnd that's a shame because the 13-inch 2,880x1,920 screen is bright and rich-looking.

Still, I'm still not sure I would go with the XPS two-in-one over the Surface Pro 9. Wi-Fi 6E 1675 (AX211) 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.2īut configured as closely as possible, there's a pretty big price difference.

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