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    Dell XPS 13 version 1 vs version 2?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ultralight, Jan 24, 2017.

  1. ultralight

    ultralight Notebook Consultant

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    Looking for a laptop for my son's college.

    I see that there's a version 2 that folds back to be like a tablet. Other than that, is there really any substantive advantage of version 2 over 1? 1 is lower cost which is a plus.

    Does version 1 also allow digitizer pen?
    Does version 2 allow user to upgrade SSD to larger capacity as version 1 does?

    Thanks!
     
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    TSamee Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not sure about active pen support but insofar as I'm aware, the regular XPS 13 has a full-blown mobile i5/i7 whereas the 2-in-1 has a core i7 Y processor which is similar to the old Core M. This should help battery life but the performance trade-off is pretty big. As far as SSD sizes go, they support the same stuff.

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