#DELL XPS 13 2012 TRACKPAD REPLACEMENT 720P#
#DELL XPS 13 2012 TRACKPAD REPLACEMENT FULL#

The CNC milled aluminum bodies, thin bezels, compact designs, and lightweight chassis make for some of the most compelling devices in the industry. By including power delivery on both sides of the laptop, that also means the XPS 13 can charge on either side, which can be very handy when moving the laptop from place to place.ĭell’s design ethos with their XPS lineup has converged across the entire range of XPS laptops, and with great success. Dell does include a Type-C to Type-A adapter in the box as well, for those that require the larger port.

#DELL XPS 13 2012 TRACKPAD REPLACEMENT FULL#

It is unfortunate that the Type-C port has found itself to be so confusing in its capabilities, but with the XPS 13 supporting the full range of protocols, as well as four lanes of PCIe on both ports, that at least is not a liability here.

Although the XPS 13 lacks ports in numbers, it somewhat makes up for that with both USB ports supporting Thunderbolt 3, including power delivery. This in turn is paired with a 3.5 mm headset jack on the right, and a micro SD card reader on the left. Laptop trackpads have come a long way, and part of that is the standardization on the Microsoft Precision touchpad drivers, which Dell employs here.ĭell has eschewed the use of USB Type-A ports, instead offering just a single USB Type-C port on each side of the laptop. The XPS 13 also features an excellent trackpad, offering a very smooth finish, and good precision. That is a fairly minor negative though, for an otherwise fantastic finish. The Arctic White is only $49 more, and certainly makes a statement, although it still suffers from the same issue as all white-on-white laptops with white backlighting, which is that the keyboard backlighting can wash out the keys in a bright room. The Platinum Silver model features a black carbon fiber keyboard deck with a soft-touch coating, while the Arctic White model features a woven fiber keyboard deck which Dell has treated with a stain and UV resistant coating, to prevent the deck from yellowing with age. The MagLev has a very short throw, whereas I find the traditional keyboard to be much more reassuring to use.ĭell is offering the XPS 13 in the same color choices as the 2-in-1 as well. The XPS 13 in Platinum Silver with black carbon fiberĪnother nice change over the 2-in-1 version is that Dell is not using their MagLev keyboard design, instead outfitting the XPS 13 with a more traditional scissor-switch keyboard with 1.0 mm of travel.

And speaking of the display bezel, Dell has tweaked their design language slightly over the XPS 13 2-in-1, with both the black and white models both featuring a black display bezel on the clamshell XPS 13, which helps it disappear into the background a bit easier than the white bezel on the 2-in-1.

#DELL XPS 13 2012 TRACKPAD REPLACEMENT 720P#

But thankfully Dell solved that particular issue a couple of generations ago, and the new model continues to pack a 720p webcam in the correct location above the display, with only a slightly taller top display bezel to accommodate the camera.

With the proliferation of video chat, such a decision would be a major negative to many people. The first several generations featured a webcam at the bottom of the panel, which was flattering to no one. Dell pioneered the thin-bezel laptop, but that does not mean they did not have room to improve on their original design over the years.

Dell xps 13 2012 trackpad replacement