Dell updates the XPS 13 at CES 2020 with a smaller bottom bezel, taller display, smaller design, and Intel’s latest Ice Lake chips for a new redesign of the already great Windows laptop.

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Dell has shaved off the bottom bezel for the best-looking XPS yet
Dells XPS 13 has long been one of the best Windows laptops around, and at CES 2020, the company is updating it yet again with a bigger 13.4-inch display that also shifts to a 16:10 aspect ratio. By adding the taller display, Dell has also completely cut out the bottom bezel to make the new XPS 13 look better than ever, too.
Despite the larger display, the new XPS 13 is actually 2 percent smaller overall than its predecessor. As part of the redesign, the 2020 model also has a larger keyboard (which now stretches across the entire device) and a larger trackpad. Its effectively all of the changes that Dell made with the XPS 13 2-in-1 last year, but theyre available on the non-2-in-1 model.
Compared to the old XPS 13 design, its night and day
Those changes may not sound too impressive, but compared to the old XPS 13 design, its like night and day. The new model looks smaller, sleeker, and better than the old model by a huge margin. The taller display is also a welcome trend that will hopefully start to crop up in future laptops, too.
In addition to the new physical design, Dell is also upgrading the internal specs, offering Intels latest 10nm Ice Lake 10th Gen processors in Core i3, i5, and i7 options. Dell also offers a plethora of configuration options: 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB of RAM and 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB of SSD storage. There are also three display options: a standard 1920 x 1200 FHD+ panel, an FHD+ display with a touchscreen, and a 4K 3840 x 2400 touchscreen with HDR 400.
Dell is also offering a Linux-based XPS 13 Developer Edition for the first time, which will be sold preloaded with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Some things are still the same from the old XPS 13, though, like they keyboard. Dells opting to use the same switches on the old model instead of the more divisive low-profile keyboard on the XPS 13 2-in-1. The 2020 XPS 13 still uses the impressively small top-mounted camera that was introduced on last years model, too.
The new XPS 13 will start at $999 when it comes out on January 7th, while the Linux-powered developer edition will release on February 4th starting at $1,119.