TPM, webcam, volume rocker, screen orientation lock button, battery indicator Body and build qualityĪndrew Cunningham Specs at a glance: Dell XPS 12ġ.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U (Turbo up to 2.6GHz)ĤGB 1600MHz DDR3 (non-upgradeable, 8GB version available)ġ2.48" × 8.46" × 0.59-0.79" (317 × 215 × 15-20 mm) The best part is that even if you don't particularly care about the tablet functionality, the XPS 12 is still a pretty great Ultrabook. It's still a bit too big and a bit too heavy to be a "tablet" in the post-iPad sense of the word, but it's perfectly usable as a tablet in short bursts. It may well hit that convertible sweet spot for many. The need to balance factors like size, weight, battery life, and performance (and also, I suppose, the laws of physics) have prevented any one machine from being really good at both tasks, though several that we've seen have come close.ĭell's XPS 12, which if you'll recall is the one with the touchscreen that flips on its axis, is one of the close ones. Most of these computers are either good laptops but questionable tablets (the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13) or good tablets but mediocre laptops (the Microsoft Surface and many of the other dockable tablets).
Many of these are trying to capitalize on both of the new operating systems faces-the new touch-oriented Start screen and its apps on one, and the classic desktop environment on the other. For better or worse, Windows 8 has prompted some of the most adventuresome PC designs we've seen in years.
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