Dell launches $699 XPS 13 to challenge MacBook Neo (opens in new tab)

Dell unveiled a redesigned XPS 13 at Computex 2026, pricing the Windows laptop from $699 for general buyers and $599 for eligible students, matching the student list price of Apple’s MacBook Neo. The new model is Dell’s lowest-priced XPS 13 and is aimed at students and consumers, with a 13.4-inch 2.5K touchscreen, backlit keyboard, Intel Wi-Fi 7 and quad speakers standard. Dell said the XPS 13 is its thinnest and lightest XPS laptop, at 0.5 inches, or 12.7 millimeters, thick and about 2.2 pou...