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    Ultrabook Battle: Acer Aspire S7 vs. Dell XPS 13 Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 26, 2013.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 26, 2013
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  2. Kyle

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    Can the Aspire S7 be used with a stylus pen? To annotate pdfs etc?
     
    Kyle, Feb 26, 2013
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    I want NBR to compare (mine) UX32VD with an SSD to the DeLL. Would like to that expert opinion.
     
    Ultra-Insane, Feb 26, 2013
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    Good comparison. Its getting to the point where windows 8 w/o a touchscreen is just sacrilegious now though... As much as I love the xps13, I'd have to edge it out to the Aspire just for that reason.
     
    MSGaldenzi, Feb 26, 2013
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    Aspire S7 < XPS 13 < XPS 12.

    /thread :D
     
    Mitlov, Feb 27, 2013
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    I agree. IMO, the Asus 13" is the only ultrabook to get everything right. It has a great 1080P touch screen, great aluminum construction, good touch pad with good gesture support, back lid KB, and a good KB to type on, great speakers, and probably the best battery life for an I5 processor getting a real 6 to 7 hours battery life with wifi and BT on with 50 percent brightness. You tame that down and this might get 8-9 hours. Also has SSD. When the series 7 Samsung comes out later it might beat this, but at this moment in time, Asus has them all beat.

    Totally stupid that Dell did not put touch on the XPS 13. A complete, total deal breaker. What were they thinking?
     
    HI DesertNM, Mar 13, 2013
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  7. Charles P. Jefferies

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    On the note that the XPS 13 doesn't have a touch-enabled display: I wonder if it's possible to load Windows 7 on these Ultrabooks? anyone know?
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Mar 14, 2013
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    I don't see how comparing a touch notebook with a non touch notebook is relevant.

    A more interesting comparison would be the Acer Aspire S7 vs Asus Zenbook Touch UX31A and the just released Samsung Series 7 Ultra. All with Full HD Touch screens.

    I would compare the Dell XPS 13 with other non touch ultrabooks such as Asus Zenbook UX31A (non touch), Samsung Series 7 (non touch) wich all have full HD non touch screens.
     
    Cedricm, Mar 18, 2013
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